Title from cover. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Irish blessing. Odds and ends -- Untimely deaths and mystery -- Glassford brothers -- First through New Boston -- First settlers in New Boston -- Early residents of New Boston area -- John South & Co. -- William Heinold -- New Boston Home Guard and Plank Road -- CB&Q Railroad -- Old Jerky photos -- Santa Fe Railroad -- 1885 and ATSF photos -- New Boston and the Santa Fe -- Platting of New Boston and 1897 map -- Closing of streets and alleys in New Boston -- 1916 map -- Streets of New Boston -- Roads -- Road graders -- Bridal trip to end here -- Bridges of New Boston -- New Boston Post Offices -- New Boston Methodist Church -- Baptist Church -- New Boston cemetery, South Cemetery, Hampton Cemetery -- New Boston baseball team -- Tornado of 1908, 1930, 1947, 1998, and 2000 -- Grocery and general stores -- Birch School -- New Boston School -- Small town -- Reflections of New Boston / Garnett Slater Swanson -- Memories of New Boston / Stella Heinold -- Old memories / John S. Wilhelm -- New Boston recalls / Mary Wagner Kite -- Pleasant memories of New Boston / Isabelle Pezley Krichel -- School memories / Charlene Watner Hall -- Times to remember / Bonnie Wilhelm Randolph -- A window in New Boston's past / Don Wagner -- A few old memories / Garnett Slater Swanson -- Only business in town -- Irish blessing.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)853625151
Locations:
F3OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Iowa City)
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