Pleasant Valley Farm Archives - Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

Bill Connel @1940s

Bill Connel @1940s. They were renting the Pisarik farm on the river. Blanche Crofter is … Read more …

White Rock Chickens

Mother always raised chickens. The grape vines were used to make wine.

Blanche Crofter leading a pony

Virgil Crofter riding Spot being lead by his mother, Blanche Crofter

Wesley and Blanche Crofter

Wesley and Blanche Crofter at their farmhouse near Ivanhoe.

1930 Chevy bought at Kessler Chevrolet Garage , Solon, IA

1930 Chevy bought at Kessler Chevrolet Garage , Solon, IA. This was my dad’s car. … Read more …

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Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

1 years ago

The MVHPC partnered with the Linn County Historic Preservation Commission and the Mount Vernon Lisbon Community Development Group on the placement of two new informational kiosks about the history of the Lincoln Hwy in Lisbon and Mount Vernon. There was a commemoration at the Kiosk in Lisbon on Oct. 6 with a poem created for the event by Poet Laureate Amanda Kibbie. The MV Kiosk is located in Prairie Park next to the Cornell football field. The MV kiosk faces one of the last remaining brick portions of the Lincoln Hwy and is near the 10th Avenue Overpass. The overpass was built in approximately 1910 as a part of the Lincoln Hwy. Credit to Steven Ciha of the LCHPC for images. ... See MoreSee Less

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Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

1 years ago

UPDATE!!! Thanks to Jay and Arlie Willems, the circa 1910 glass negatives are now in the Mount Vernon Archives. We are grateful to Arlie and Jay for transporting the negatives and to Joe Burkart of Crestview Florida for donating them.Photo collectors in Crestview Florida have glass plate negatives of a photographer named Hodson who worked in and around Mount Vernon in 1910. The collectors have offered the negatives to the MVHPC. The plates are fragile and very heavy, so shipping them is not a good option. Is anyone planning to travel by car to Florida anytime in the next year and willing pick up these negatives in the panhandle of the state? If so, please send a message on this site to the site administrator. ... See MoreSee Less

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1 years ago

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