Illustrated Review of Ottumwa, Iowa 1890
- ISBN-10
- 1892689901
- ISBN-13
- 9781892689900
- Category
- Ottumwa (Iowa)
- Pages
- 148
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-10
- Publisher
- PBL Limited
- Authors
- Leigh Michaels, Michael W. Lemberger, Fred G. Flower
Description
1890 - Ottumwa, Iowa: The nation's only Coal Palace has just finished its first season, with another exhibition scheduled for 1891. Finishing touches are being put on the Opera House at the corner of Main and Jefferson. The new post office has just gone into service. Churches, schools, businesses and hotels are busy; houses from simple to grand march up the hills on the north side of the Des Moines River and spread across the plain on the south bank. Originally published in 1890, Illustrated Ottumwa is a time capsule of the city's progress and history just decades after its founding. More than 100 years later, few copies of the book exist to show the high hopes, big dreams, and excitement to be found in Ottumwa, Iowa. This edition contains all the text and photographs to be found in the original, along with added illustrations from the 1890s. Text has all been reset for added clarity, and photographs are reproduced in a larger size than in the original.
Get the book
Similar books
-
On the Riverfront: Ottumwa, Iowa from Turkey Island to the Mixmaster
By Leigh Michaels, Michael W. LembergerA book of historic photos of Ottumwa locations near the Des Moines River, which flows through it. Photos have explanatory captions and are interspersed with related literary quotations.
-
Second Regiment Encampment Iowa National Guard: Ottumwa Iowa July 25 to August 1 1896
By Ottumwa DemocratThis reprint edition is produced from a rare surviving original, with supplemental text.