Once Upon A Time Articles

Everett "Evy" Streit seems to have been one of the premier storytellers of Clinton County.  He has written, among many other things, several articles for the Clinton Herald titled "Once Upon A Time".  These stories cover almost every aspect of Clinton's history imaginable.  In all three volumes, there are 312 pages.

We have included online a list of the articles and photos in each issue and we are working on an index.  Here is what we have online so far:

The Clinton Herald has printed three volumes of Mr. Streit's articles.  They are in a small newspaper format (kind of like the National Enquirer type) and have about 100 pages each.  I believe there is also a book now.

This is a list of the articles in Volume II and the photos that accompany each.

Page) Article

Photos

1) Cover photos:  

Clinton's 1893 City Hall is razed
"Oh, take me out to the ball game..."
Familiar river sight back in the 1890's
Kehoe Hotel at 7th Ave. S. and 2nd St.

2) Dear Herald Readers:

Everett "Evy" A. Streit

3) When the Perrin family arrived....1837:One store in New York

An artist's conception of the log cabin built by the Noble Perrin family which became Clinton's first public school in 1855.
Mrs. Noble Perrin
Dr. A. L. Ankeny

4) Idea first broached in 1912: Lincoln Highway first to cross U. S.

The way most of the Lincoln Highway looked before paving
One of the 3,000 markers which once designated the route of the Lincoln Highway
Atty. Frank Ellis was the speaker at the unveiling of a monument in the 1920's

5) In Clintonian's colorful past....Dinner with Jesse James

An artist's conception of the occasion when Dan Winget dined with the James family
The Jesse James home in Clay county, Mo.

6) First time in headlines: War started in Sarajevo

One small section of the "Patriot's Parade"
Herald headline announce the assassination of an Austrian archduke

7) Three bakeries here in 1885: Doughnut holes were free

The Otto H. Korn bakery and lunch room
Interior of the John W. Herrity Bakery
Joseph Schradie bakery
A 1906 drawing of the Clinton Steam Bakery

8) Published by Sears since 1887: "Wish Book" will soon be history

You could order the materials for a colonial home
Sears specialty catalog for food
Whale meat was offered by Sears

9) Business and civic leaders:  Howes family sparked city's growth

Before the Howes Block was constructed in 1900 this is the way the northeast corner of 5th Ave. S. and 2nd St. appeared
When first constructed the Howes Block had only three floors
The Howes Bros. jewelry store was in the old Toll Block

10) Decorated public buildings: Local painters widely-known

Iowa building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
Interior of the Allen county courthouse in Ft. Wayne, IN

11) Kendall's opened in 1874: Plumbing shop sold sporting goods with a side story regarding "Paddy's Sandlot" which became the Miracle Mile.

P. H. "Paddy" Brick and his three year old son, Joe.  
C. L. Burg Plumbing
The "golden spigot" in front of the former Woodbury plumbing firm

12) Lafayette named for lumber baron: Theatre stars prompted new hotel

The Lafayette Hotel was still on the drawing boards in 1904 as crews were laying new street car tracks
The Lafayette Hotel in 1913

13) Church bell Camanche's alarm: Everyone a firefighter  (This article mentions a book written by Terry L. MacLennan in 1975 regarding the history of the Camanche Fire Department)

The Camanche Volunteer Fire Department's first truck
"Brown's Brick" building on fire
Construction of the present Camanche fire department

14) Vicious hate group founded here: One of history's big ironies

The Murray church which later became Sacred Heart
The first Sacred Heart school

15) Allen in 1870; Pinney in 1910: Two printing firms here 204 years

Allen Printing Co. shortly after the turn of the century
Pinney Printing Co. was in the basement of the family home
One of Alvin Pinney's scenic photos

16) Stich studio opened in 1875: Top artists studied here

Students at work in the Stich Art School
A merry scene
John Stich

17) 500 hogs butchered daily:  Meat-packing plant opened in 1892.  Side article: German music conservatory

Drawing of the Iowa Cold Storage Co.

18) Historic event in 1911: 10,000 watched first plane land here

Hugh Robinson lands a hydroaeroplane

19) Site of Herald Block in 1875: Pahl building facade unique

Drawing of the Herald Block
The fascia and part of the crown of the Pahl building

20) Sangers rented costumes in 1890's: Be George Washington for $2.50

Henry Sanger enterprises
The popular Burton and Sanger Players

21) Fraternal group's office raided: Era of "Woodmen Fight"

A building at 27 Main Ave. was the Modern Woodmen of America
Paxton Hotel in Omaha in which there is a one-room office of the Woodmen of the World

22) Foy Hatcheries Iowa's largest: Millions of chicks hatched

The Foy Poultry Farm
Building adjoining the home to accommodate incubators
One of the five incubators

23) City's largest curved wall added: Store had cast iron front

One of the early trucks operated by Western Grocer Co.
Large addition to Western Grocer Co.

24) City fought to save it in 1935: Wartburg city's first male college

The main building on the old Wartburg college campus
Otto L. Proehl
Cotta Hall
Wartburg college gymnasium
Wartburg college had it's own bakery and cobbler shops

25) First settlers came in 1833: Bell View platted 159 years ago

The famous "Potter's Mill"
A drawing of the hotel where the "Bellevue War"  took place
In 1936 Iowa's last surviving narrow gauge railroad made its final trip

26) First plant west of Mississippi: Artificial ice offered in 1909

A stack of 400-pound cakes of ice used to build a 30-ton "igloo church"
One of the first wagons to deliver artificial ice

27) Quarters among finest in state: Two-story vault in lumber office

The first C. Lamb & Sons office
An elegantly furnished new building
Chancy Lamb
An advertisement for the saw mills of C. Lamb & Sons

28) First one formed in Lyons: IOOF lodges organized in 1850's

An Odd Fellows lodge
Lyons Lodge, 61
Clinton's IOOF hall

29) Pioneers depended on wild game: Be marksman or go hungry

No bag limits
An early-day hunter prepares to dress a deer
Rabbits by the wagon load
One sportsman uses a pet hawk

30) 25 trains daily through Green Island

Main street of Green Island in the 1890's
"Griffins" was one of the earlier taverns
Milwaukee railroad depot

31) Phenomenal Krause most popular: Stand two hours for medicine show

Adds for patent medicines

32) Editor a pal of Buffalo Bill: Merry War real lively newspaper

Dan Winget and Buffalo Bill Cody
Mrs. Dan Winget with one of the first autos on Clinton's streets

33) Killers of five nabbed in Clinton: 1869 race riot on riverboat.  Side story: Vigilantes busy in 1840's meting out swift and deadly justice

Drawing of the riverboat "Dubuque"

34) War prompted orchestra's name:  "Whizz-Bangs' tops in Iowa

The "Whizz-Bang Orchestra

35) Fairgoers, then wounded vets:  Root Park has served long and well.  Side story: Clinton native joins Omicron Delta Kappa

Fire destroyed the popular Shad-Oak Casino
Bulldozers took over in 1924
The famous firehorse team of Bob and Bob in a race
Root Park as it appeared previous to becoming the site of Schick General Hospital

36) Town's roots go back to 1840: Elvira once boasted two hotels

One of two hotels in Elvira was owned by the Bray family
Photo taken when Elvira celebrated the nation's Bicentennial
Home built in 1882 by Richard A. Lyons

37) Founded in 1901; moved here in 1912: Collis plant grows 48000 percent

O. D. Collis
World War I vintage truck that once served the Collis Co.
Collis Waterplane
The pleasure craft, Rob Roy III

38) It supplanted town of Burgess: Lost Nation founded 121 years ago. Side story: Long love affair with music

Home of Luther Teeple
The first car to appear on the streets of Lost Nation
The Opera House
Union Sabbath School

39) First one opened here in 1885: Flourishing furniture firms

Clement Chair factory
A 1909 business publication drawing
Two of the chairs manufactured by the Clinton Chair Co.

40) On Bellevue-Cascade run: Iowa's last narrow gauge rail line. Side story: The 'Cabbage' train began runs in 1871

The "Two Spot" steam locomotive

41) When Civil War exploded: County quick to answer call to arms.  Side store: Military subs

Statue honoring veterans of the Civil War at Springdale
Until contributed to a World War II scrap drive, a cannon and cannon balls were located near the CW monument
GAR badge

42) Identified Specht's harness shop: 'Old Gray Horse' long a landmark

The 'Old Gray Horse' hitched to a wagon outside the Specht harness shop
A carriage from the turn of the century

43) 95 hospital buildings here: First Schick patient admitted in 1943

Schick General Hospital
Lt. William R. Schick
John Banker, Jr. presenting a petition to U.S. Rep. B. W. Kearney

44) Routed over north bridge in 1894: World's longest horse race

Drawing of one of the horses which competed in the historic race between Chadron, Neb., and Chicago

45) Settlement traced to 1835: Albany hotel famous along Ol' Miss

Stately brick home built in 1853
What was once the famous old Eagle Hotel
The famous Haystack Rock
How one section of Albany appeared after the 1860 tornado

46) Creosoted wood blocks first paving: Lyons once had two Main Streets. Side story: Old bricks in demand

Map of Lyons
A few of the first creosoted wood blocks which were used in 1909

47) Less made "One-in-Hand": Pre-knotted tie invented here. Side story: Nothing new about men's tie problem

Two of the ties manufactured by the One-in-Hand Tie Co.

48) 1826 river crest highest for 139 years

Main Ave. flooded in 1965
At the 1965 flood crest water was lapping near the top of the fence around the Riverview baseball field

49) In 1965 Clinton and Fulton opted for levees

During high water in 1881 a farmer had to use a boat to get his plow across 5th Ave. S. and 1st St.
Flooded 5th Ave. S. in 1880
Clinton's first Water Works in 1888
Stiles were needed over the sandbag levees along 5th Ave. S.
Long lines formed at the Red Cross to get typhoid shots

50) Former teacher brought message: PTA units formed in 1898

Among the first PTA units in the midwest were the ones organized in the Kirkwood and Lincoln schools

51) Opened by J. H. Potts in 1854: Iowa's first jewelry store in Lyons

Photo taken in 1871 after J. H. Potts moved into "Phoenix" building at 71 Main Ave.
Handsome display cases

52) Rotary club organized in 1915: Buffalo Bill honorary member

Members of the Clinton Rotary club in 1916
One of the first meetings held in 1915

53) A century of Mercy: Old mansion hospital's first home

Two one-time luxurious Lyons mansions have been hospitals
A typical patient's room in the early days of Mercy hospital

54) Marcuccis came from Chicago: Opened candy store in 1898

Marcucci's display cases
Charlie Marcucci and Jim Pitts
Mike Marcucci in front of the candy kitchen he and his brother opened in 1898

55) St. Boniface dates back to 1861: From swampland to beautiful church

First St. Boniface church
Commemorative blocks and the original church bell
Church parsonage
First parochial schools

56) Churches sponsored first troops: Clinton Scouting started in 1917

Buildings at the Boy Scout Camp Iten
Trip to Yellowstone Park in 1921

57) Jackson county seeks grants: Asylum, school restoration

The former Jackson county insane asylum built in 1870
Mill Rock school (ca 1869) near Baldwin

58) By popular vote in 1895: Silver lantern for popular conductor

The solid silver lantern given to W. B. Crosby
Conductors checking their watches

59) Once site of popcorn stand: Posh club, Masonic temple in Lamb Block

The Lamb Block and Shoecraft Building
The Lamb Block's ground floor in the early 1900's

60) Patent Novelty opened in 1906: Fulton company built on dustpans

The Patent Novelty Co.
The Fulton Corp.

61) C. H. Toll first to build there: 8th intended as swanky avenue

Photos from the Charles H. Toll home at 303 8th Ave. S. which is scheduled for demolition

62) Was it built in the 1840's? Tough to pin down age of old home

Home at 2714 Roosevelt St. possibly built by Elijah Buell

63) Named after founder's wife: Charlotte traces roots back to 1840. Side Stories: Quigley, Iowa and It happened in Charlotte

Monahan & Bro., a pioneer business in Charlotte
Claussen Cream Station
The former Markham Inn
Charlotte Gilmore

64) Some even carried cameras: Walked on bed of the river

Construction of Lock and Dam 13

65) Economy keyed to steel rails. Side story: Railroad lore

The "Pioneer" and the one of the "City" streamliners
Miniature train

66) Brooks Stock Co. presented...'Bare Legs and Goose Bumps'

Recreation of dressing room of the Brooks Stock Co.
Post used to advertise

67) Lindbergh and Earhart:  World famous fliers linked to county

Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis
A Lockheed Vega and Amelia Earhart

68)  Firm patented early refrigerators: Yule happiness was Rich toys

One of the most popular items in the rich toy line was this milk wagon
Williamsburg Colonial Mansion
1923 model touring car
Tupelo Mississippi home of Rich Industries

69) Schick group shows appreciation: New sparkle for Riverview Fountain

Lubbers Memorial fountain in Riverview park
Lubbers fountain in 1945

70) No area matched Clinton County: World's top cattle feeders

Sign from International Livestock Exposition in Chicago
George and Ferd Schmidt
Cattle feeders at the 1939 Clinton County Cattlemen's Association: Ferd Schmidt, Will Jargo, Marcellus Hansen, Leo Duer, Jr., Walter Wessell

71) Blacksmith's helped mold nation: history's forgotten heroes

One of the largest early -- day blacksmith shops in Clinton, located at 411 South 2nd Street
Drawings of a blacksmith shop and a blacksmith

72) Clinton lodged formed in 1891: Elks had fun, helped needy

The bar in the Elks club room
Large Elk's head near the top of the building

73) Delmar building in historic register: Calaboose recalls rail boom

Stone jail from 1877

74) Calamus often mentioned in Bible: Elected first woman mayor in the U. S.

Two-seater "Petrel"
Siegmund general store
Buena Vista school
Alaskan dogsled team en route to San Francisco

75) 1917 Beaver Island the site: Clinton bid for armor plant; offered to build new steel mill

1914 long-range development map for Clinton

76) Fraternal group formed in 1891: Mystic Workers offered insurance

Mystic Workers building
Head office until 1913

77) Spiritualists meet here annually: Mt. Pleasant Park opened in 1885

Two views of Mount Pleasant Park the turn-of-the-century

78) Ice storm, floods, 31 below: Variety is the spice of weather

Views of the flood of 1965
1950 Easter ice storm

79) Built in Fulton by C. & N. W.: world's biggest roundhouse

Construction  of the Chicago and Northwestern roundhouse
60 -- track turntable

80) Heman B. came to county in 1837: Shaff family patriarch earned name

Plow brought to Clinton Co. by Heman Shaff
The old Shaffton station
Sodus school
Heman B. Shaff

81) Outgrowth of saddlery firm: Fine shoes boosted Clinton

Building built in 1890 for the Clinton Saddlery Co. later became Clinton Shoe Mfg.

82) First Maquoketa cabin built in 1838: Lots of bears prompted Indian name

1865 photograph of Maquoketa
Maquoketa Academy
Maquoketa's first courthouse
Charlie Niggin pushing a wheelbarrow

83) Old timers talk about changes: Don't make Heralds like they used to

About Herald building in 1929
Vern Anthony
Composing room
Ev Streit and Vernon Anthony
Big Red

84) Full day of patriotic oratory: Anvil helped salute Fourth

Lyons police force
Advertisement for celebration at Hart's Mill

85) Congregation dates back to 1866: Original Bethel AME church cost $600.  Side story--Duke Slater's father pastor here.

Elizabeth Fairfax
Bethel AME Church

86) 56 years of "One piece or a carload": Lumber firm Eclipsed competition

1910 delivery truck
1913 Clinton headquarters of Eclipse Lumber Company
First deliveries were made by Eclipse with a wagon hitched to a team of donkeys

87) "Cherry Bank" built in 1871: Member lived in his mansion

Cherry Bank on West Main Avenue in 1871
Stable, coach house and 3-holder which served Cherry Bank

88) Ellis mansion once its home: Legions post nears 75th birthday

Sketch of a proposed addition to the Legion home
Clinton Coliseum Building, 1955
Football team sponsored by the June Van Meter post of the American Legion

89) Stockwell came to county in 1839: Lane named for lumberman

Stable on Stockwell Lane
Roadbed of the ill-fated Lyons and Central railroad
Lyons Lumber Company

90) Clinton Paper Co. opened in 1861: Mill among tops in nation

The Clinton Paper Co. in 1909
An early drawing

91) Practical jokers' group blamed: Our railroad depot vanished

Spot where the old, dilapidated Chicago and Northwestern depot disappeared
New station

92) Rail bridge delayed four years: Nothing new about red tape

Views of the bridge between Fulton and Clinton

93) City had 13 cigar factories.  Side story:  "Jolly Five" entertained and sold cigars

J. W. H. Gathe Cigar factory
Wooden mold for cigars
The Turners Jolly Five

94) Beginning in the 1860s: Clinton area banks had own currency

Four rare National Bank Notes

95) 35 restaurants here in 1929: Once you set dinner price

Floyd S. Magee and Ev Streit
Otto Korn's lunch room

96) Advertisements

That's all for this issue.