TABLE OF CONTENTS

Articles

• History of Lester
• Vote on the Incorporation
• Blizzard of '88
• Minutes of the Lester Town Council
• Lodges in Lester
• Lester Volunteer Fire Department
• Hillside Circle
• Report of the Hillside Circle
• Edward Bouwman Post
• Charter Membership
• Military Duty--1905
• Edward Bouwman
• Harry E. Moser
• Five Lyon County Brothers
• Five Knobloch Brothers Served
• History of the Lester Methodist Church
• History of Bethel Reformed Church
• First Apostolic Christian Church Built-1892
• First Lester Schoolhouse
• First School Built
• First Class to Graduate
• Rural Schools
• Rules for Teachers-1872
• Sports
• Lester Softball
• Fire Destroys Landmark
• The Lester Ballroom
• Where the Lights Were Bright
• Railroads help Lester Develop
• The Lester General Store
• Marnette's Pool Hall and Tavern
• Bank of Lester, Iowa
• Lester Post Office
• Lester Named after Cleaveland
• The Lester Leader-February 12, 1925
• The Lester Leader-August 13, 1925
• Lester Apiarist Aids War
• Early Days in Lester
• Memories of the Great Depression

Family Histories

• Ageson, Harold and Vivian
• Bouwman, John
• Bouwman, Thomas
• Brucken, Joseph
• Bull, Charles Christ
• Chamberlain, J.D.
• Chamberlain, Louis Victor
• Claussen, Claus
• Cunningham, J.E.
• Cunningham, James L.
• Dell, Charles L.
• Feucht, August
• Feucht, Carl
• Feucht, Ernst Albert
• Feucht, Ben
• Gage, Charles Sr.
• Gerber, Ted
• Gossman, Chris
• Hansen, Wilhelm F.
• Haegele, Fred
• Hinricksen, Jens
• Hollenbeck, Grover
• Hollenbeck, Harry
• Kellenberger, Anna
• Kellenberger, Christian L.
• Kellenberger, Henry
• Knobloch, Dietrich
• Knobloch, Friederike & Wilhelm
• Lauck, William
• Maurer, August
• Maurer, Martin
• Metzger, Fred
• Mogler, August
• Mogler, Andy
• Moser, Lee
• Moser, Samuel
• Myrlie, John
• Newberg, Arvid
• Peters, Peter
• Rens, Henry
• Schacht, Adolph
• Schoelermann, Jacob
• Schubert, Elvin
• Thiessen, Frank
• Thiessen, Minnie Helena
• Trietjen, John
• Van Wyhe, Trio
• Wenzel, Charles
• Wenzel, Frederick
• Wick, Henry Augustus
• Wiese, Herman
• Wulf, Albert
• Wulf, Henry