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Author: joynealkidney

Blogger, author, administrator of several Facebook pages, keeper of family and local history. Making sure the loss of Dallas County, Iowa's three Wilson brothers during WWII is never forgotten.
3 days ago February 26, 2021February 26, 2021joynealkidney

Those Two Sets of Twins

5 days ago February 24, 2021February 25, 2021joynealkidney

One Hundred Years Ago, Stuart, Iowa

7 days ago February 22, 2021February 22, 2021joynealkidney

Guthrie Center Native Hubert Caloud, Superintendent of the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery in France

1 week ago February 19, 2021February 19, 2021joynealkidney

Arachnophobia in the Choir Loft

2 weeks ago February 17, 2021February 17, 2021joynealkidney

Young Doris Helps With the Horses–1920s (poem)

2 weeks ago February 15, 2021February 14, 2021joynealkidney

1950s Date by Gary Knox

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021joynealkidney

Grandma Leora’s Home in Guthrie Center

February 11, 2021February 25, 2021joynealkidney

Journey Homeward (poem)

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021joynealkidney

Homesick – 1921 (poem)

February 8, 2021February 6, 2021joynealkidney

Parrish Cafe, Guthrie Center, Iowa, 1937

February 5, 2021February 5, 2021joynealkidney

Two Nights in Grand Island

February 3, 2021February 6, 2021joynealkidney

A Survivor’s Story of Four Chaplains Day–the Torpedo Attack on the Troop Ship Dorchester

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021joynealkidney

Odd Fellows Lodge by Bryon Weesner, Dexter Historian

January 29, 2021January 29, 2021joynealkidney

Who were the Rebekahs?

January 27, 2021January 27, 2021joynealkidney

Roller Skating in the House (poem)

January 25, 2021February 13, 2021joynealkidney

January 1946

January 23, 2021January 23, 2021joynealkidney

Grandma Ruby’s Cactus

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021joynealkidney

Grandma’s Apron: Guest Blogger Grandma Ruby (Blohm) Neal

January 20, 2021January 17, 2021joynealkidney

Don’t Let Those Precious Notes get Thrown Away!

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021joynealkidney

How I Became a History Fan (Not in School)

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021joynealkidney

Father Charles Coughlin–Union of Social Justice–1930s

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021joynealkidney

Farm Boy (poem)

January 12, 2021January 16, 2021joynealkidney

Morrisburg Cemetery (poem) by Nicholas Dowd

January 11, 2021January 8, 2021joynealkidney

Honor Quilts for Veterans

January 8, 2021January 20, 2021joynealkidney

Clabe’s Model T Truck Becomes a Model T Roadster

January 6, 2021January 11, 2021joynealkidney

Come January (poem)

January 4, 2021January 4, 2021joynealkidney

The Back Yard Awakes on a Winter Morning

January 3, 2021February 11, 2021joynealkidney

The Minburn Farm in Winter

January 1, 2021January 1, 2021joynealkidney

Twin Boybobs, 1930

December 30, 2020December 30, 2020joynealkidney

The Blessings of 2020

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  • Young Doris Helps With the Horses–1920s (poem)

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