history

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Pictorial History

 

 

1860's Jeanette Ferguson Glimpse, first white woman to live in Linwood
1867 John S. Duncan, first postmaster for Stranger
1860's Annie Duncan, second white woman to live in Linwood
1870's Charles Journeycake, last Delaware Chief
1880's U.S. Senator William A. Harris
1880's Union Pacific hand car at Linwood
1884 U.S. Senator William A. Harris home, built in 1884
1903 Flood: Wilcox & Petty Grocery, Bank, K.P. Hall
1908 Linwood School Children
1900's Snider's Blacksmith Shop
1910 Livery Stable once located in the 600 block of Main
1910 West Side of Main Street
1910 Tabernacle Baptist Church once located at 205 W. 3rd
1910's Looking south on Main street
1910's Linwood Rural High School, 208 E 4th, known as "The Hill of Knowledge"
1910's Original Indian PX Building
1913 Grange Fair on Browning Farm
1915 Stranger Creek Bridge
1916 Building the U.P. Railroad Bridge over Stranger Creek
1930 Snider's Garage
The Byer's farm at Fruitland 2 1/2 miles east of Linwood on Golden Road
1951 Flood: The large building has been replaced by the Community Building
1960 M.E. Church, 2 blocks south of where it is today
1981 Town of Fall Leaf

Most of this collection has been made possible through the efforts of Kathy Reno and Arlene Pritchard.

   


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