Archives

Elkhart Trombone and Franklin Consolidated School Marching Band Hat Donated by Gary L. Johansen

Elkhart Trombone and Franklin Consolidated School Marching Band Hat

Donated by Gary L. Johansen June 2021

Haney Family of Franklin County (Clockmaker)

The Last Man Standing Club

An interesting story about commoradery during the depression.

Sukup Stirway

The Stirway helped put Franklin County on the International Manufacturing Map

Dr. Ole N. Schultz, DVM

"Doc" Schultz begins his practice in veterinary medicine at Latimer, IA in 1919

REA Power Plant

REA Power Plant is a real "GEM" for Franklin County

Junk to Jewel: Chase Manufacturing Engine #49

Small Engines Do Big Work

CONSTRUCTION OF THE REA DIESEL POWER PLANT AT REEVE

Construction of the power plant was started on Wednesday, September 1, 1937. Ralph M. Mason

CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL HALL

Memorial Hall restores the soldiear that stands guard on top of the building with the support of the Beeds Mill Questers.

THE LEAHY DISPLAY

General Leahy visits Iowa during critical WWII Invasions

Vincent B. Hamilton

Vincent B. Hamilton, the great-great-great-great nephew of Patrick Henry, was born in 1897 in Tennessee became a County Agricultural Agent, handling both the Farm Bureau and the Extension Service in Franklin County and coached a World Champion Judging Team.

The Franklin County Mastodon

The Franklin County Mastodon Tusk Found in 1933