Brent Hegstrom
During the summer of 1891, Perry Mayor Allen Breed and the Perry City Council decided to put in a waterworks system. On Aug. 4,...
Perry's shopkeeping class -- the French call them the petite bourgeoisie -- has presented a varied and colorful appearance over the years, with piety,...
Before the railroad came through in 1869, there were a few small coal mines in the Angus area that sold coal to the settlers....
It was May 1938 when six state agents, S. R. Quealy, W. J. Fogarty, E. F. Brown, P. J. Gruger, J. J. DeRaad and...
Years ago there was a Chinese merchant by the name of Ar Shong who opened a store at First Street and Willis Avenue in...
Back in the day, the main road from Perry to Minburn and southward came out on Otley Avenue to 12th Street and then turned...
In 1899 there was a large two story structure a mile west of Perry called the finest and most up-to-date sorghum plant in Iowa....
In choosing a new route for the new railroad, the officials were talking of coming along the west side of the Raccoon River unless...
Perry's first grist mill was built by William Otis and the Selby brothers in 1875 at a cost of $12,000.
Now some say that Otis...
The badly decomposed remains of a murdered man were found Aug. 24, 1906, on the Rock Island right of way near Lucinda street. His...
