Archive - Newburg Stories

The Woman Found on the Tracks

Mary Ann Gaddis

Aug 4 •

J. Harley McIlrath

July 2025

Newburg's 1925 School Fire

Jul 16 •

J. Harley McIlrath

June 2025

The Man Who Owned the Land

Horace Hayden Palmer

Jun 6 •

J. Harley McIlrath

March 2025

The Junior Partner from Newburgh, Maine

Gustavus Adolphus Whitney

Mar 1 •

J. Harley McIlrath

October 2024

"The central flower of the bouquet."

Charles Ransom Morse

Oct 12, 2024 •

J. Harley McIlrath

August 2024

"Why not call it Newburg?"

How Newburg got its name.

Aug 8, 2024 •

J. Harley McIlrath

May 2024

"A town with only a switch and a warehouse."

The founding of Newburg, Iowa

May 13, 2024 •

J. Harley McIlrath

Rev. David L. Cox

A Pastor of the Church of God.

May 1, 2024 •

J. Harley McIlrath

April 2024

The Church of God

Newburg's first church building.

Apr 21, 2024 •

J. Harley McIlrath

The Consolidated Independent School District of Newburg

Apr 16, 2024 •

J. Harley McIlrath

"Modern in All Respects"

The original school at Newburg.

Apr 14, 2024 •

J. Harley McIlrath

The Gym that Wasn't (?)

The gymnasium to which Newburg said no.

Apr 13, 2024 •

J. Harley McIlrath

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