Union County Historical Society

08/19/2026

Hughes & Crow Grocery, 301 W. Montgomery, 1911. The store was not found in any of the City Directories, but thanks to the Creston Preservation Commission's online early newspaper archive we found that E C Crow & L W Hughes bought the store from Ed Holderness in December of 1910. Holderness had been a railroad conductor and opened a Grocery store in the Eagle Block (107-117 W Montgomery). Holderness later moved to a wood frame building at 301 W Montgomery until replacing that building about 1905 with a new brick building named the Holderness Block - 301-311 W. Montgomery. Hughes and Crow only operated the grocery about 9 months before selling it to G A Perry. There may have been other owners between 1911 and the 1930' when the store was part of the IGA chain and was owned and operated by brothers Bill & Harry Strunce.

08/15/2026

07/21/2026

Last Sunday of the month Program.

07/21/2026

Del Rey Lunch - 106-108 W. Montgomery circa 1917

06/22/2026

What we think are rural school photos from around 1900. Probably Platte Township. From the scrapbook of Florence Lucas, shared by her daughter, Linda Walling.

06/22/2026

This photo mysteriously showed up at the Historical Village. First Federal Bank float from the 1969 Centennial parade. Dairy Queen in the background.

06/21/2026

LET FREEDOM RING!
For America's 250th Anniversary we will be ringing all of the Historic Village bells at 1, 2, 3 and 4pm on Saturday July 4th. We would like to invite "kids" of all ages to come help ring the bells.

06/21/2026

Sunday, June 28 at 2:00 p.m. will be the first of the monthly summer programs at the Union County Historical Village. The title of June’s program is “Scrapbook Sunday.” The volunteers at the Village have dusted off and rearranged the many scrapbooks that have been donated to us. We will share 75 of the scrapbooks we have at this gathering.

There are a multitude of interesting and unusual stories and events preserved in the memories resting within these books.Some contain newspaper articles, others feature photographs, while still others are filled with clippings and obituaries. One could spend many hours reading through these annals of information.

What will happen? So, on the 28th, you can choose scrapbooks you would like to read, find a chair, and dive right in. Perhaps we can pause occasionally to share something funny, interesting, unbelievable, or historical with one another. We’ve dusted off lots of books filled with interesting treasures for you to enjoy! Come join us!

Mark your calendars for the last Sunday in June July, and August and join us at the Village for our summer programs.

04/13/2026

Remember this? January/February/March 1969 issue of the Iowa Architect.