Russell (Iowa) Historical Society

Saturday, June 19, 2010 The real and present Dry Flat world Pauline Barker Vincent (right), visiting he...

  Friday, September 23, 2005 That old ...

  From the LucascountyanBlog Frank Myers Sunday, January 27, 2013 The sporting life   Rain is banging against t...

Many thanks to Frank Meyer, Lucas Countyan Blog Back in the 1960s, when I was attending school in Russell, there still was a palpable sense ...

A picture of a Russell School Play was given to the museum.  We can find nothing about it. Would someone have some information about it , ye...

  Please check out Frank's article about Rev. James Chase, father of Jonathan and Robert Chase , history of Russell on the Russell Histo...

The Purple Heart Medal, awarded to servicemembers wounded or killed in action, is among the most familiar of military awards in the 21st cen...

  Please see Russell Obituaries for William "Bill" Adcock, Jr. who passed away in July 2021   He attended Russell High School.

 Many thanks to Frank Meyers- Lucascountyan blog The trip from place of death to grave has been, as a rule, relatively straightforward for a...

  Iowa’s surviving pioneers, acutely aware of their mortality as the 19th century ended and the 20th began, drew together in increasing numb...