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Guest Columns

The mystery of Sumner Elementary

I just can’t resist a mystery so I’ve been digging into the history of Sumner Elementary School and why it was named “Sumner.” Read more

by Laura Helle, Monday, October 10, 2011 11:01 am

Columns

Shaw was a student of history, biography

After reviewing the career of O. W. Shaw, one of the big names in Austin history, I’ll take a look at some stories of ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, October 1, 2011 7:00 pm

Columns

A look at Shaw and Sumner Elementaries

Returning to our series on the historic names of our community, I bring you two short paragraphs from “Mill on the Willow: A History of ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, September 17, 2011 6:00 pm

Columns

Looking back to the birth of Jay Hormel

With the ten-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks this week, I wanted to bring some stories, first published in 2006, about another event on ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, September 10, 2011 5:15 pm

Columns

One names leads to more Austin history

As often happens when unraveling stories of local history, one thread leads to another. I started out wondering about the Banfield name. Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, September 3, 2011 5:00 pm

Spotlight

Banfield wedding a grand celebration

Last week we began looking into the history of the Banfield family. Nathan F. Banfield’s brother, Herbert, married Addie Cook on June 22, 1894. Addie ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, August 27, 2011 8:00 pm

Columns

Looking back at Austin’s big names

At the suggestion of my brilliant husband, I’m beginning a series on the ‘big names’ of Austin. If you have been wondering about the name ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, August 20, 2011 6:39 pm

Community

The historic home of Arthur Wright

Last week I shared the story of Arthur W. Wright, one of Austin’s prominent citizens of the early 1900s. Wright’s former residence, which is across ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, August 13, 2011 5:00 pm

Community

Pilot of crash died two weeks after

I’ve had a chance to research more about the 1931 plane crash than I wrote about two weeks ago. To borrow a line from Paul ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, July 30, 2011 6:00 pm

Spotlight

1937 air crash a freak accident

When researching the 1931 plane crash that I wrote about last week, I found another story of air accident in Austin. From the October 4, 1937, ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, July 23, 2011 5:00 pm

Spotlight

1931 sees plane crash into East Side Lake

After the recent columns about East Side Lake, reader Marilyn Halverson brought in a photo postcard to me. The postcard shows a plane crashed into ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, July 16, 2011 5:00 pm

Hormel Historic Home

Herzog a part of East Side Lake

Even though he is credited with leading the efforts to build East Side Lake, Jacob Herzog’s obituary from the Austin Herald does not mention the ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Tuesday, July 5, 2011 11:31 am

Spotlight

The origins of East Side Lake

I’ve been looking into the history of East Side Lake. Several accounts vary so I’m going to give you broad strokes of the story and ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, June 25, 2011 5:00 pm

Spotlight

Austin sought aid from WPA

Since researching the Austin Acres development which benefitted from federal aid in the 1930s, I discovered many other Austin landmarks with roots in the Works ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, June 18, 2011 8:00 pm

Spotlight

Waiting owner took action

Last week, we mentioned delays in the Austin Acres project, a subsistence homestead project developed in Austin in the 1930s. Here is a story of ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Sunday, June 12, 2011 11:00 am

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