100 YEARS OLDCENTENNIAL 1855-1955 RESTAURANT The old drugstore owned by Rus Holmes was gone and the Green Door Lounge and Restaurant had opened in its place. Stan and Shirley Caldwell were operating this quite successful operation in 1976. GROCERY The doctors office had been closed for some time. Its last […]

100 YEARS OLDCENTENNIAL 1855-1955 CHEESE FACTORY The Cheese factory continued strong growth, but due to some personal problems Harry took his own life on September 18, 1963. The factory was sold to Raymond Harms of Wellsburg.    Mr. Harms died a short time after taking over, of a sudden heart […]

100 YEARS OLDCENTENNIAL 1855-1955 SERVICE STATION The oil station, known as Stupp’s DX Service was as the name implies being operated by Earl Stupp. In ‘55 it had been operated by Al Boll. It was first constructed about 1924 on the northeast corner of Market and Fourth Street by a […]

100 YEARS OLDCENTENNIAL 1855-1955 THE WAY WE WERE IN ’76 The City council in 1976 consisted of Jerry Kramer, Mayor, and council members, Joe Cervetti, Don Finger, Keith Richtsmeier, Jerry Higgason, and Harris Luiken.    On our nations 200th birthday, Steamboat Rock celebrated it’s 121st birthday.    At this point […]

100 YEARS OLDCENTENNIAL 1855-1955 OUR NATIONS BICENTENNIAL Not since Steamboat’s Centennial had there been such a celebration in town. In 1976 there was a grand nationwide celebration of our Nation’s Bicentennial. Steamboat Rock held a grand celebration that has not yet been outdone.    The two-day, “Steamboat Days” celebration was […]

100 YEARS OLDCENTENNIAL 1855-1955 THE BUILDING TRADE Walter Steinfeldt lived in the Steamboat Rock area all of his life and had a construction business in the 60s and 70s.    He constructed everything from homes to milking parlors and corn cribs, & remodeled homes throughout the Hardin county area.    […]

100 YEARS OLDCENTENNIAL 1855-1955 GROCERY STORE Tom Ruppelt, who was last to own Steamboat Rock’s ice business, and later owned a meat market, sold his store on Market Street to Roger Gast in Nov. 1955. Roger and his wife Merriem operated the business for the next eight and a half […]

100 YEARS OLDCENTENNIAL 1855-1955 THE LEGION The building that had been the home of Steamboat Rock’s Legion Post for many years was sold in 1969, to Roland Newby, and converted into an apartment building. The Legion in turn purchased the long empty former doctor’s office for their meeting place. The […]

100 YEARS OLDCENTENNIAL 1855-1955 CITY SEWER SYSTEM In 1964 the town installed a modern sewer system. By this time some of the older residents were if the expense was really necessary. The proposition demanded a vote of the people, and the town council knew they had an up hill battle […]

100 YEARS OLDCENTENNIAL 1855-1955 THE LIBRARY The first library board had been appointed by the town council which included Sophia Rowan, chairman, Clella Finster, Lucille Pierson, L.G. Johnson and Arthur Cooper. On December 29, 1958, Betty Smith, the State Representative for libraries, met with Sophia Rowan and Clella Finster and […]