O. Hans and Lena Matthiesen; Mr. and Mrs. Behrens; Bob and Ella Dittman; Mr. and Mrs. Fox; Julius and Lena Hass; Emil and Emma Ehrichs; Wilmer and Berdine Ehrichs; Mr. and Mrs. Willard Farley; Marvin and Gladys Linde; Mr. and Mrs. Hilsabeck; Pat and Shirley Spack; Ricky and Kimala Spack; 1982 - House torn down.

Arnold Brus, nephew of John and Bertha Brus, stands in front of the newly-remodeled house which adjoined the Opera House. Judging from the knee-pants, the picture was taken in about 1920.

P. The house which stood south of the Opera House was originally a school; it was moved here in about 1902. A second story was added in about 1920; August and Bertha Wunder; Phil Langschwagers; Louie Schroeders; John and Bertha Brus; William and Lillian Jensen; Pete and Elsie Siem; This house burned down in 1932. 1982 - Dallas and Carol Lile now have two trailer homes at this location; one is the home of them and their children, Michelle, 20, Tony, 19, and Trudy, 13, and the other serves mostly as Carol's beauty parlor, the Salon DeBeaute. Dallas and Carol also own and operate "The Filling Station," a cafe in Manilla.

Q. Dan and Marie McGrath; Mr. and Mrs. William Whitcher; Richard and Anna Schacht; William "Billy Sunday" and Elsie Hansen; Ervin and Eldren Popp; John and Emma Schilling; 1982 - Mrs. John Schilling and sons Alvin Schilling, a farmer, and Roy Schilling, operator of Roy's Welding Shop.

R. August and Margareta Nuhn; Julius and Eunice Koester; Ed and Esther Hinners; 1982 - Ralph Sailer, retired.

S. August and Emma Ehrichs; they built this house when they were married in 1916. William and Rosa Schroeder; August and Emma Ehrichs; 1982 - Merton and Helen Ross; Merton is retired and Helen is employed at Casey's in Manning.

T. John and Anna Stammer; Hans and Catherine Eggers; Harry and Ella Schade; Herman and John Ehrichs; Louie and Margaret Hagedorn; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Campbell; Herman Ehrichs and Tena Tollgaard (brother and sister); Alfred and Betty Henkelman; Milton and Betty Sinow; Mr. and Mrs. Dick Johnson; 1982 - Tim and Roxanne Loew Henkelman and their sons Robbie, 4, and baby Ryan. Tim works for Slechta Masonry and Roxanne works for L.R. Nelson Corporation in Manning.

U. House built by Fred Koester; Meves Schacht; John and Dorothea Bruggeman; Hans and Amanda Clausen; Amanda Clausen and her father Louis Schroeder; 1982 - Mrs. Amanda Clausen, retired.

Emma Rowedder's house. V. Henry and Emma Wiese; Mrs. Hollander; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Babik; Herman and Katherine Rowedder; Emma Rowedder; house removed in 1975. 1982 - The Aspinwall Community Club.

ODDS AND ENDS
Although we were a family of girls, each of us was given her job for the day. If our tasks were performed by noon, Mother would allow us to walk to Aspinwall to play. There was no park, so the play area was the depot. There we would meet Alice and Ruth Brady, Betty Lou and Donna Belle Ehrichs, and Virgene and Donna Schacht.
Lucille (Lamp) Boell

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House as it appeared when Bill and Olga Hansen lived there. W. Carl Lemster; Julius and Amanda Molter; William and Olga Hansen; Fred and Emma Musfeldt; Dean and Naomi Hupp; Keith Clifford; Henry and Florence Thomssen; 1982 -Mrs. Florence Thomssen.

X. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Klindt, Sr.; John and Bertha Schwiesow; Harry and Marie Schroeder and Rose Schwiesow; 1982 - Harry and Marie Schroeder, and their children, Wallace, owner/operator of Schroeder's Grocery, and Carol Ann. Harry is a retired Railroad man, and Marie works at Schroeder's Grocery, where she is also the postmistress.

The Aspinwall depot included living quarters for the agent and his family on the second floor, which had a living room, dining room, pantry, and two small bedrooms. This is how the depot looked in about 1915.
Donald Brady, son of agent Ed Brady, is shown in the doorway with his dog Pedro.

Y. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Depot; Mr. and Mrs. Art Case and daughters; Ed and Rose Brady and children; Mr. and Mrs. Gene Burns; Gordon and Madelyn Younie. The depot was torn down in 1959.

Mrs. Anna Will, a mid-wife in the early 1900s, stands in front of the house built by her husband.

Kelly and Luella Musfeldt moved into the house in 1947 with their children. They have extensively remodeled the home and other buildings on the property.

Z. John and Anna Will; John built this house; John Wieck lived in the barn. 1982 - Carl and Luella Schultz Musfeldt; Carl is the operator of Kelly's Rendering Service.

AA. Mr. and Mrs. George Herman; John Ehrichs, Sr.; William and Rosa Schroeder; George and Anna Schade; Herbert and Edna Rowedder; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Smith; Charles and Mildred Greenley; Roy and Yvonne Hoffsummer; Edward and Darlyne Dahleen; Arnold and Arlene Spohn; Robert and Ardella Moore; Steve and Cheryl Mohr; Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Thacker; Mr. and Mrs. Sprague; Richard Stoberl; 1982 - George and Virginia (Schintgen) Mackey, and their daughter Lydia, one year old. George is employed at AGRI-Industries in Manning.

ODDS AND ENDS
I remember how dry it was in the 'thirties' and herding our cow and our geese.
Dorothy Kusel

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BB. Jurgen and Margaret (Gehlsen) Carstens; William and Rosa Schroeder; George and Milda Peters; Claudius and his mother Margaret Hansen; Randy and Lois Younie; 1982 - owned by Warren Wegner, a carpenter in Des Moines; he will come to Aspinwall to live when he retires.

CC. Frank Ehrichs had his new home built in about 1915; Frank and Mabel Ehrichs; 1982 -Clifford and Shirley Meyer Spack; Pat is retired and Shirley works at the Aspinwall Tap.

The Louie & Clara Ehrichs family lived in this house, which is now gone.
In the picture Glenn Ehrich, Clara Ehrichs, Annie Ehrichs, Raymond Ehrichs DD. Louie and Clara Ehrichs; Andrew and Elizabeth Boyens; Hans and Kathrina Hansen; Harry and Irene Jansen: Ida Ewoldt: Robert and Helen Schilling; Donald and June Meggers; Roland and Laurene Meeves; Gaylin and Janice Ferry; Mrs. Lehrkamp; 1982 - The house is gone.

ODDS AND ENDS
Hayes and Iowa Townships were largely populated by German emigrants. The German immigration was so apparent by 1876 that in the spring the Denison Review reported, "We have it upon good authority that if the crops prove good the coming season more than twice the number of German emigrants will come here next spring than have arrived the past few weeks. There are now living in Scott and Clinton Counties scores of people, who in view of the fertility and cheapness of the Crawford County lands, have resolved to purchase homes in this El Dorado of the west."
During the month of March, 1876, 67 carloads of emigrants' goods and 40 cars of lumber arrived in Denison; the West Side correspondent also reported that "new emigrants have been pouring in and settlements are being made both north and south."
History of Crawford County, published in 1911

The Ben Ehrichs house was built about 1915. EE. Ben and Minnie Ehrichs; Harry and Adelia Kruetzfeldt; Claus Hansen and his mother Margaret Hansen; Herbert and Leona Schroeder; Fred and Hannah Boyens; Herbert and Alice Kuhl; Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Voss; Wilmer and Berdine Ehrichs; Max and Amelia Weinbrandt; Tom and Dawn Irlbeck; 1982 - Tom and Nancy Fogleman Walters and their daughter Shannon, 5. Tom works for Manning Heating and Sheet Metal.

FF. Chris and Augusta Hagedorn; Carl and Tena Otto; John and Erna Uselding. This house burned down; another was rebuilt by the Useldings and it too burned down. The Greenhouse was built on the foundation by Andrew and John Babik in the mid-1930s, and it closed in the early 1940s. 1982 - This is now a vacant lot.

Home of Allen and Malia, built in the late 1970s. GG. William Otto; Carl (Kelly) and Luella Musfeldt; Herman and Peggy Stitz; Lawrence Thomssen; Emil Klindt. The house was torn down and a trailer house was moved on the lot. Jim and Charlotte Soll; Dave and Kathy Rohe; 1982 - Allen and Malia Hansen Soll and their son Adam, age 1, are living in a new home built on the lot in the late 1970s. Allen is employed at Horizon Seed Company in Manilla.

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HH. John Woest; Bob Winters; Mayburn and Phyllis Ramsey; Lester and Ruby Dammann; Hugo "Shorty" and Gertie Dammann; Hugo and Maggie Kuhl; 1982 - Ronald and Susan Grundmeier Schilling and their three children, David, 17, Mary, 13, and Chris, 8. Ronald is employed at the Aspinwall Co-op and Susan works part-time at the Manning General Hospital.

II. John Arp; Emil and Emma Ehrichs; William and Lillian Jensen; William "Billy Sunday" and Elsie Hansen; Emil and Margaret Wegner; Mr. and Mrs. DeBolt; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Palmer; Henry Georgius and William Wiese; house torn down; 1982 - Doug Mohr has put a trailer house on this lot, and he owns Doug's Body and Paint Shop next door.

JJ. Mrs. Franke Winkelman; Walter and Lena Schwiesow; Mr. and Mrs. Anderson; Herbert and Edna Rowedder; Bob and Laverne Wailes; Bernard and Jean Hollander; David and Beverly Grundmeier; House was torn down and a trailer was placed on this lot by Roy Soll; Tony Carpenter; Allen and Malia Soll; 1982 - Edna Meggers.

KK. Tom and Emma Ralph; Mr. and Mrs. Pete Vehrs; Lawrence and Marfa Clausen; Henry and Anna Jansen; Andrew and Elsie Soll; Lester and Mary Soll; Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Comstock; 1982 - New home was built in 1977 by Chris and Mary Ann Hagedorn Brandt; Chris is a farmer.

LL. Jacob and Minnie Carstens; Herman and Oval Sinow; Mr. and Mrs. Matthias Jones; Carl and Tena Otto; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dueling; Clyde and Delpha Olsen; Louie and Elsie Wiese; Louie and Margaret Hagedorn; Emil and Amanda Sinow; LeRoy and Winona Rowedder; 1982 - Milton and Betty Ehrichs Henkelman Sinow; they are the owners and operators of the Aspinwall Tap.

MM. (Railroad Section House); Mr. and Mrs. Grove; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Patten; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hulsebus; 1982 - The house was torn down in about 1926.

ODDS AND ENDS
I remember the day the gypsies came through Aspinwall and I feared they would steal Glenn's dog, Buddy.
Dorothy (Ehrichs) Kusel

NN. A school house was moved in from Brandt's farm and placed on the south portion of the property now owned by Emma Schilling. An Ebsen family lived there for a while; and John Schilling later tore this building down.

OO. Elsie and Pete Siem built a house here in the early 1920s. It and Pete's pool hall burned in February, 1925.

Witt's Log Cabin Our nation has faced an energy crisis since the early 1970s, when the price of oil, coal, and natural gas skyrocketed due to limited availability. There have been many solutions offered - the use of sunlight for solar power, construction of nuclear power plants, and the distilling of corn for "gasohol." Gary and Bonnie Witt, who farm one mile southwest of Aspinwall, have come up with another solution: they returned to the days of the pioneer in building their home out of logs.

The house survived the test of 1982, which had the lowest January temperatures ever recorded in much of the country. As the thermometer plunged to -35 degrees F., and the winds brought the index down to nearly 100 degrees, the Witt's log home was kept comfortably warm with just one wood-burning stove. Although the rooms are equipped with electric heaters, Bonnie said they were not needed.

The 3-bedroom home has a total of 1400 square feet, including a finished basement. The basement was begun in the fall of 1978, and the shell erected during the spring of 1979. The logs, sent from Laramie, Wyoming, were numbered and ready to be put up when they arrived. The shell of the house was constructed by the salesman, and Bonnie and Gary have been finishing the interior themselves.

ODDS AND ENDS
We lived the first place north of the railroad bridge on the east side of the road. We walked to town a lot to get the mail and some groceries for our home.
Esther (Pfoltner) Jahn, Adair