Seely Home Selected on State Register~~~ Taken from Louise Johansen's Scrapbook

 

Mt. Pleasant Pioneer Day 1961

Unknown Men

 

Relic Home and Hitching Post

Once Common Hitching Posts Are Now Rare.

A hitching post is a post to which a horse (or other animal) may be tethered to prevent it from straying. 

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• Unfortunately, during World War II, scrap drives resulted in many hitching posts being broken up with sledge hammers for the war effort, as were metal flower urns and garden ornaments. “A renewed interest in hitching posts has led to modern USA reproductions cast from aluminum. Some crude imports are also frequently found.” 

see the same hitchin' post from the street.

 

 

History of Mina Simpson Bjelke From Her Letters continued............

This Is Our Relic Home Way Back When?

Early William S. Seely Home
(Relic Home)

Relic Home Today

What Was A Black Hawk Celebration ???~ unknown date

Pioneer Relic .... Newspaper Article 1953 ~from the Elva Seely Guyman Collection

Andersen, Annie Brotherson -- -- -- Obituary

It may be of interest to you that Annie and her husband Rasmus were the second owners of the home that is now the RELIC HOME. They bought the home from the William S. Seely family.

FIRE: February 10, 1990 - Photos by Alice Hafen

On this Saturday, I was working at the Spring City Post Office. I had left Mt. Pleasant about 6:30 a.m. I drove right past these buildings on my way to Spring City. Peter called me about 8:00 a.m. and asked if I had noticed anything unusual. And then he told me there had been this fire. We were all so very sad to see these buildings go. The Kinema Theatre had meant so much to all of us over the years. "Kinema" the name was taken from the question we would ask our mothers, "Kin i Ma, go to the movie show?"

Les Lund had operated the movie theater for many years and also a little radio shop next door. Later, his daughter Judy, and her husband, Rod Andersen came back to Mt. Pleasant to take over the theater. The sewing plant had employed many people for many years.

Also, Dr. Dean C. Rigby had his docotor's office in this complex for a short time. I remember having to go there to get my stitches taken out after an emergency appendectomy in about 1957.

This building was once the Mt. Pleasant Armory and also the Queen City Ballroom

Notice our Relic Home to the far left.

Just right of the Relic Home is Jacob's Mortuary which had served the people of Mt. Pleasant for two generations. Bent Hansen built the building and sold it to H. C. Jacobs. It was a beautiful building with a lot of filigree work on its exterior. It also housed an apartment in the rear.

Thanks to Alice Hafen, my mother in law, we have these pictures to share. Even though it was a sad occasion, we appreciate her efforts and desire to record the history of each event both happy and sad. . . . . .Kathy Hafen