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"The first Catholic church at Osage was a house which Father James Gilchrist bought on the corner of Third and State Streets. When Father E. W. Fowler came to care for the several parishes in 1885, the parish built a brick church on the block known…

"Father Patrick S. O’Connor arrived in Oelwein in 1890 to be the first resident pastor. After a rectory was built, a larger church was planned by Father O’Connor and the frame building was completed in 1891 at a cost of $8,000. A three-story building…

"After Father Ambrose Martin, a Canadian convert, came to Charles City in 1867, he frequently visited Roseville. A few years later, Father Patrick Feeley became the pastor of the Charles City parish and directed the building of the first Roseville…

"When Father Kelly left in 1887, Father Lawrence H. Burns came to stay for 27 years. He directed the building of a much larger church in 1893, dedicated to the Sacred Heart in November 1893 by Bishop Joseph B. Cotter of Winona, Minnesota. In 1897…

"The Church of Saint John is eight miles northeast of Cascade and four miles south of Epworth. The two-acre church plot was given by a Protestant neighbor named Hooper. Father John Hawe directed the building of the first church in 1874 and cared for…

"Father James Saunders directed the building of the New Haven church and then saw to the building of the Riceville church. In the early spring of 1879 funds were collected by Pat Mulick and John Dargan. Among those who were generous toward the…

"When Father Henry P. Rohlman, a member of the Archdiocesan Mission Band, conducted a two weeks’ mission in a borrowed church in January 1909, the area Catholics decided to form a parish. Before Father Rohlman left Rockford, the people appointed Paul…

A wide, still stream has leafy trees bowing over it from both banks, almost meeting in the middle.

A dry stream-bed cuts through the center of the forest, and a man stands by a fallen tree to the right. The trees are all bare.

In the left corner, two men dressed in trousers, suspenders and hats are standing on the railroad track, which curves across the card to the right. The track is elevated with a stream to the right, and grassy tree-covered hills rise on the left side…