History of Railroads, Coal Mines and Newspapers in Appanoose County

  Bill Heusinkveld wrote two major series of articles for The Daily Iowegian on the coal mines and the railroads of Appanoose County.  The growth of the railroads and the coal mines were closely related.  All of the articles are in the archives of The Daily Iowegian.  You will find these very interesting, educational and enjoyable.  Be sure to read the Milwaukee Railroad Comes to Jerome.

• The Railroad Comes to Clarkdale - May 25, 2006 
• The Railroad Comes to Mystic - June 1, 2006
  
• The Milwaukee Comes to Brazil - July 14, 2006
• The Milwaukee Comes to Diamond - July 27, 2006
• Milwaukee Railroad Comes to Jerome - August 17, 2006
  
• The Rock Island Comes to Numa - October 26, 2006
  
• The Railroad from Moravia to Centerville - November 26, 2006
  
• The Origin of Electric Interurban System - December 14, 2006
• Enterprises Served by the Interurban - December 28, 2006 
• Mines on Interurban Railroad to Albia - January 18, 2007
• The End of the Interurban Railroad - January 25, 2007 

• Coal Mines in the Rathbun Area - May 11, 2006
• Truck Mines North of Rathbun - May 18, 2006 
• Mining in Mystic by Eva Quist - June 8, 2006
• Mining in Mystic - Map Details - June 15, 2006
• The Lodwick Mine in Mystic - June 22, 2006
• Liberty Coal Co., Drum and Monkey Mine - August 3, 2006
• The Gladstone Coal Mine - August 10, 2006
• Letter to the Editor from Myrtle Felkner - August 22, 2006
• The Thirty Mine South of Centerville - September 14, 2006
• A Look at the Galleyville Mine - September 21, 2006
• Prairie Block Coal Co. Mine - October 5, 2006
• New Block Coal Co. West of Streepyville - October 12, 2006
• The Numa Coal Co. in Martinstown - October 19,2006
• The Diamond Mine of West Numa - November 2, 2006
• Coal Mining in the Hilltown Area - November 9, 2006
• The Whitebreast Mine at Forbush - November 30, 2006
• An Examination of the McConville Rosebrook and North Hill Mines - December 7, 2006
• Mines on the Interurban to Mystic - January 4, 2007
• McConville Midway Mine No. 2 - January 11, 2007
• Truck Mines in NE Centerville - February 22, 2007
• Tragedy at Shamrock Mine -Februay 28, 2007
• Publication of Coal Mining Book - July 12, 2007

  The History of Coal Mining In Appanoose County, Iowa by W. M. "Bill" Heusinkveld was published in 2007.  See the last article above regarding its availability.  Other Appanoose County history books written by Heusinkveld are: This Day in Iowa History [1995], Cemeteries of Appanoose County [1999], Towns of Appanoose County [2003], 101 Sketches of Pioneer Stories [2004], Historic Homes of Centerville [2004], and Nine Appanoose Regiments in the Civil War [2007]. 

  A third series of articles written by Bill Heusinkveld for The Daily Iowegian tells the history of newspapers in Appanoose County.

• Local Newspapers in the Early Days - May 24, 2007
• Local Newspapers after 1870 - May 31, 2007
• Newspapers into the 20th Century - June 7, 2007  
• Newspaper History - June 14, 2007