Welcome to our website, all about Indianola Nebraska!
I myself have this saved on my desktop and when I click on the icon it always takes me to the OLD page. I have go to another page on here and then back to the home page to see the NEW page. Odd but that’s how is works. Bill Baumbach
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I like the addition to titles under the photos. It is great to be able to take a peek of Indianola. I have so many memories of so many places and with so many people. Thanks for getting this site up.
Thanks for doing this. It\’s a nice site, and I\’m sure it was a lot of work for you. WOW
You all have done a wonderful job with the website and photo gathering. I grew up in Indianola from 1965 thru 1986 and had never seen many of the photos you have posted. I already posessed many fond memories of Indianola, and your website has added to my fascination with the rich history of my hometown. I especially like the photos of the POW camp. I will check back often and help out in any way I can. Thank you, everyone!
Terry Redden
Indianola is the Best Little City Out West! I’ve been blessed to have lived and visited many places during my time in the Air Force, both as a child and active duty member. There is no place that comes close to holding the great times and memories I had while spending summers with my grandparents, Fern and B.A. Quigley. Going to the Davidson Sand Pit fishing and hunting bull frogs with my cousin Tommy Davidson. Fishing at the Diverson Dam and bringing home mess after mess of channel cats and white bass. Helping Grandma in the garden, and Grandpa in the basement with his latest project. Swimming in Blume’s pool and playing with the Strit kids the summer they lived in the Deffer’s house. Going out to the farm and riding the Combine during the wheat harvest with Uncle Stanley. Running the chickens out at Aunt Anna and Uncle Ike’s farm. Riding the train to Bartley, and coming and going on the Zeffer to Denver. Walking to the Methodist Church every Sunday, and then returning to Grandma’s oven fried chicken lunch. Pizza, and later, Pizza and Beer at the Rocket. Great food and great service! Playing canasta with Grandma & Grandpa & Aunt Anna or Vern Talbot in the evenings. Spending time in Grandpa’s office at the “Quigley Agency” and enjoying all the regular visitors who would come by just to say hello. Watching the ball game with Grandpa after he came home from the office on Saturday afternoon. Then watching Lawarence Welk and eating pop corn with Grandma and Grandpa in the TV room. We’d end the day with the 10 PM News. Feeling and hearing those 100+ car Burlington Northern Freight Trains racing through the night. The Fire Whistle blowing at noon each day. The smell of freshly spread gravel from the pit on the streets. Old Settlers parade, Blumes Grocery, Gambles Hardware, Lords, Rexall Drug & Fountain, IR&W Coop, Indianola Oil, the Indian Grave up on the crick and that cherry 7-Up at the Drive-In. Shooting bottles up at the dump. Picking choke cherries, wild plums, wild grapes and elderberries at Grandma’s secret spots, and then making jelly for days afterwards. Then eating all of Grandma’s homemade pies, cherry, apple, and rubarb! Oh man, those were the days. Recent trips have been to lay to rest members of the Quigley clan who were such a big part of my life, and that I loved so dearly. Thanks to the VFW for the great service they provided for BA, Kendall, and Que during their internments. My thoughts are never far away from the memories I have from the Best Little City out West!
Don Quigley
What a wonderful job. Brings back lots of old memories. Congradulations Bill on this. You are marvalous.
Bill. You have done a fantastic job with this. Many hours of work I know with all the pictures. Keep up the good work for all of x Indianolaians. Kathy