NEW RESTROOM BUILDING AT GIRL'S SOFTBALL DIAMONDS NEXT TO THE FAIRGROUNDS.

 

 

BUILDING BEING BUILDT TO USE TO FILTER ALL OF MAQUOKETA'SA CITY WATER....
LOCATED NORTH EDGE OF CITY BEYOND DIAMONDS.

 

WORK STILL NEEDING TO BE DOWN FOR MAQUOKETA'S
$4-MILLION PLUS WATER PROJECT OF 2005....WATER BILLS GO UP.

 

 

RESTORING THE OLD HURST HOTEL...NOTICE NEW WINDOWS UP BY ATTIC
..OVER 20 APARTMENTS WILL BE IN THE HOTEL, A $2-MILLION PLUS PROJECT

 

MAIN STREET LOOKING SOUTH

 

 

MAIN AND PLATT

 

 

MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB PRESIDENT NANCY MOORE
AT ROTARY FUNCTION IN BELLEVUE AND CELEBRATING HER 69TH BIRTHDAY.

CAN YOU SING HER FAVORITE SONG....
"WE GO TO SUNSHINE SCHOOL, WE THINK ITS MIGHTY COOL....."
SHE IS NOW RETIRED FROM SUNSHINE BUT KEEPS BUSY
WITH ROTARY WORK AND HELPING HER SON KEN IN HIS BUSINESS.

 

 

ED TUBBS, AND ANN AND BOB OSTERHAUS
ENJOYING A CRUISE ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
AT A MAQUOKETA-BELLEVUE ROTARY GET TOGETHER HELD THIS SUMMER.

QUARRY STREET ENTRANCE TO NEW OHNWARD OFFICE BUILDING,
JUST EAST OF KELLAMS AND BERTSCH.
OHNWARD IS HOLDING COMPANY FOR A BUNCH OF BANKS IN THIS AREA,
INCLUDING THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK.

 

 

NEW NAILS AND PEDICURE BUSINESS ON NORTH MAIN,
FORMERLY HOME OF THE COTTAGE SANDWICH AND GIFT STORE.

 

 

THE NEW DICK'S EXPRESS CONVENIENCE STORE
AND CAR WASH, NEAR DICK'S SUPER MARKET

 

THE BOWMAN OIL COMPANY FULL-SERVICE GAS STATION
ON SOUTH MAIN LIVES ON .....AND ONLY STATION IN TOWN
WHERE THEY WILL PUT THE GAS IN FOR YOU AND WASH YOUR WINDSHIELD.
WHEN I NEED OIL CHANGED...THEY PICK THE CAR UP...AND RETURN IT IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.
BILL AND (DAD) HUGH BOWMAN OWNERS.

 

NEWLY RE-DONE BP STATION CORNER OF JONES AND PLATT, UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP

 

 

NEW CASEY'S CONVENIENCE STORE ON EAST PLATT

 

NEW CONVENIENCE STORE AND TRUCK STOP...
OPEN 24 HOURS, WITH COOK ON DUTY AT ALL TIMES.

 

 

LAND WHERE NEW SUPER WAL MART WILL STAND....
NOTE NEW TRUCK STOP ACROSS THE OLD HIGHWAY 61

 

 

NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER/AUDITORIUM
WITH NEW GARDEN JUST ADDED RECENTLY.

 

 

INTERESTING BEAUTIFULL LARGE NEW HOME JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA.

 

 

NEW MAQUOKETA SIGN COMING INTO MAQUOKETA ON HIGHWAY 64 FROM THE EAST.

 

 

GIL BERG'S NEW BUILDING |
(DOES LANDSCAPING AND TREE REMOVAL, ETC.)
LOCATED NEXT TO DR. YANDA'S NEW BUILDING IN INDUSTRIAL PARK.

DR. DON YANDA'S NEW "EMBRYO'S" BUSINESS BUILDING, IN INDUSTRIAL PARK

 

 

PRIVATELY OWNED GYM AND RECREATION BUILDING....
NEAR WHERE CLINTON ENGINES STOOD.

 

YOUR FIRST LOOK AT FORMER CLINTON ENGINES ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
WITH NEW WINDOWS AND NEW LAWN SEEDING.
NOTE...NO SHRUBS OR TREES...
BUT NEW COMING SOON. WILL BE A MUSEUM SOME DAY.

 

 

BUSY PLACE ON FRIDAY NIGHTS. GOODENOW FIELD.
DID YOU PLAY THERE...FOOTBALL OR WITH THE BAND?

 

 

The 61 Drive-In Theatre, 5 miles South of Maquoketa, opened in August of 1950.
It will be celebrating its 55th Anniversary in August.
Dennis Voy has owned it since 1972.

It was buildt by
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Franklin
and
Mr. and Mrs. Walt Allen.

The Franklins (divorced) are still living today.
Here is a picture of Walt Allen.

The photo was taken in 1975 and he died in 1977 at the age of 59.
After selling the 61 Drive-In, he buildt another drive-in at the Quad Cities.
Also a regular "hardtop" theatre. This picture was sent to us by his son, Jeff Allen,
who lives in Texas and visits Maquoketa every couple of years,
worked at the drive-in when a kid, and still has fond memories of the 61 Drive-In,
now only one of three operating in the State of Iowa, and very popular with movie fans
in a 75-mile radious of Maquoketa.

 

LONGTIME MAQUOKETA (RETIRED) BUSINESSMAN JERRY RASMUSSEN AND WIFE DOROTHY,
AT THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB "FLY-IN" BREAKFAST SUNDAY AT THE AIRPORT.

THE OLD PASTIME THEATRE
MAQUKETA, IOWA

 

This is the new Maquoketa Middle School Entrance.
It was added to the South side of the building.
The addition also included new administrative and staff offices, which were on 2nd floor.
This photo was taken standing on ther right side looking to the left.
The black drain tiles on the ground along front will be buried later.

 

 

Here is another shot of new entrance to Maquoketa Middle School.
This time I was standing to the left of building, looking to the right.
The high school is also getting an addition and in late April,
the plan is to have a public open house at both schools to show-off the new additions.

This photo was taken from the front of new Middle School Entrance, looking to the South.
A home was taken down and the result was the open lot which will be the new Middle School parking lot.
In the background, one of the city water towers, located just West of the City Swimming Pool.

 

JANUARY 5 AND 6, 2005.....

13 INCHES OF SNOW IN MAQUOKETA.
BIGGEST SNOW STORM IN SEVERAL YEARS IN MAQUOKETA.

MAQUOKETA STATE BANK SNOW PILE .... NEXT TO KMAQ BUILDING.

 

MAIN STREET, IN FRONT OF DECKER HOTEL.

 

Opening Night at the "Ohnward Fine Arts Center"
CLICK FOR PHOTOS

2004 MCHS Homecoming Parade: KING: Adam Elkins, QUEEN: Danielle Treynor. Little KING: Marcus Wilkins, Little QUEEN: Addi Dostal

2004 MCHS Homecoming Parade: Official Homecoming Float with Homecoming Theme: "Strike A Pose"

2004 MCHS Homecoming Parade: Coach Mark Hillebrand and several of the football players walking in the downtown parade Friday, October 8th, 2004

2004 MCHS Homecoming Parade: Judges: Left to Right: (Left) John Dague: Maquoketa Businessman (Celebrating this month, 25 Years of Dague Equipment Company) (Center) Anne Hawks: Member of School Board (Right) Karen Tilton: Retired Speach Teacher.

Hurstville Interpretive Center

Maquoketa Sign With Flowers

Maquoketa's NEW Taco Johns

Lake Hurst Dam

New Radio Shack Location
out by Wal-Mart, Laundy Max and
Awesome Car Wash and new Taco Johns

Old Gasser True Value Location =
NEW Home for O'Reilly Auto Parts

RED HENTON, SINGING WITH DAUGHTERS
AT THE 130TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FULTON CHURCH,
HELD SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2004




Ohnward Fine Arts Center
THE STAGE
Construction Photos Taken March 18th, 2004

Photos Around Maquoketa
Jan-19-2004