Pottawattamie Area

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bigpigeon.us webpage Pigeon Home, © 2023 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 29 May 2023. 

Big Pigeon's nine modules are listed on the above navigation bar and boldfaced below.

• Four modules treat family and local history and five World War II history.
• It's usually easier to navigate using the numerous links found below and on individual webpages. 

​Big Pigeon's Four Family and Local History Modules:

• ​Pigeon Home (the website landing page, you are here)
•     Usage Hints - enlarge, navigate, search, contact.
•     Acknowledgments 
•     Resources - local history web sources used by Big Pigeon.
•     Project Management Webpages - Public 
•     Project Management Webpages - Private ​​
• Family - my extended family and allied families history
•     Christiansen - Christian Christiansen & Ane Kirstine Jensen.
•     Rasmussen - Lars Christian Rasmussen & Karen Andersen.
•     Larsen  - Niels (Christensen) Larsen & Maren Larsen.
•     Hansen - Peter Hansen and Dorthe Hansen.
•     Allied Families - families that married into my family.
• St. Paul's - St. Paul's Lutheran Ch., Boomer Twp., rural Neola.​
• PottCo - aspects of Pottawattamie County, Iowa history.
•     Pottawattamie Area Early History - pre-settlement
•     Big Pigeon Area - Big Pigeon area historical material.
•     Avoca - limited material about the Avoca, Iowa area.
•     Pott. Co. Addendum - county-wide local history material.
• ​    LDS History - aspects of county Mormon history.
•     A House Divided - Kirsten Pedersen's mostly-Mormon family.

​Big Pigeon's Five World War II Modules:

• WWII Home (WWII landing page)
• Area WII Dead Roster    ​
• WWII US
• ​WWII Japan
• ​WWII Germany ​

​Sources for Big Pigeon's Pigeon Home webpage:

• Pottawattamie Area, the webpage header image, https://geology.com/county-map/iowa.shtml.