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The Pottawattamie Area

Pottawattamie Area

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bigpigeon.us webpage Home, © 2023 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated & checked by RAC 26 Aug 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 treat World War II history.
Big Pigeon contains several hundred webpages. It's usually easier to navigate using my numerous links such as those found below.

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 Jensen.
Rasmussen - Lars C. 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 T., rural Neola.
PottCo - aspects of Pottawattamie County, Iowa history.
Pottawattamie Area Early History - pre-settlement
Pottawattamie County History
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 extended family.

Big Pigeon's Five World War II Modules:

WWII News updated 24 Aug 2023.

Sources for Big Pigeon's Pigeon Home webpage:

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