bigpigeon.us webpage History > Big Pigeon Area, updated by RAC 18 Oct 2023.
What I call the Big Pigeon area is a rural area in northwest Pottawattamie County, centered on Boomer and Hazel Dell Townships. This area is divided by Pigeon Creek, formerly known as Big Pigeon Creek.
What I call the Big Pigeon area is a rural area in northwest Pottawattamie County, centered on Boomer and Hazel Dell Townships. This area is divided by Pigeon Creek, formerly known as Big Pigeon Creek.
What I call the Big Pigeon area is a rural area in northwest Pottawattamie County, centered on Boomer and Hazel Dell Townships.
Links to Big Pigeon's History > Big Pigeon Area subpages:
Links to Big Pigeon general reports:
Links to Big Pigeon churches and cemeteries:
Links to Big Pigeon ethnic groups:
Links to Big Pigeon miscellaneous reports:
Links to Big Pigeon school reports:
Links to Big Pigeon additional families:
Miscellaneous Big Pigeon Area History notes:
Sources for the Big Pigeon webpage:
Links to Big Pigeon's History > Big Pigeon Area subpages:
- Nearby Towns - in northwestern Pottawattamie County and southern Harrison County.
- Danes from Dronninnglund
- Big Pigeon Plats - selected neighborhoods from historic platbooks.
- Big Pigeon Galleries - photos, art, and maps from the Big Pigeon area.
Links to Big Pigeon general reports:
- Big Pigeon Area - An Overview - background for many reports (updated 11 Aug '17)
- Big Pigeon Area Notes - miscellaneous historical notes (updated 11 Aug '17)
- Southern Boomer Township, an Historical Report - incomplete
Links to Big Pigeon churches and cemeteries:
- Grange Cemetery - about the Grange Cemetery in Boomer Township and burials therein, updated 20 Jul '17,
- Grange Cemetery Burials - 2065 names from St. Paul's database, updated 20 Jul '17.
- Hazel Dell Cemetery - about the Hazel Dell Cemetery and burials therein, updated 20 Jul '17.
- Hazel Dell Cemetery Burials - 940 names from St. Paul's database, updated 20 Jul '17.
- Reel's Cemetery in Boomer Township - added 15 Jul '16.
- St. Paul's Church and Cemetery material, in the St. Paul's website area, was updated 3 Aug '17.
- St. Bridget's Cemetery in Boomer Township - added 29 Sep '17.
Links to Big Pigeon ethnic groups:
- Danes in the Big Pigeon Area (updated 22 Aug '17)
- North Germans in the Boomer Township Area (added 15 Jul '16)
Links to Big Pigeon miscellaneous reports:
- Boomer and Hazel Dell Mutual Protective Association - photo not yet available
- Farmer’s Union Band
- Rief’s Hall
Links to Big Pigeon school reports:
- Boomer and Hazel Dell Schools - background material for the following reports
- The Boomer Township School #4
- The Boomer Township School #5
- The Boomer Township School #7
- The Boomer Township School #8
- The Hazel Dell Township School #1
- The Hazel Dell Township School #2
- The Hazel Dell Township School #3 - tribute to Ethel (Larson) Torneten
- The Hazel Dell Township School #4
- The Hazel Dell Township School #5
- The Hazel Dell Township School #8
Links to Big Pigeon additional families:
- Thomas Hansen and Christiane Jensdatter
- The Older Descendants of Thomas French
- Ernest Bush - A Danish American Outlaw
Miscellaneous Big Pigeon Area History notes:
- All my great-grandparents and grandparents lived in the Big Pigeon Locale after immigrating from Denmark in the 1860s, 70s, and 80s.
Sources for the Big Pigeon webpage:
- The Big Pigeon Area 1900 map in the page header is courtesy of https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3Aatlases_7057, where a higher-resolution map is available.