Anamosa - A Reminiscence 1838 - 1988

Brandt. David Twombley. Virginia Peet. Ruth
Sweitzer.Lyle Wilharm.Mrs. Ray Beighle. Amber
Barger. Pat Clark. Mrs. Maurice Gunn. Mrs. Roger
Grow. Ron Alderson. Joe Lambert. Oririn Stephen.
Donna Oltmann, Paul Pinney. Marilyn Harrington.
Greg Hemesath. Kay Ward. Don Southard. Mrs. R.S.
Bronemann.
1965 — Jane Fuller. Carla Stephens. Erika
Drallmeier. Blanche Swift. Brian Cummings. Pat
Breser. Sheryl Grant. Mrs. Ervin Von Sprecken. Mary
Oldfield. Darlene Liabo. Susan Hope. Jan Muller. Ron
Beaver. Jerry Bramer. Ray Boehmke. Jim Bishop.
1966 — Donna Benway. Janice Nielsen. Jan Koppenhaver.
Carolee Chapman. Mrs. Robert Graham.
Mrs. Earl Weller. Richard Stanaway. Frank Smith. Max
Peterson. Bob Haglund. Bob Graham.
I967 — Ron Ruess. George McBee. Doug Albertson.
Barbara Ann Wools.
1968 — Bob Algoe. Sharon Tapper. Mrs. Frank
Frostestad. MR5. John Wilson. Terry Brennan. Karen
Dasenbrock. Mrs. Larry Luxford. Don Harmon. Mrs.
A.J. Hostutler. Gwen Wiegmann.
1969 — Ken Nichols. Larry Dorn. William Bogner.
Janice Rion. Mrs. Tom Elvin. Tom Kramer. Cynthis
Carbee. Eleanor Hyde. Dorothy Miller. Marlyn Oeltjen.
Mrs. Richard Finson. Nancy Allen. Heschel Nuzum.
Marvin Craver. Jan Pearson. Bill Martin. Shirley Mitchefl.
1970 — James Fields. Bonnie Albertson. Terry Bahl.
Brinda Caldwell. Jim Fluegel. Pat Fluegel. Denise
Grundemeier. Jim Heitland. Jack Nims. Pat Nims. Alix
Pryhoda. David Beck. Barbara Read. Dan Reed. John
Middents. Leigh Russ. Eunice Conley. Reona Ford.
Frances Parker. Margaret Scott. Janice Larson. Marj
Mayer. Cal Johnson. Linda Reichert.
1971 —— Wayne Bohlken. Donna Hellmich. Dennis
Heth. Sandra Flesner. Bertha Reth. Doris Bries. Bonita
Yoder. Bernard Luensman. Judith Smeltzer. Roger
Hrubetz. Charles Hill.
1972 — Janette Bohlken. Mary DeWerrf. Tana
Stingley. (Barsness). Nancy Dunn. Marilyn Huinker.
Jan Meyer. David Marshall. Charles Hill. Jan Goettsch.
Ray Moothart. Maureen Frantz.
1973 — Jean Bliss. Dorothy Koester. Judy Warrington.
Thelma Spahr. Caroline Cueno. Anne Dunne.
Sharon Hey. Mike Manning. Alyn Anderson. John
Struck. Walt Fortney. Curt Duwe. Bill Oliver. Bob Warrington.
Tom Ewald. Dick Stout. Phylis Michels. Sharon
Alcorn. Tom Palmer.
1974 —— Debra Lacock. DeeAnn Oliver. Paul Wignall.
Richard Delagardelle. Randy Jersa. Janice Pearson.
Roger Scott Peper. Dale Reck. Carl Achenbach.
Suzanne Tenley.
1975 — Ed Gross. Keith Fick. Dale Andrews. Richard
Moore. Dale Johnson. Jean Pedelty. Pete Radl. Carolyn
Dake. Martin Leiserowitz. Bernard R. Keeney.
1976 — Arlie Willems. Wilma Wolf. Virginia Beck.
Rex VanDyke. Larry Meendering.
I977 — Linda Kerton. Cheri Francik. Mary Brewer.
Cindy Loomans. M. Hugh Shaw. Kevin Driscoll. Craig
Becker. Bob Hines.
1978 — Nancy Lubben (Stout). June Mueller. Jane
Upmeier. Deb Larson. Deb Clemens. Carla Jones. Mary
Ann Siebels. Lea Braun. Debra Unsicker. Steve Litts.
Robert Miller.
1979 — Tom Conley. Jane Fink. Sherry Johnson.
Dorothy Litts. Barb Anderson. Bill Peck. Bernie
Paulson. Paul Hawkins. Melanie Johnson. Julie Conmey.
Wendy Bouslong. Pam Olson. Joan Kuhns.
1980 — Laura Krumm. Angeline Paulson. Kay Prasil.
Rhonda Weers. Jane Upmeyer. Berleen Dostal. Lucille
Durchenwald. Craig McEnany. Karen Nelson.
I981 —- Doris Pazour. Terry Travis. Mary Achenbach.
Don Powers. Rebecca Stuck. Don Bayliss. Dennis
Christenson. Rosalyn Koehn. Nancy Kula. Nancy
Lacey.
1982 — Diana Hubler. Christine Harreld. Mary
Thissen-Milder. Dixie Whitman.
1983 — Wendy Hearn. Barbara Kleis. Teresa Mercer.
Barbara Lemmer. Charles Smith.
1984 — Valerie Brucckrnan. Jolee Caskey. Matt Ellis.
Timothy Stamp.
1985 — DruAnn Bufllngton. Julie Kurtz. Penny
Williams. Ann Gorman. Patricia Plueger. Gary Otting.
1986 — Martha Harrington. Kathy Houstman, Jan
Kopf. Lynn Leibold. Kathleen McVeigh. Joan Kuhns.
Mary Shanney.
I987 — Nancy Mueller. Marcy Hahn. Ann Tiedt.
Hazel Knoll School
compiled by Mildred Brown
Located on a winding dead-end road north of
Anamosa is the remains of the Hazel Knoll Family
boarding School which was begun in 1859 by the Rev.
and Mrs. Bishop Isbell. educators and religious workers
who came here from Williamstown. Mass.
The Isbells and their daughters. Eliza. Adelaide. and
Emily. arrived in Anamosa in 1858 and construction of
the residence and the school building began in 1859.
The school was opened in 1860.
The house. a two-story stone structure. was the first
to be erected. It still remains. The educational unit. a
two-story wooden building. with classrooms and
dormitory was built later. and has long since been torn
down.
Organized as a girls‘ finishing school. the curriculum
consisted of subjects considered beneficial for the
culture of females of marriageable age. Besides mid-
Victorian etiquette. instructions included grammar.
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mathematics and a smattering of domesticity. with
foreign languages. music and art electives.
Enrollment was enlisted from the local area and from
the river cities of Dubuque. Clinton. and Davenport.
Mrs lsabell. who had taught in several Massachusetts
schools. became the superintendent. Eliza. the eldest
daughter. assumed the principaiship and was director
of art. Emily. the youngest. was in charge of music.
while Adelaide was an assistant.
Once the school was in operation. the Rev. Isbell. 48.
returned to ecclesiastical work as supply pastor for the
Anamosa Methodist church. Among his charges was a
church nine miles north of town.
Eliza's death and Mrs. Isbell's ill health made it
necessary to close the school in 1872.
Mrs. Isbell died in 1879 and the Rev.Mr. Isbell died in
1893. The family is buried in the Riverside Cemetery at
Anamosa.