Hills
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJuly 07, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village of Hills continued from 7-02-20 edition of the Star Herald. Since Hills has become an incorporated town, its growth has been steady. Over $30,000 were expended on building improvements in 1904. The state census of 1905 gave the town a population of 320. In 1908 the building improvements footed up over $15,000 and…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJune 30, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village of Hills, continued from 6-25-20 edition of the Star Herald. Hills became an incorporated municipality in 1904. It had a population to warrant taking the step ten years before, but the fear of many of the residents that incorporation would result in the licensing of saloons precluded taking any action at that time. In the…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJune 23, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village of continued from 6-18-20 edition of the Star Herald. The next item we have to consider in the history of Hills was also an important one — no less than the removal of the entire business section of the town. The village was originally located three blocks west of the present location, on low ground. In 1893 F. C. Finke…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJune 16, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village of continued from 6-11-20 edition of the Star Herald. The growth of Hills during 1892 was substantial and its permanency was assured. It distanced some of the neighboring villages and boasted a larger growth than its rivals.9 Among the new enterprises of the year were the town’s first hotel by T. O. Strandness, a bank…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJune 09, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village of Hills, continued from 6-4-20 edition of the Star Herald. In April the store building of Jacobson & Sexe was moved across the fields from Bruce, and early in May that firm opened a general store one block north of the Thompson store. The same month A. T. Sexe moved his lumber yard from Bruce and installed P…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJune 02, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village of Hills continued from 5-28-20 edition of the Star Herald. The farmers residing in the vicinity were given the privilege of christening the new town. They chose the name Oslo, but before the site was platted, late in October, it was learned that there was a town of the same name in Marshall county, Minnesota, and…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyMay 26, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village of Hills Ranking second in size among Rock county villages is Hills, situated in the southern part of Martin township, two miles from the Iowa state line. It is located at the junction of the Great Northern and Illinois railroads, giving it transportation facilities excelled by no other town in the county excepting…- By Rev. Maggie Berndt-Dreyer, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, HillsMay 12, 2020By the time this column is printed, I will have moved away from the area and will be just about to begin my new pastoral call. As I write you one last column, I’m reflecting on all the stories I will take with me as I go. Storytelling is a powerful tool for remembering. Telling stories of loved ones who have gone or of the kids when they were little helps us feel connected to each other…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyOctober 08, 2019The following appeared in The Rock County Star on September 20, 1929. Hills Picnic Is Successful Event Former Senator Magnus Johnson Delivers Feature Address of Day Nearly a thousand people are estimated to have turned out for the annual picnic of the Hills Co-operative Creamery Association held at Hills Saturday and the event was a successful one from every standpoint. Weather conditions were…- July 30, 2019This week the Hills Crescent put out its final edition after 126 years of serving the readers of Hills, Beaver Creek and Steen. (See the related story on page 1.) Since 1997, it’s been publishing under the same ownership as the Rock County Star Herald but with its own news writer and its own community identity. As has been the way of many small-town newspapers, subscriptions have dwindled with…
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