The Gilbert Gazette - Gilbert, Iowa

This section of the Gilbert Gazette, was first posted on December 12, 2011, and is under construction, pending arrangements with the Gilbert, Iowa, Historical Society. Feel free to view the YouTube videos from the society's home tour on September 24, 2011, and older historical material that has been on the Gazette for several years.

2011 Home Tour
If this house could talk ...

The society organized a tour of seven homes on September 24, 2011, with members and friends presenting folks from the past who had lived in the homes. We have posted YouTube videos of two of the presentations with more to come.

Other Gilbert History Resources
Historical Perspectives Gilbert, Iowa 1879-1979 by Jo Anne Hagen for the Gilbert Centennial Committee	Main Street Memories reflections of life in Gilbert around 1915 by Eugene Eness
Interview with Bessie Gildersleeve A conversation with Gilbert centenarian and grand marshal of Gilbert's 125th anniversary parade in 2004, when she was the oldest living graduate of Gilbert high school. Bessie and her parents moved from Illinois to the area when she was three. She taught school then was married 72 years to John Gildersleeve. He died in 1994. She continued to live on their farm north and east of Gilbert's cemetery.
	2004 football archive The 2004 Gilbert High School football team, known as a group of believers, overcame many odds and won the state semi-final game at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls before losing in the championship game.

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