From the Palo Alto Reporter September 5, 1929:

186 Pioneers Registered at County Fair

Below is a list of Palo Alto county pioneers registered at the county fair last week. Each has lived in the county fifty years or more. They were given free admission and special privileges on the fair grounds on Wednesday, "Pioneer Days". The names follow:

Emmetsburg

Frank Myers, James Hand, Mrs. Pat O'Brien, Mrs. J.C. Brennan, J.P. Downs, W.C. Baker, J.C. Bennett, J.M. Church, J.P. Clare, Joe Mulroney, Mrs. Joe Mulroney, J.J. Brown, Mrs. J.J. Brown, Mrs. Mary Cahill, Joe Jackman, James Joyce, Mrs. Pete Hand, Thomas Burns, Mrs. Dan Sherlock, Mrs. Joe Martini, Mrs. Lizzie Murray, T.P. Joynt, Mrs. Pat McNally, Dan Murphy, Ed Ryan, Pat Galliger,M.W. Brennan, Mrs. M.T. Joyce, James Murray, James Crowder, Margaret Donovan, Anna Donovan, Mrs. T.J. Foy, Melvin Church, Pat Sherlock, Mrs. Pat Sherlock, Mrs. E.M. O'Neil, J.E. Scott, Mrs. J.E. Scott, P.J. Walsh, J.J. Steil, Mrs. J.J. Steil, Ben Murray, Mrs. John McNally, Mrs. T.B. Welsh, F.L. Eaton, Mrs. Pat Jennings, Mrs. C.S. Starr, Geo. H. Baker, Mrs. W.A. Doty, Miss Bea Walsh, mrs. Pat Brodigan, John Schuller, Mrs. John Schuller, John Namer, Mrs. A.P. Myers, Th. P. Haughsteun, C. Conlon, A.P. Meyers, E.B. Hall, Mrs. William Kane, Oscar Cronholm, J.T. McCoy, Mrs. H.H. Cook, L.M. Sprout, Mrs. L.M. Sprout, John Burns, Fred Scott, Mrs. J.E. Ellis, David Joynt, Mrs. Caroline Brennan, F.L. Hastings, Eugene harrison, Mrs. George Beatty, Martin Coonan, Mrs. Martin coonan, Thos. A. Murray, J.P. Jennings, Geo J. Wright, Pat Duffy, Mrs. J.C. Thomson, T.H. Conlon, John Murray, C.C. Eagan, Mrs. C.C. Eagan, F.E. Hand, Mrs. F.E. Hand, John O'Brien, Mrs. John O'Brien, Mrs. E.J. Bradley, Mrs. M.A. Scott, P.W. Nolan, Anna J. McCoy, Charles C. Gusland, Mrs. Charles C. Gusland, Esedore Gappa, F.A. Warnke, Mrs. M.H. Crowley, T.P. Joyce, T. H. Cullen, Ms. T.H. Halloran, W.T. McNally, J.P. Jones, Mrs. W.R. Schroeder, Mrs. Mike Joynt, Mrs. Paul Schaney, Jack Crowder, Mrs. John Burns, Mrs. Dan Sherlock, Celia Leahy, J. Finn, Mrs. M.C. Brown, Mrs. I.H. Noll, Mrs. Emma Hilton, James McCoy, Ed Scott, O.S. Fredrick.

Mallard

John Krieg, Mrs. G.P. Wenning, Mrs. W.H. Barrett, G.P. Wenning, John Ditch, T.C. Truog, C.L. Carmichael, Mrs. Wm Ganley, J. Conway, C.W. Downs, Mrs. F.L. Lamb, T.J. Dawson, Mrs. T.J. Dawson, W.P. Reinders, Vina Freeman, Mrs. J. Wright, Mrs. Richard McCabe, Mrs. H. Zeck, Mrs. Agnes Moore, Mrs. H.E. Ferguson, C.J. Hahn, Mrs. C.J. Hahn, Mrs. Elizabeth Cress, Mrs. J.H. Hahn

Graettinger

J.P. Conway, Mrs. J.P. Conway, John Mahan, J.P. Waggner, Mrs. J.P. Waggner, Mrs. John Leonard, Mrs. Will Carney, Will Carney.

  Ruthven

W.F. Currans, Mrs. W.F. Currans, Mrs. L. McGuire, C.T. Nolan, E.P. Barringer, J.P. Brennan.

Curlew

Mrs. J.T. McGuire, G.J. Wessar, J.C. Allen

West Bend

Mrs. Sue Watson, A.B. Carter Jr, Alma Sloane Maxwell, Mrs. Emma Griffin

Osgood

Ben Bradley.

Rodman

Thomas McCormick.

Ayrshire

Mrs. Jennie Morrison, Mrs. T.C. Mahan, Mrs. Tom Shea, M.F. Brennan, Mrs. M.F. Brennan, Mrs. P.J. Hamilton

Cylinder

Orris Wright, Harvey Higley, L. Houck

Whittemore

Michael Fleming, Mrs. Emma Coakley, P.C. Jackman, M.J. Flemming