Westside

Westside. . , History of Westside , Iowa became part of the United States in 1805 as part of the Louisiana Purchase, and was admitted to the Union as the 29th state on December 28, 1846. The Railroad Telegraph road was built from Boone to Council Bluffs in 1866, and by 1867, the first railroad crossed the state, from the Mississippi River to Council Bluffs. , The railroad named many of Iowa's towns; however, Isaac Patterson is credited with naming West Side because of its location on the "west" side of Iowa's Mississippi/Missouri divide. West Side was established in 1869, and the name was officially changed to Westside on July 1, 1880. By the 1870s, the West Side area saw a large influx of Civil War veterans and railroad workers., Honoring Westside Veterans , On October 10, 1919, American Legion Post 196 was chartered. In 1944, it was renamed the Alfred R. Rossman American Legion Post 196. The Westside American Legion Auxiliary was formed in 1921. , The Eugene Kock Memorial Park was dedicated in 2018 and honors all who have served and sacrificed in the military from the Westside area. It also is a historical record of past and present residents, businesses, and organizations who have made the Westside area their home. , [photo caption] , Westside Main Street as it appeared at the time of the 2018 dedication of Eugene Kock Memorial Park, Other Important Westside Dates , 1873 . West Side’s first school , 1879 . First newspaper, the West Side Enterprise, printed , 1889 . First graduating class, Westside High School , 1893 . Germania Verein Hall opened; demolished in 1987 , 1899 . Westside Fire Department formed , 1902 . Westside Independent Telephone organized , 1904 . First Auto came through on the Transcontinental Highway , 1906 . Water tower and complete water system installed , 1913 . Transcontinental Highway became the Lincoln Highway , 1918 . G.O. Steinhauer lit up the town with his new Light and Power Plant , 1923 . Original charter of the Westside State Savings Bank , 1926 . Westside Horse Show began , 1927 . Westside Public Library opened , 1929 . New brick schoolhouse built , 1942 . "Payne block" destroyed by fire on Jan. 1st , 1955 . Westside, Vail, Arcadia voted to consolidate school into Ar-We-Va on Aug. 8th , 1957 . Hoffman Park developed, lot donated by Frank Hoffman , 1969 . Westside celebrated Centennial on June 19-21 , 1971 . Westside Community Building built on Main Street , 1974 . United Church of Christ and United Presbyterian Church consolidated into United Church , 1982 . New Westside Public Library is completed on Main Street , 1983 . New American Legion building built , 1994 . Westside celebrated Quasquicentennial on July 22-24 , 2002 . New fire station completed , 2003 . The Observer newspaper office opened in Westside