Cowell Historical Society

Cowell Historical Society From the site formerly known as the Town of Cowell

This picture was taken on Lime Ridge. Does anybody know anything about it?The Pokemon App calls it a slaughterhouse fou...
04/11/2021

This picture was taken on Lime Ridge. Does anybody know anything about it?
The Pokemon App calls it a slaughterhouse foundation, but I haven't seen any information about a slaughterhouse.

06/20/2020

I’ve spent most of the past two weeks moving pictures and stories from the CowellHistoricalSociety.org site to my https://Cowellian.WordPress.com blog. The site is more than a decade old, and some of the pictures have magically disappeared over the years. Many items on the site were Flash presentation, and the use of Flash is ending this year. Copying items to the WordPress site at least preserves the remaining items until I can rebuild the original website.

I'm trying to help a friend with some research.Who remembers the Concord's Spirit Poles?Specifically, when in 1989 were ...
02/17/2014

I'm trying to help a friend with some research.
Who remembers the Concord's Spirit Poles?
Specifically, when in 1989 were they put up?

Great photographer and a wonderful human being. Rest in Peace, Radar!
12/26/2012

Great photographer and a wonderful human being.
Rest in Peace, Radar!

Our wonderful friend, Mike “Radar” Dunn, has passed away. He was found this morning, in bed, at his home in Concord. Radar was a photographer for Claycord.com and the Clayton Pioneer, and previously a photographer for the Concordian and the

Thanks to Sal Sanders who provided another story from Cowell. You can read it here: http://cowellhistoricalsociety.org/...
09/02/2012

Thanks to Sal Sanders who provided another story from Cowell. You can read it here: http://cowellhistoricalsociety.org/html/stories.html

Do you have a story from the Cowell Portland Cement Company or the Town of Cowell that you’re willing to share? If you’ll send me a story, I’ll be happy to post it.

07/01/2011
I've added a story section to the site. Here's the first one.
07/01/2011

I've added a story section to the site. Here's the first one.

I moved to Concord when I married at the age of 17. My husband was in the Navy, and I saved all my allotment checks and we bought a house on Rose Lane when I was 18. Since I was under 21, I could not take ownership of the home, and my husband had to list me as his dependent (he was 21). The house wa

03/08/2011
Thanks for the Link, anonamom!
11/10/2010

Thanks for the Link, anonamom!

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10/03/2010
10/03/2010

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