TULIP TIME
Marcia Norwood, America's STORYTELLER
COUNTDOWN: 82 Days
That's right!
In 82 days we'll be in beautiful Pella, Iowa, for the 77th Annual TULIP TIME festival. It just isn't spring without a trip to Pella!
I've been attending the TULIP TIME for almost 20 years with friends and family.
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| Daughter Sarah, Marcia, Granddaughter Megan, Daughter Faith Everyone is friendly in Pella. The stranger in the background smiled for our photo! 2011 |
My daughters and granddaughter indulge me, and wear matching shirts, and pose each year for traditional photos among the 200,000 tulips!
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| Social Butterflies: Daughters Faith & Sarah, Granddaughter Megan. Megan was tired and ready for lunch! 2005 |
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| Social Butterflies: Daughter Faith, Granddaughter Megan, and Daughter Sarah 2005 |
This year I entered a T-shirt design contest, using two photographs I've taken at previous Tulip Festivals.
Which one do you prefer?
This year's festival is May 3, 4, and 5, 2012.
For more information, visit the Pella Tulip Time website...
www.pellatuliptime.com/
Here's some information about the eary days of Pella.....from their website.
EARLY DAYS OF PELLA
De Kolonie (The Colony)
Late in the afternoon of August 26, 1847, the colonists arrived in what was to become Pella. The fifty cabins had not been built as promised although lumber was stacked for the purpose of building.
Dugouts were the immediate solution to the housing problem, temporary shelter never intended for permanence (although some were occupied for several years). Most of the dugouts in Pella were the “half-dugout” type built partially above ground and partly dug into the soil and walled with sod or saplings. Some dugouts could be built into existing hillsides–these were called “broken country” dugouts. Both types were roofed with prairie grasses spread over a woven network of branches from young riverbank saplings. This area became known as “Strawtown”.Primitive log cabins sheltered other settlers until more refined cabins or frame houses could be constructed. The Scholtes moved into a crude cabin purchased from Thomas Tuttle located on what is now the town’s square, Central Park.
Sixty-four lots were surveyed for the new town. Scholte gave the interesting names to the avenues that reflected the spirit of colonizing: Entrance, Inquiring, Perseverance, Reformation, Confidence, Expectation and Accomplishment. Streets were named Columbus, Washington, Franklin, Liberty, Union, Independence and Peace.
The Americans who stayed helped the Dutch Settlers. Soon other colonists came from The Netherlands and Pella prospered.
Before Emigration
In 1834 Scholte and many other ministers and congregations seceded from the state church. They believed that everyone should had the freedom to worship as they pleased and they should have equal protection under the law. King Willem I didn’t listen to their pleas to accept their new denomination as a legal one.
Scholte continued to preach in spite of persecution and violence. His congregation grew and many people were jailed, including Scholte, for worshiping without permission from the king. Sometimes Scholte preached in farm fields and sometimes on a ship surrounded by small boats filled with eager listeners.
In 1845 a potato blight broke out in the Netherlands causing a shortage of good food to eat. The poor and middle class families had to eat food usually reserved for the animals. In 1846-1847 this food shortage became worse and many people decided to leave their homeland.
Scholte and the other leaders of the church decided that emigrating to America would help relieve many of their followers’ problems. Scholte was convinced a colony in America could be a Christian community, and even though he didn’t like the idea of emigrating, he decided it was the ethical thing to do.
Many of Scholte’s followers began to sell their possessions. Scholte was joined by seventy well-to-do families who agreed to help pay for the journey of less fortunate families.
Scholte continued to preach in spite of persecution and violence. His congregation grew and many people were jailed, including Scholte, for worshiping without permission from the king. Sometimes Scholte preached in farm fields and sometimes on a ship surrounded by small boats filled with eager listeners.
In 1845 a potato blight broke out in the Netherlands causing a shortage of good food to eat. The poor and middle class families had to eat food usually reserved for the animals. In 1846-1847 this food shortage became worse and many people decided to leave their homeland.
Scholte and the other leaders of the church decided that emigrating to America would help relieve many of their followers’ problems. Scholte was convinced a colony in America could be a Christian community, and even though he didn’t like the idea of emigrating, he decided it was the ethical thing to do.
Many of Scholte’s followers began to sell their possessions. Scholte was joined by seventy well-to-do families who agreed to help pay for the journey of less fortunate families.
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