Celebrate our 150 Years With Glidden Gear!
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Glidden Sesquicentennial Memories Enjoy all the memories of this wonderful celebration of our city time and time again. Share it with others as a gift. Print and submit the form below along with your payment of $10 per disc. Glidden Sesquicentennial Memories Disc Order Form
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Memories of Main Street Newly released, this limited edition collector print by Speltz Studio of Wildlife, showcases the main street of Glidden from the 1920's. At the base of the print are images of the Railroad depot, school bus, school, and the Merle Hay Monument ceremony. The image is 10" x 15", matted and framed, 16" x 20". Prices:
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Cooking With Love Glidden Sesquicentennial cookbook featuring recipes from the families of the City of Glidden. This is a once in a lifetime chance to own the recipes that helped feed our community. Price: $15.00
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Calendar/History Book Combo Glidden Sesquicentennial History Calendar featuring history from the City of Glidden. Own the only calendar dedicated to our fine community. Great pictures and events listed for every month. Get yours today!! Price: $10
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Glidden Sesquicentennial Ornament - Limited Edition $10 |
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City of Glidden 150 year Anniversary Frisbee Show your neighbors how to have fun with this classic summertime must-have disc. This heavy-duty frisbee proudly sports our Glidden Sesquicentennial 150 logo for all to see. 7-inch, royal blue with white text Price $1.00
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City of Glidden 150 year Anniversary Football Great to get the party started or just keep the kids busy playing outside, no home is complete without our Glidden Sesquicentennial football. Order yours today while they last. 7-inch, royal blue with white text Price $2.00
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City of Glidden 150 year Anniversary Memo Pad Keep track of those important dates and notes with the official Glidden Sesquicentennial memo pad. Easy to write on and only come around once in every 150 years. Get 'em while they last. 2½ x 5-inch, red with the sesquicentennial logo Price $ .50
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City of Glidden 150 year Anniversary Playing Cards Time to deal from a classic deck of playing cards. Emblazoned with the Glidden Sesquicentennial 150 logo, these cards are a must-have for every poker game. Poker-style, royal blue with white text Price $5.00
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City of Glidden 150 year Anniversary T-Shirt Choose from either red or grey shirt color with the sesquicentennial logo.
Price: $10.00 Youth XS - Adult XL Price: $12.00 Adult XXL Price: $13.00 Adult XXXL
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City of Glidden 150 year Anniversary Baking Pan Engraved NordicWare Bakeware, 9x13 size, choose from 10 lid colors, personalized on lid & bottom.
Available Colors: Blue, Red, Green, Purple, Black, Pink, Orange, Neon Blue, Neon Green, Silver/Natural Price $25.00
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By 1870 Glidden had eight brick businesses housed on its main street and the population had reached 177. Over the next 20 years it would grow to 532. Among Glidden's first businesses were John Waldron’s jewelry & gunsmith, George Ferguson’s hardware & implement business, an elevator, W.F. Waldron's blacksmith & wagon shop, George Eaton furniture & undertaking business, and a creamery. Liquid lightening inspired some folks and could be purchased from Frank Chandler's "blind pig," which was just up the alley in the vicinity of where the library stands today.
The apparatus required 16 men and a foreman. The most serious fire in Glidden’s history occurred on Christmas Day 1883 in the midst of high wind and a blinding storm. The fire started in the drug store and nine buildings were destroyed. 
As the country schools closed, the need for bussing increased. When the consolidation of the nearby country schools began, the country schools were moved into Glidden giving the appearance of a hen and chickens, with the two-story school building the center and the little white country schools surrounding it. The horses-drawn busses were used until 1922 when the first motor-driven school busses were purchased. Consolidation returned in 1957 when Ralston became a part of the Glidden district. At that time the Glidden-Ralston School had 610 students and more country kids than town kids. 
The city moved the library into the basement of this building in 1953. The building was made possible through passage of $10,000 in bonds and a federal grant through the WPA (Works Progress Administration. The WPA also funded the cemetery wall and curb and gutter projects in 1939.) This City Hall building served Glidden for fifty years, but issues of maintenance and handicapped accessibility led to a decision to demolish and replace City Hall with a new building. The Municipal Building was completed in 1986. With a new addition to the north in 2000, the library once again became part of the city administration building.
