Marker Name: A.K. Steunenberg & Frank Steunenberg
Marker Type: City
Marker Text:
A.K. Steunenberg -- 1863 - 1907
Frank Steunenberg -- 1861 - 1905
Second generation Hollanders, the 10 Steonenberg Children (6 boys, 4 girls) lived their formative years in Knoxville, Iowa. A.K. (Albert Keppel) Steunenberg, answering an advertisement for a printer, came to Caldwell in the late 1880s. He called for his brother, Frank, also a printer, and thereafter followed the rest of the Steunenberg family. At one time, the Steunenberg migration could account for enthusing some 32 families to move to Caldwell. A.K. and Frank were successful newspapermen, bankers, farmers, and reclamationists. The family was instrumental under the carey act of initiating the Twin Falls Tract and the Boise Project. Frank later became Governor of Idaho and served two terms from 1897 to 1901. He was assassinated by a gate bomb at his home on 16th and Dearborn, December 30, 1905. The brothers were very close, A.K. died just 15 months later, on March 16, 1907. The Steunenberg family pioneering influence lingers modestly in Caldwell to this day.
Zet iets neer en stap opzij -- Make a mark then stand aside
Holland American Steunenberg Society Dedicated September 17, 2005
County: Canyon
City: Caldwell
Date Dedicated: 9/17/2005
Group Responsible for Placement: Holland American Steunenberg Society
Marker Number: None
Web link(s) for additional information:
https://sites.google.com/site/pathofbigtrouble/Home/the-murder
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