The first organized meeting was held on May 12, 1924, with the following charter members: Julia Brace, Lettie Brace, Ernestine Chubb, Myrtle Dickinson, Anna Louise Fairbanks, Mattie Mae Falkenhainer, Veda Elizabeth Falkenhainer, Maude Free, Katherine Shearer Gilmore, Sylvia Gunn, Elizabeth Green Haggard, Helen E. Paxson, and Mabel Waterbury.

The first yearbook of the chapter was issued for 1924-1925. The chapter celebrated 75 years in April and May of 1999, and celebrated 80 years in 2004-2005 by doing an activity every month. The Algona Chapter, NSDAR, became a Centennial Chapter of the NSDAR by celebrating its 100th Anniversary at the Water’s Edge Nature Center on May 11, 2024. In attendance were State Regent Edee Brunia; state and chapter dignitaries; members and their families and friends; past regents; former members; family of charter members; and members of the community totaling approximately 50 people.

The Algona Chapter, NSDAR, has been busy throughout years. Some of the historical activities include:

• In 1928, the chapter placed a boulder with a bronze tablet at Ambrose Call State Park, near Algona, Iowa, to mark the site of the first cabin in the area. Algona Chapter, NSDAR, was instrumental in the mid-1920s as the newly formed chapter volunteered in the community. There was interest in securing a park for Algona and vicinity. A committee was elected following a community meeting held at the Algona Hotel. The committee was composed of W.E. McDonald, Al Falkenhainer (wife Mathilda “Mattie” Falkenhainer was an Algona Chapter, NSDAR, Charter member), T. P. Harrington, Mrs. Tom Kain, and Mrs. J. O. Paxson (first Regent of the Algona Chapter), and Florence Call Cowles (eldest child of Ambrose and Nancy Call and a sister of Myrtle C. Dickinson [charter member], wife of Senator Lester J. Dickinson). Mrs. Cowles presented the community with a plan to acquire the tract of land, formerly owned by her father, for use as a park. She donated money which was combined with donations from the Algona Community Club, the State Conservation Board, and other monetary gifts, to purchase a tract consisting of 128.16 acres. With the DAR Memorial completed the year before, roads and a shelter constructed, a flag pole erected in the spring of 1929, the park was now ready for its dedication scheduled for Monday, July 15, 1929. All thanks to our Algona Chapter, NSDAR, Women in American History.
• On June 14,1937, the chapter placed an inscribed boulder to mark the site of the first schoolhouse in Kossuth County. This marker was dedicated with a ceremony, which was attended by a large group of pioneers and friends. The Honorable Harvey Ingham of Des Moines was the speaker and the high school band furnished the music. The chapter also presented a historical plaque to be hung in the schoolhouse nearest this site.
• The chapter presented a silk flag and protective glass case to the Ambrose Call Park, Algona. This was placed in the shelter house.
• A bronze plaque marking the site of the stockade (built in 1857 to help protect pioneers against hostile Sioux Indians) was placed on the building located at 120 E. State Street in Algona, Iowa, as part of the 50th anniversary of the chapter in 1973. This was a reconditioned plaque after the Hub Clothing building burned in 1970.
• On July 21, 2017, the chapter dedicated a monument and kiosk commemorating “The Last Indian Battle in Iowa.” The memorial is located 2 miles east of the town of Burt in Kossuth County.
  

Current activities by the Algona Chapter include giving an American Spirit (the DAR magazine) gift subscription to the Algona Public Library; celebrating Constitution Week in September with a display at the Welcome Center in Algona and a display at the Public Library of Fenton; and numerous school events:

• A graduating senior with great interest in American history is the recipient of the chapter's American History Award.
• DAR Good Citizens are selected from several area high schools who are invited to apply for the Good Citizens Scholarship. One DAR Good Citizen is judged to compete at the district level. In 2024 the Algona Chapter sponsored the district winner to compete at the the Iowa State DAR level. In 1972 the Algona Chapter sponsored the State DAR Good Citizen Award Winner.
• The Good Citizenship Award is given at two local middle schools in addition to two students being chosen to receive the Chapter Excellence in Community Service Award. In addition, a deserving recipient is chosen each year to receive the Chapter Excellence in Community Service Award.

A United States Flag is given to an area organization or group each year on Flag Day.

The chapter is represented at the Memorial Day ceremonies and in the Algona Band Day parade each fall, and several other local parades.

The Algona Chapter, NSDAR, monthly honors deceased veterans by collaborating with funeral homes in compiling a list of the deceased to be published with our chapter news in the local newspaper.