The Museum will be open
through September 29th, every Tuesday and Friday afternoons from
For viewing appointments,
please contact Bob Bixby at (641) 446-3297 or Chet Redman at Great Western Bank
(641) 446-4841.
Museum
News
The new roof for the Museum
will be installed as soon as we can get the bees out of their home in the
roof. As soon as that is done we can
work on the plaster repair from the water leaks.
The first newsletter was a
success! Many thanks to the Binning
family reunion for their generous donations and attendance at the Museum in
August.
The Museum will be open for
any special events or individuals wanting to visit. Call Bob Bixby for an appointment.
Cemetery
News
Phase one of the monument
repair has been completed at Franklin (Dunkard) Cemetery in
Foundation and monument
repair is being done at the
Future
Projects
Future projects for the
Museum include:
Increased hours depending on
income and volunteers available. Painting
the entrance and window frames. Repairing
the front door. Plaster, wall and tile
repair.
Restoration of an existing
bathroom that is not in working order at this time. A work table and desk are being considered
for genealogists at the rear of main floor.
Lamoni
Tidbits
Condensed
from "Lamoni, Home of Graceland College-Official Souvenir,” published by
Blair Printing Company,
Lamoni was first platted as a town in 1879
by a company that the C. B. & Q. Railroad hired, although the
first settlers
Lamoni
Tidbits Cont’d
came in the 1834
to 1840 period. These first settlers owned slaves and had thought they were
settling in
In the 1870's a
group of men in
corporation for
buying land and developing sites for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints; one of these sites was in
In 1886, the
first town election was held; elected were: M. McHarness, Mayor; V. White,
Recorder and David Dancer, R. L. Branch, W. Hudson, H. L. Tilton, S. V. Bailey
and W. H. Deam as councilmen. Seth Bass was
Churches: Latter
Day Saints was organized in 1871 with the first church built in 1875 with
Charles H. Jones as President.
The
College:
Roads: The
Utilities:
Publishing & Newspapers:
The Herald
Publishing Company in 1881, burned in 1907 and rebuilt the same year. The
Lamoni Gazette in 1885, later called the Independent Patriot, closed in 1910. The Lamoni Chronicle was established in 1904
by W. H. Deam; it is still in operation today.
Small Stock
Magazine, started in 1916 by the Blair Printing Company.
Bus service
started in 1929
Town Officials in
1929 were Charles Haskins, Mayor; Martin Hynden, Clerk; N.R. Carmichael, A. W.
Fleet, J. H. Gillaspey, David Dancer, and David Vredenberg were councilmen.
Both founders of
the HyVee grocery chain, Charlie Hyde and David Vredenberg, lived in
Lamoni .HyVee today is one of the largest in the
Activities
Here is a rundown of the
activities planned for that day:
Breakfast being
served by the
Helicopter rides
from
Parade at
Lunch being
served in the park by the Catholic church.
Dark - Outdoor
Movie on the side of the Legion Hall.
Immediately after
the movie, FIREWORKS. 600 plus shots in 10-15 minutes.
Street Dance
(round & square) in front of fire station starts at end of fireworks.
The only items
that have a cost that day are the following:
Helicopter rides,
food, drinks, raffle tickets
ALL games are no
charge.
The
The bank will be
open for part of the day and the old telephone switchboard is located there
along with some other historical items & pictures.
Donations
Donations to the Decatur
County Historical Society and Museum may be sent to:
Great Western Bank
c/o Chet Redman
111
Checks may be made out to: The Decatur County Museum.
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