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Louisa County Historical Society
The Louisa County Historical Society
Welcomes You
New hours
announced. The Louisa County Heritage Center at Wapello will be closed
Dec. 1, 2010 until March 2, 2011. When you visit Louisa County, be sure to
stop in!
The Louisa County
Heritage Center , 609
N. James L. Hodges Ave., Wapello, Iowa,
is open
1:30-4:30
p.m. Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays or by appointment.
Closed Easter, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Dec. 1, 2010 through Mar.
2, 2011. The Wapello campus
houses a Museum that features hundreds of artifacts from early residents, One-Room School, Country Church, Genealogy Library, Native American Indian
Artifacts, Grandma's Bedroom, Louisa Stage and a dining room that is available for
gatherings. Group tours can be organized. For more information, call
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or e-mail
LCHS@louisacomm.net
Admission is
free, however donations are appreciated and help keep the museum operating.
Our sister museum, the
Columbus Community Heritage Museum ,
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Maple St., Columbus Junction, Iowa, features artifacts from the
northwestern area of Louisa County. Its
hours are
9
a.m.-noon Saturdays and
1-4
p.m.
Sundays.
Above painting by Twyla Gilkey
Learn
About Louisa County, Iowa
Our Mission
“ Acquire, Record and Share the
History of Louisa County, Iowa ”
Volunteers Needed
We welcome your photos, story ideas or
any story you would like to share and submit
for the LOUISA'S hiSTORY magazine, now in its twelfth year of
publication. There are many other opportunities to volunteer with
the Louisa County Historical Society. For more information, contact
the Museum Manager at
319-527-5247
Coming
to the Heritage Center!
2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17 – “What’s Old is New Again” by State Archaeologist Bryan Kendall. He will look at Archaeology in Iowa and how
modern methods are rediscovering many sites and teasing new, often dramatic, evidence from old locations.
See the 2010 program Schedule for remaining events.
Native
histories
LCHS has received
permission from the State Historical Society of Iowa to print some
stories from 1958-era Palimpsest magazines regarding the early
American Indians who lived in this area.
Here is the first one!
We also have permission
to reprint a story from the Feb. 13, 2009 Burlington daily newspaper, The Hawk Eye, about a recent
archeological dig dubbed Oak Village located near
Oakville.
Wapello Library The Keck Memorial Library is being
remodeled. It has a pleasant new area for genealogical research.
State Research
The Reading Rooms,
located at the
State Historical Building, 600 E. Locust St., Des Moines, and at the
Centennial Building, 402 Iowa Ave., Iowa City,
will be open to the public 12:30-4:30 p.m.
Tuesday-Friday and 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday; closed Sunday, Monday and
official state holidays.
Genealogy The
Seventh Annual Family History Symposium, “Putting the Pieces
Together”, will be held Oct. 23, 2010 at 4300 Trailridge Road SE,
Cedar Rapids. Due to construction on East Post Road, take Mt Vernon
Rd SE to East Post and go North ½ mile. There is No Admission
Fee. Registration begins at 8:30 am. Classes will be held from
9 a.m.-4 p.m., bring your own lunch, and enjoy a Genealogy
Humor program. (Nearby food vendors will be identified if
requested.) A whole day attendance will provide 6 classes, chosen
from 21 offerings.
More About Us
Board of Directors
Can You Help?
Cemeteries
Charter
Members
Columbus Community Heritage
Center
Correction
For Sale at the Heritage Center
Famous People
Genealogy Committee
Hoover Museum &
Library
Hoover National
Historic Site
IAGenWeb-Louisa County
Iowa Genealogical Society
Iowa Museum Association
Iowa Pathways
Join LCHS
Local Histories
Louisa Center Church
Louisa County Heritage Center
LOUISA'S hiSTORY
Index
LOUISA'S hiSTORY Magazine
Museum Manager
National Archives
National Register of Historic Places
Naturally Louisa
Obituaries
Pleasant View School
State Historical Society of Iowa
Springer House
This Website will continue to grow. Watch for additional information
about the Society and the
history of Louisa County.
Please
Sign our Guestbook! Thank you fore being visitor No.
at this site.
If you would like to receive occasional e-mail
updates about the museum, send your e-mail address to the Museum Manager
(above)
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