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January, the coldest month of the Iowa year, is the perfect time to host a program about Iowa?s Ice Age fauna, and OPL?s Reminisce Society is pleased to present Ottumwa native Sarah Horgen to do just that. Horgen is the education and outreach coordinator for the University of Iowa?s Natural History Museum, and she will discuss the mega-animals that inhabited the Ice Age Midwest at the upcoming Reminisce program, Tuesday, January 22, at 10:00 a.m. in the library?s meeting room.
The Pleistocene, or Ice Age, began over 2.5 million years ago and ended a short 10,000 years ago, and during that time, Iowa was home to such creatures as giant sloths, mastodons, and mammoths. Horgen will describe Ice Age Iowa and recent excavations of Ice Age mammal remains, including the Mahaska County mammoth dig from last summer, as well as the giant sloth excavation in southwest Iowa. She will also bring along examples of some of the materials found during these digs.
Plan to join us on Tuesday, January 22, for a fascinating glimpse into Iowa?s past. Reminisce Society programs are free and open to everyone. For further information, please call the library?s Reference Desk at 641-682-7563, extension 205.
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For our March program the OPL?s Reminisce Society is pleased to have Humanities Iowa speaker, Rudolph Daniels, present the program, ?Trains Across Iowa,? on Tuesday, March 24, at 10:00 a.m. in the library?s meeting room. The Ottumwa Public Library has...
- "iowa History In A Cloth Bag" -- Reminisce Society March 2014
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African American history in Iowa dates back to before Iowa became a state. The first African American to come to Iowa was York, a slave of William Clark (Clark of the Louis and Clark Expedition). Iowa played an important role in the Underground Railroad...
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Mammoths, & Mastadons, & Sloths?Oh My! -- Reminisce Society -- January 2013
January, the coldest month of the Iowa year, is the perfect time to host a program about Iowa?s Ice Age fauna, and OPL?s Reminisce Society is pleased to present Ottumwa native Sarah Horgen to do just that. Horgen is the education and outreach coordinator for the University of Iowa?s Natural History Museum, and she will discuss the mega-animals that inhabited the Ice Age Midwest at the upcoming Reminisce program, Tuesday, January 22, at 10:00 a.m. in the library?s meeting room.
The Pleistocene, or Ice Age, began over 2.5 million years ago and ended a short 10,000 years ago, and during that time, Iowa was home to such creatures as giant sloths, mastodons, and mammoths. Horgen will describe Ice Age Iowa and recent excavations of Ice Age mammal remains, including the Mahaska County mammoth dig from last summer, as well as the giant sloth excavation in southwest Iowa. She will also bring along examples of some of the materials found during these digs.
Plan to join us on Tuesday, January 22, for a fascinating glimpse into Iowa?s past. Reminisce Society programs are free and open to everyone. For further information, please call the library?s Reference Desk at 641-682-7563, extension 205.
- "trains Across Iowa" -- Reminisce Society
For our March program the OPL?s Reminisce Society is pleased to have Humanities Iowa speaker, Rudolph Daniels, present the program, ?Trains Across Iowa,? on Tuesday, March 24, at 10:00 a.m. in the library?s meeting room. The Ottumwa Public Library has...
- "iowa History In A Cloth Bag" -- Reminisce Society March 2014
For our March program the OPL?s Reminisce Society is pleased to present Humanities Iowa speaker Michael Zahs. Zahs will present ?Iowa History in a Cloth Bag,? at the upcoming Reminisce program, Tuesday, March 25, at 10:00 a.m. in the library?s meeting...
- Reminisce Society -- November 2013
The Reminisce Society presents? Rivers, Roads, & Rails The story of transportation in Iowa starts nearly 12,000 years ago, with nomadic peoples roaming the area. 2,500 years ago rivers became transportation routes for trade. Transportation remained...
- Reminisce Society To Host Black Iowa History Program
African American history in Iowa dates back to before Iowa became a state. The first African American to come to Iowa was York, a slave of William Clark (Clark of the Louis and Clark Expedition). Iowa played an important role in the Underground Railroad...
- Underground Railroad In Iowa -- Reminisce Society -- October 2012
It was neither ?underground? nor a ?railroad,? yet the Underground Railroad transported passengers to a destination they had only heretofore dreamed of: FREEDOM. Over 100 Iowans helped with the Underground Railroad in our state, assisting runaway slaves...