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The Reminisce Society is taking the summer off. Watch for new programs beginning in September?and in the meantime, enjoy the beautiful weather, the sights and sounds (and tastes!!) of the season, and the remarkable history available to us 24/7 right here in southeast Iowa. Happy Summer!
- Dive Into Summer At Your Library
Are you as excited about summer as we are? School's out, the weather is warm and we are looking forward to enjoying the pool, vacations, camping, fireflies - and the library! Check out these special summer activities for kids this summer: Get Caught...
- "houses With Stories" -- Reminisce Society January 2014
Nothing makes a historic house more alive than hearing stories of the people who lived within its four walls, their successes and failures, their celebrations and tragedies, their children, their pets?and the occasional ghost which shares the home with...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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The Reminisce Society -- On Summer Break
- Dive Into Summer At Your Library
Are you as excited about summer as we are? School's out, the weather is warm and we are looking forward to enjoying the pool, vacations, camping, fireflies - and the library! Check out these special summer activities for kids this summer: Get Caught...
- "houses With Stories" -- Reminisce Society January 2014
Nothing makes a historic house more alive than hearing stories of the people who lived within its four walls, their successes and failures, their celebrations and tragedies, their children, their pets?and the occasional ghost which shares the home with...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...