​Nauvoo's first name was Quashquema, a Fox Indian word meaning "peaceful place." Nauvoo, a Hebrew word for "beautiful place" or "pleasant land", is...
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A visit to the George M. Verity River Museum takes you back to the era of the river steamboats before the modern day diesels came into being.
Buil...
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About The Museum of Repertoire Americana
Built and maintained by the Midwest old Settlers and Threshers Association, Inc., the Museum of Repertoir...
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Midwest Electric Railway is always looking for a reason to take a ride on the rails. If you or a group that you know would like to take a ride on t...
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About Us The Society The Dover Historical Society was established in 1995 following the gift of the former glove factory-creamery building for...
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Facilities and ActivitiesPicnicking/SheltersGeode State Park is one of the most scenic and popular picnicking spots in southeast Iowa. Several open...
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The Library and its third floor Museum Opened in 1893.Fairfield's former library building, the first of 1,689 endowed by Andrew Carnegie, is listed...
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Lake Darling State Park was dedicated on September 17, 1950. J. N. "Ding" Darling, for whom the park was named, "set the gate," a ceremony in which...
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About Us
The historic Newcomb-Stillwell Mansion, the home of the Quincy Museum, is a wonderful example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture se...
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In 1962 the Quincy Museum began as a small museum for Indian artifacts in Indian Mounds Park in Quincy, Illinois. The original building was constru...
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History:Albert R. (Scottie) Scott started his rink business in Carthage, IL in 1936 in an upstairs hall. He ran the rink there for two years. In th...
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Mission Statement:
The purpose of the Heritage Seekers is to collect and preserve information pertaining to interesting historical events of the...
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