GARNAVILLO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
People walking through Prairie Winds Garden on West Center Street in Garnavillo think I’m just a colorful little building, but they have no idea of my history. I started life as a four-hole outdoor toilet in 1892 on a farm west of National. Through the years I was visited by young and old all hours […]
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Great Give Day, sponsored by the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque on May 14th of this year, was a success for the Garnavillo Historical Society despite the COVID pandemic. The organization raised over $3,000 in donations, matching funds and prizes. This is the 5th year that the Historical Society has participated in Great Give Day.
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The Garnavillo Historical Museum now has a formal registration book stand thanks to the generosity of Lee & Verna Lenth of Littleport, Iowa. Lee designed the stand and incorporated a piece of white oak, 12″ x 12″ x 2 1/2″, into the base of the stand. The piece of white oak was reclaimed from an
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The Garnavillo Historical Society received $1,000 from the Clayton County Foundation for the Future towards their project “A New Look Into the Past.” The project involves removing the somewhat fixed glass on some of the museum’s show cases and replacing it with sliding glass doors and locks. The glass is currently affixed with wood strips
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UNI student, Brenna Hildebrand of Pella, spent a weekend at the Garnavillo Museum in early March sorting and organizing paintings, drawings and sketches of Althea Sherman. She catalogued 112 individual items in the Garnavillo museum’s archives, creating an inventory listing and pictorial inventory. Brenna’s visit to Garnavillo was part of a field experience unit for
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Thirty-two attended the annual corporation meeting and appreciation supper of the Garnavillo Historical Society held November 12 at the Thomas Dairy Bar & Cafe. A fine soup and sandwich meal was served to volunteers and members present. Following the meal, a brief program highlighting Garnavillo’s early history as High Prairie and Jacksonville was presented by
Annual Meeting – New 2020 Board Read More »
2020 Calendars compiled by the Garnavillo Historical Society are available for a $10.00 donation at the Garnavillo City Hall, The Corner Shoppe, and Community Savings Bank. Email garnavillohistoricalsociety@gmail.com or call 563-880-5078 for a mail order. Each month displays a picture from the past. There are musicians, basketball players, softball/baseball players, organizations, the history of the
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The Garnavillo Historical Society received $20,472 in grant funds from the Upper Mississippi Gaming Corporation (UMGC) at their Annual Grant Award Ceremony held Monday Oct 28 at the Casino Queen. Historical Society Board members Ky Clefisch, Carol DeSotel and Jane Thein were present to receive the grant presented by UMGC board member Brandi Backes. The
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Thirty-three Clayton Ridge 5th grade students and their teachers, Mrs. Stannard and Mrs. Lawrence, visited the Garnavillo Historical Museum and Lodge Hall on Friday, October 25th. It was a beautiful fall day for the walk from the school to the museum. The students were split into two groups,and took turns with one group “touring” both
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New signs have been installed at the Log Cabin, Lodge Hall and Garnavillo Museum. The signs briefly highlight the historical significance of each building. They also indicate whether or not the building is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. Many people visit Garnavillo on days and at times when the Museum is not
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