![]() ![]() If you would like to help keep the past alive for our sons and daughters, your membership of $1.00 annual or $10.00 life is sincerely solicited. Lanman, Keosauqua, President Iowa Andrews, Milton, Secretary Clem Topping, Stockport, Vice President and Alma Lindsay, Birmingham, Treasurer. New carpeting has been procured for the museum building. Second floor renovation has been done this year, and additional furnishings have been added. Volunteer hosts and hostesses have helped the public enjoy their visits. The Pearson House, in Keosauqua, has been open for tours each Sunday afternoon, and week days by appointment. Interested persons in the Selma community have donated labor to move and re-erect the cabin, with work directed by Rex Ritz. The cabin was given to the society by George Kunzman. The principal project of the Society, during 1969, has been the moving of a log cabin to Selma. The Van Buren County Historical Society was organized in 1960. The Van Buren County Historical Society provides a unique opportunity to not only study the History of our county but to actively participate in the preservation of tangible items for the enjoyment of future generations. The study of history is the vital link of the present generation with the heritage of the past. Printed by the Van Buren county Register, Keosauqua, Iowa, 1969. Grateful appreciation is hereby expressed to those persons in the Milton area who have assisted in supplying and checking material used herein. Conant kindly agreed to reminisce in writing about Milton of fifty years ago. Conant is, now, living in Washington, Iowa. Conant lived in Milton from 1919 to 1921, when his father, Rev. Her husband Jim has been a barber in Milton since 1924. Andrews is a native of Van Buren County, a long time resident of Milton.
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