Dexter, Missouri - Keller Public Library will host local author John C. fisher on Thursday, March 14th, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. in the community room at the library.
Fisher will be available to sign his book Southeast Missouri - From Swampland to Farmland: The Transformation of the Lowlands.
"As the 20th century began, swamps with immense timber resources covered much of the Missouri Bootheel. After investors harvested the timber, the landscape became overgrown. The conversion of swampland to farmland began with small drainage projects but complete reclamation was made possible by a system of ditches dug by the Little River Drainage District—the largest in the U.S., excavating more earth than for the Panama Canal."
"Farming quickly took over. The devastation of Southern cotton fields by boll weevils in the early 1920s brought to the cooler Bootheel an influx of black and white sharecroppers and cotton became the principal crop. Conflict over New Deal subsidies to increase cotton prices by reducing production led to the 1939 Sharecropper Demonstration, foreshadowing civil rights protests three decades later."
"A must read for any person interested in the history of the Bootheel," a quote by the Missouri Historical Review.
This event is sponsored by Friends of the Library.
Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter Knights of Columbus Fish Fry will be held Friday, April 12, 2019 at the Sacred Heart Fellowship Hall from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Fish, slaw, potato, drink, and dessert all for $10 for adults and children under 10 $5.
Please join them for some delicious fish!!!
Sacred Heart Church is located at 102 E. Castor.
Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter Knights of Columbus Fish Fry will be held Friday, march 8, 2019 at the Sacred Heart Fellowship Hall from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Fish, slaw, potato, drink, and dessert all for $10 for adults and children under 10 $5.
Please join them for some delicious fish!!!
Sacred Heart Church is located at 102 E. Castor.
Puxico, Missouri - Are you "CRAZY" about horses? You will probably LOVE the Stoddard County 4-H Horse Camp!
Youth ages 8 - 18 years of age will learn about horse care, safety, ground handling, and how to ride a horse.
The event will be held on April 27, 2019 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. in Puxico.
To register and for more information call Kristi Baker at (573) 568-3344
Bloomfield, Missouri - Modern Woodmen donated $2,500 to the Stars & Stripes Museum.
The Museum held a Trivia Night raising $3,000. The Modern Woodmen offered to match funds up to $2,500.
The monies will go to their school outreach program.
The outreach program is creating exhibits and curriculum using primary sources such as newspapers, journals, letters from Stars & Stripes editors, journalists, and librarians.
Pictured from left to right is Grant Thorn, Laura Meyer, and Jim Mayo.
