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Travel back in time to Buxton, Iowa — the amazing coal mining town established in 1900 by the Consolidation Coal Company, where blacks and whites were treated equal — with Author Rachelle Chase.
Rachelle, dressed in period clothing, will share audio from former Buxton residents, rare images, and newspaper clippings to give attendees a glimpse of daily life in Buxton. Come learn what people had in their homes, what they did for fun, what life and mining were like, what prominent residents like Ben Buxton, Lottie Armstrong, and attorney George Woodson were really like, and more!
About Rachelle Chase
Rachelle is the author of “Lost Buxton” and “Creating the Black Utopia of Buxton, Iowa” and lives in Ottumwa, Iowa — when she’s not traveling in her RV, researching new book ideas.
Travel back in time to Buxton, Iowa — the amazing coal mining town established in 1900 by the Consolidation Coal Company, where blacks and whites were treated equal — with Author Rachelle Chase.
Rachelle, dressed in period clothing, will share audio from former Buxton residents, rare images, and newspaper clippings to give attendees a glimpse of daily life in Buxton. Come learn what people had in their homes, what they did for fun, what life and mining were like, what prominent residents like Ben Buxton, Lottie Armstrong, and attorney George Woodson were really like, and more!
About Rachelle Chase
Rachelle is the author of “Lost Buxton” and “Creating the Black Utopia of Buxton, Iowa” and lives in Ottumwa, Iowa — when she’s not traveling in her RV, researching new book ideas.
Travel back in time to Buxton, Iowa — the amazing coal mining town established in 1900 by the Consolidation Coal Company, where blacks and whites were treated equal — with Author Rachelle Chase.
Rachelle, dressed in period clothing, will share audio from former Buxton residents, rare images, and newspaper clippings to give attendees a glimpse of daily life in Buxton. Come learn what people had in their homes, what they did for fun, what life and mining were like, what prominent residents like Ben Buxton, Lottie Armstrong, and attorney George Woodson were really like, and more!
About Rachelle Chase
Rachelle is the author of “Lost Buxton” and “Creating the Black Utopia of Buxton, Iowa” and lives in Ottumwa, Iowa — when she’s not traveling in her RV, researching new book ideas.
Travel back in time to Buxton, Iowa — the amazing coal mining town established in 1900 by the Consolidation Coal Company, where blacks and whites were treated equal — with Author Rachelle Chase.
Rachelle, dressed in period clothing, will share audio from former Buxton residents, rare images, and newspaper clippings to give attendees a glimpse of daily life in Buxton. Come learn what people had in their homes, what they did for fun, what life and mining were like, what prominent residents like Ben Buxton, Lottie Armstrong, and attorney George Woodson were really like, and more!
About Rachelle Chase
Rachelle is the author of “Lost Buxton” and “Creating the Black Utopia of Buxton, Iowa” and lives in Ottumwa, Iowa — when she’s not traveling in her RV, researching new book ideas.
Travel back in time to Buxton, Iowa — the amazing coal mining town established in 1900 by the Consolidation Coal Company, where blacks and whites were treated equal — with Author Rachelle Chase.
Rachelle, dressed in period clothing, will share audio from former Buxton residents, rare images, and newspaper clippings to give attendees a glimpse of daily life in Buxton. Come learn what people had in their homes, what they did for fun, what life and mining were like, what prominent residents like Ben Buxton, Lottie Armstrong, and attorney George Woodson were really like, and more!
About Rachelle Chase
Rachelle is the author of “Lost Buxton” and “Creating the Black Utopia of Buxton, Iowa” and lives in Ottumwa, Iowa — when she’s not traveling in her RV, researching new book ideas.
Travel back in time to Buxton, Iowa — the amazing coal mining town established in 1900 by the Consolidation Coal Company, where blacks and whites were treated equal — with Author Rachelle Chase.
Rachelle, dressed in period clothing, will share audio from former Buxton residents, rare images, and newspaper clippings to give attendees a glimpse of daily life in Buxton. Come learn what people had in their homes, what they did for fun, what life and mining were like, what prominent residents like Ben Buxton, Lottie Armstrong, and attorney George Woodson were really like, and more!
About Rachelle Chase
Rachelle is the author of “Lost Buxton” and “Creating the Black Utopia of Buxton, Iowa” and lives in Ottumwa, Iowa — when she’s not traveling in her RV, researching new book ideas.
Rachelle Chase will be the guest speaker at the Indian Hills Community College Academy Honors Banquet.
Click the link below for more information on the academy and the banquet.
Rachelle Chase will be one of the Featured Local Authors! Time TBD for her appearance, but the festival is an all day event. You’ll definitely want to stay for the day.
Click the event details link for more information.