TAHS Newsletter for April, 2013
MEMORIAL DAY CEMETERY WALK – May 27, 2013 If you are interested in having someone in the Tampico Memorial Cemetery or the St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery represented for this year’s Memorial Day Cemetery Walk, please contact Joan Johnson, 815-622-8705/garyjoan@thewisp.net or Denise McLoughlin, 815-590-2143/tampicohistoricalsociety@gmail.com ASAP. If you do not have any family member buried in either cemetery, please consider honoring one of our Veterans buried there. We can help you with a bio on the veteran if you like. REAGAN STATUE We are getting so close to our goal. If...
Read MoreTour of historic churches
Dear Folks: Please share the attached information with your members. Some of Davenport’s most historic churches are opening their doors to the public on May 19th. Five of these churches are more than 100 years old and retain much of their original beauty. We hope you can join us! I’ve attached a pdf version with and without photos. Please let me know if there is anything else I can provide. Marion Meginnis 624 W. 6th St. Davenport, IA 52803 marion_meginnis@msn.com 563-326-3290 Mark your calendar for the Hilltop Altar Crawl, Sunday, May 19th, 1-5PM. Some of Davenport’s most historic...
Read MoreTAHS Regular Meeting Reminder
Greetings: The Regular March meeting is scheduled for this coming Tuesday evening, March 26 at 7 PM in the Museum. Please plan to attend and if you should have ANY FRIENDS AND/OR RELATIVES who would be able to come , please bring them along too.
Read MoreTAHS Regular Meeting Reminder
Greetings; Reminder of the regular Historical Society meeting this coming Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 7 PM in the Museum.
Read MoreTAHS – August & September Updates
We continue to have our “Show & Tell” at each of our regular Historical Society meetings. At the September meeting, Roy & Mary Lou Haney brought an unusual item and asked everyone try to guess what it was. No one guessed correctly. It was a long pole with what looked something like a garden spade on the end. The handle had a grip that allowed you to turn it. Several of us guessed it as a post hole digger. It turned out it was an ice digger for cutting hole in ice for ice fishing. The spade or spoon type end would then be used to scoop out the ice after you hand-cranked...
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