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HAPPY EASTER
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Welcome to Villisca.com - Villisca is a small, rural community nestled in the hills of southwest Iowa. We are a community of people with diverse interests and backgrounds; a community of individualists; and certainly a community with a unique history. We have a story to tell and we hope as you visit the various pages on this website, you will get to know us better and learn more about making this a place to call home, to grow a business, to visit.
Villisca is on Hwy 71, 4 miles south of Hwy 34. Surrounding communities include Stanton, Red Oak, Clarinda and Corning. It is about an hour from Omaha and 1 1/2 to 2 hours from Des Moines and Kansas City allowing residents to enjoy the joys of rural life and yet have access to the cultural, entertainment and shopping advantages of city life.
On the Family Album Page Obituaries,
Births, Engagements
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READY FOR VILLISCA'S People with ideas and energy It is NOT too late to become involved and to bring your talents and skills to the table to make this a memorable celebration. For more information, contact Donna Robinson at donnarob@netins.net or at 712-826-2865 or 826-4902. Looking for books authored by Villiscans or people with ties to Villisca There will be at least one and perhaps more book signings during the Sesquicentennial weekend. It would be great to have a display of books authored by Villiscans and those with Villisca ties. If you have or know of such publications, please get the word to the planning committee. If you have a current publication that would would like to do a book signing for, again, please contact the planning committee.For more information, contact Donna Robinson at donnarob@netins.net or at 712-826-2865 or 826-4902. History Fair There will be a History Fair held in the high school gym where individuals, families, groups and organizations will be invited to put up displays with memorabilia, collections, remembrances. There will be no charge to have a display at the History Fair and there will be no charge to attend the Fair. For more information or to reserve space, contact Donna Robinson at donnarob@netins.net or at 712-826-2865 or 826-4902. Book of Remembrance There will also be a remembrance "book" where those who want to share just a memory or two rather than having a full display. People are invited to create memory pages sized 8 ½ x 11 for the remembrance book. The pages will not be returned so please do not include on these pages material you want returned. These pages can be sent to Roxanna Sieber, 103 North Second Avenue, Villisca, IA 50864.
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The Villisca Historical Society has been gifted with an antique quilt, quilted in Villisca in the 1930s. The quilt, like many quilts of the day, carries many signatures which were embroidered. Mary Hansen would like to identify as many of those who signed the quilt and get a sentence or paragraph about each of the people and couples. The quilt will be displayed at the 2008 Sesquicentennial Celebration. The names are listed here - some names may be misspelled. If readers can identify any of those on the list and give the Historical Society a brief description, please contact Rev. Mary Hansen at mhansen439@mchsi.com or by sending the info to Rev. Mary Hansen, 113 West 5th Street, Villisca, IA 50864.
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JOIN THE CONVERSATION Save the Armory! The instructions for this game of Concentration is below the box. |
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Here is our Villisca version of the classic memory game, Concentration. Click on the box above. The cards begin face down. Click on one to turn it over. Try to find a second card that matches the first. If the second does not match, both cards return to a face down position. If they do match, the cards are removed to reveal part of the background image. If your computer is not java enabled, you will not be able to play this game. |
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This
quote is attributed to Bill Gates - in considering Villisca economic development
- it has a story in it "We always overestimate the change that
will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will
occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction."
~~Bill Gates
Time is of the essense - set up an Endowment, receive an additional tax credit and have your funds matched for the benefit of Montgomery County - click here for more information Villisca Historical Society, Inc. receives 501(c)3 designation |
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To the right is a note received by e-mail from the Rundles. It has been no easy task to get some technical difficulties resolved so we could get the new site up and running. We do want to thank Kelly and Tammy for all their efforts to get this done. Be sure to see the news from Fourthwall Films at villiscamovie.com They have had their own new news to share in the last couple weeks. They will be going nationwide with sales around October 20 so look for it at your local store. Villisca: Living With a Mystery can also be rented online through thru Netflix. And, in the midwest, it can be rented at Family Video stores and some independents so look for it there as well. |
A note from the Rundles: "Congratulations
on a great job on the villisca.com website. We are VERY HAPPY that villisca.com
will be used to promote the City of Villisca, and the Chamber of Commerce.
It is as it should be. ~~Kelly and Tammy Rundle" |
Who
Signed This Quilt?