Libraries Closed Monday; Central will serve as Warming Center Monday Afternoon

All DMPL locations will be closed on Monday, February 17, for our annual staff in-service day. The Central Library will open as a Warming Center from 1-5 PM on Monday. We will reopen for regular hours on Tuesday, February 18.

Life in Buxton

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Adults, All Ages
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Travel back in time to Buxton, Iowa with author Rachelle Chase. Buxton was a coal mining town where black people and white people were treated as equals in the era of segregation. Learn about daily life in Buxton and the prominent residents that lived there through images, audio, and newspaper clippings. 

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.