DMPL Locations Are Warming Centers

All DMPL locations are currently serving as Polk County Warming Centers during open hours. DART will be providing free rides to warming centers while the extreme temperature plan is in effect. More information about warming centers can be found on the Polk County website.

Life in Buxton

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Educational

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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.