Lake City Historical Society

Lake City Historical Society: Our Favorite Things

Mar 26, 2025

Actually, our favorite things at the Lake City Historical Society (LCHS) are not “things” at all—they are stories and the people who tell them. We especially like those that are connected to Lake City since we are always looking for opportunities to add to our collection of local lore. In order...

Treasure to uncover at historical society

Feb 26, 2025

At the last Lake City Historical Society Open Hours event buried treasure was uncovered stowed in two cardboard boxes that were brought in by a Lake City resident. These boxes contained stories (published and unpublished), newspaper articles and advertisements and some absolutely wonderful photos...

‘What is Fun?’ - True stories from the Lake City Historical Society

Feb 19, 2025

Recently there was post on Facebook about a librarian in Iowa who was given a trunk full of old photos and documents and was inspired to make it her mission to personally preserve as much of her small town’s past as possible with amazing results. There is reason to doubt the veracity of this story...

Wanted: Lake City stories and storytellers

Feb 5, 2025

On Jan. 25, Eloise Blattner stopped by the Lake City Arts (LCAA) Center during the Hot Cocoa Crawl sponsored by the Shops of Lake City. Eloise, a past president of the Lake City Historical Society had a wonderful hot cocoa story to share with a captive audience of Ruby and Penny and Sammy the...

Postcards, valentines and more at next historical society Open Hours on Feb. 11

Feb 5, 2025

There once was a time where texting did not exist. Nor did email, smart phones or social media. The most common form for “dropping a line” was the penny postcard and they were ubiquitous. People sent postcards for holidays and birthdays. Travel postcards were sent from just about every city,...

Historical society has lots to discover

Jan 22, 2025

On Tuesday, Jan. 14, the Lake City Historical Society (LCHS) reunited the committee leaders for the 2004 Grand Excursion re-enactment that celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first Grand Excursion in 1854. The committee brought a tableful of documents, photos and memorabilia of this historic...

Historical society invites people to relive past Grand Excursions at next Open Hours event

Jan 8, 2025

The Lake City Historical Society (LCHS) invites you to take a Grand Excursion back to 2004 with Sonda Featherstone next Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 1:30 pm at City Hall. Sonda was a co-chair of the Grand Excursion event in Lake City along with Mary DeRoos during the re-creation of the historic 1854 Grand...

Holiday Open Hours at LCHS

Dec 24, 2024

The Lake City Historical Society will be hosting its last Open Hours event of the year tomorrow, Friday December 27 from noon to 3 p.m. on the second floor ballroom at City Hall. This will be just like our usual twice-monthly Open Hours except the treats will be holiday-themed. And since it...

Historical Society: ‘The Wave’ can be saved

Dec 4, 2024

On Sunday, Dec. 1, the Lake City Area Arts (LCAA) hosted a presentation by Lake City Historical Society (LCHS) President Katie Himanga about the history and future of our iconic “The Wave” sculpture. Katie provided a detailed history of The Wave’s inspiration, creation and presence in Ohuta Park...

An update on effort to save ‘The Wave’

Nov 27, 2024

When Lake City’s iconic sculpture “The Wave” needed to be moved last spring, the Lake City Historical Society (LCHS) worked with the city to ensure that it was moved to safe housing near the Lake City Public Works building. It has resided there happily all summer and now the LCHS has...

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