As we discovered yesterday, piecing together a whole story from scattered fragments in newspapers is a fun and fascinating challenge. And to prove it, we’re going to challenge you to do the same!
Pick a topic – a business or a person who was in Creston in the early years of the century. Go to the online Creston Review, enter that search term, and see if you can piece together the full story! Here are some suggestions, from actual research requests we’ve received here at the Museum, if you need help getting started:
- The early history of the Creston Public Library
- The reason “The Devil’s Chair” used to be called “McKim’s Cliff.”
- Suffrage and suffragette activities in Creston
- The age and ownership history of a house in Erickson, once owned by Charles Cotterill
- The reason Murdoch Street is called Murdoch street
- The location of a property owned by Quist, described as being “somewhere below Goat Mountain.”
You could also search for your family’s name if they were here prior to 1935 (that’s as recent as the online newspapers get), or a business that was here at the time, or just about anything else. Share your discoveries in the comments! And watch for answers to quite a few of these questions in future posts, because I’m quite sure they’ll be showing up eventually!