History is fascinating.
The Library History Room is full of so many interesting stories that should be shared.
Some will make you laugh, some will make you cry, and some will make you wonder why.
Enjoy traveling back in time with our historian!
Children’s Library – 1986
Clear Lake Carnegie Library
Polio
In the early 1950’s summer fun for kids could be hard to find. Swimming pools, movie theaters, and county fairs closed. Organized team sports were often non existent. Why? Polio. Polio epidemics [...]
Carrie Nation
Clear Lake’s Chautauqua drew many prominent speakers over the years when it was at its zenith. One was a fireball of a woman, Carrie Nation. She’s shown in this photo getting off [...]
City Park
Since our very start, Clear Lake City Park has been one happening place. In 1870, James Dickirson gifted this beautiful property to his Clear Lake Village. When Clear Lake City and Clear [...]
Small Town Slogans
In 1871 Joseph Hewitt’s Clear Lake City, south of the outlet, and James Dickirson’s Clear Lake Village, where our downtown of today stands, were joined and incorporated as Clear Lake Iowa. That [...]