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
KKK 1920s
History is a combination of the good, the bad, and the ugly. Ugly was raising its head in the early to mid 1920’s in North Iowa. The Ku Klux Klan was gaining [...]
Snow Storms
Did you walk a mile to school through snowstorms? Uphill both ways? They just don’t make em like they used to. Are you missing the snow? The way it softens the landscape [...]
Mr. B(uffalo)
This history segment is brought to you by the Clear Lake Public Library History Room. More stories about our past are waiting here for you to discover them. In recent years Clear [...]
Drum & Bugle Corp
From their initial performance at Bayside in 1936 through 2008, the Clear Lake Drum and Bugle Corps played “Ode to Joy” or “The Corn Song” for countless audiences. John Kopecky was the [...]