Webb City Historical Society

Check out this story about the Minerva Candy Company and the efforts to restore it to usefulness.

http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/x1296868491/Officials-hope-couple-s-restoration-effort-will-feed-revitalization

At the Annual Meeting held January 24, 2012, the following were chosen as members of the Webb City Historical Society Board of Directors for 2012-2013.

President-  Monica Vaughn

President Elect- OPEN

Vice-President- Marti Pittman

Treasurer- Donna Krudwig

Secretary- Lisa Sweet

Members at Large continuing:  Jennifer James, Julie Riley, Eileen Nichols (Past President)

Elected to new terms: Karen Oheim (2 years), Janet Stults (2 years), Bob Stults (2 years), Carolyn McGowan (1 year)

Leaving the Board with our Thanks- Bob Nichols

The Annual Meeting of the Webb City Historical Society has been scheduled for Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 5:30pm.  The meeting will take place at the Clubhouse and the agenda will include election of club officers for 2012-2013.

Membership dues are also payable NOW.

Please send your dues to 1 Main Street, Webb City, MO 64870.

Jennifer James shared stories of Slavery and Murder during the Civil War in Webb City.

Walter James shared a personal narrative from his family during the Civil War era.

Myrna and Glenn Dolence study parts of the Civil War exhibit.

Divided Loyalties: The Civil War in Missouri- exhibit at the Webb City Library

Lyle Sparkman, portraying Sgt. Wilson, tells stories of his experiences in the first years of the Civil War, in battles that took place in and around Southwest Missouri.

The next quarterly meeting of the Webb City Historical Society Board of Directors is Tuesday, May 17 at 6:00pm, before the Civil War presentation.  This meeting is open to everyone.

The Webb City Historical Society and

The Webb City Area Genealogical Society Present:

The Civil War in Missouri- 1861

As recalled by Sgt. Hunt P. Wilson

Guibor's Battery Missouri State Guard

You are invited to spend an evening with veteran Sergeant Hunt Wilson, who defended our Sovereign State of Missouri in her hour of need. By invitation, he will relate his experiences of that first year, when battles were fought on Missouri soil.

At Webb City Public Library

101 South Liberty Street

Tuesday, May 17, 2011  7:00pm

About the program:  This is a first-person presentation of a veteran of the Civil War whose first loyalty was to Missouri and as a member of her state guard, fought in her earliest battles.

About Guibor’s Battery:  Originally a State Guard unit, Guibor’s became Confederate after the Battle of Pea Ridge and suffered the greatest casualties of any Southern artillery unit.

About the presenter:  Lyle Sparkman is a school administrator who has served as volunteer artillery interpreter for the Pea Ridge National Military Park for such luminaries as Edwin C. Bearss (Chief Historian Emeritus, National Park Service) while a member of the Guibor’s Missouri Battery Living History Group. He is also known for his presentations on the archaeological survey of the Pea Ridge battlefield conducted from 2001 through 2003.

The Journey Stories exhibit concluded with a closing night event with music on February 18, 2011.

Despite several days of bad weather, the exhibit was well attended by numerous visitors and hundreds of schoolchildren.

Thank you to everyone that attended, or that volunteered to work at the exhibit.

Due to the severe weather, WC Public Library is closed until Monday.  

The Book Talk that was scheduled for Saturday is cancelled. 

Hawthorne group is rescheduled for Tuesday, February 15, at 6 pm at the library. 

Hawthorne is a foursome of local traditional musicians who have played in different configurations for years but came together this year especially for the observance of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. 

They have put together a program on American journeys through song, letters and literature especially for our Journey Stories exhibit.  It should be well worth coming.  Please spread the word.

Here is a link to a Joplin Globe story about the Journey Stories exhibit.

http://www.joplinglobe.com/enjoy/x316473609/Webb-City-library-hosts-Journey-Stories