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Gateway History Conference: April 29, 2017 at Eagle Point Lodge. The event is free and open to the public.


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Program Schedule
9:00-9:30 - Coffee and Donuts
 9:30-9:45 - Welcome GHC 2017 Introductions  | 
Matt Parbs, Clinton Sawmill Museum & Brad Wiles, Quad Cities Area History Network, Inc.

9:45-10:45 - Keynote Address Resurrecting William H. Williams, An Unabashedly Awful Man | 
Dr. Jeff Forret, Professor and Graduate Director of History, Lamar University

10:50-12:00 - Morning Panel
Clinton Lumberkings by the Numbers, 1956-2004 |  Erik Oas, Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations, Clinton Lumberkings
Abolitionists and Freethinkers with the Underground Railroad in Clinton County, Iowa  |  Dave Holmgren, Independent Historian
The Murder of William Martin, 1832  | Russ Fry, Independent Historian and Documentarian

12:00-1:15 - Lunch Speakers
How the Honey Bee Shaped Iowa’s History  |  Carly Vannoy, 2017 Iowa Honey Queen
Little Known Facts About Felix “King of the Clowns” Adler (1895-1960)  | Sarah Lind, Executive Director, Felix Adler Children’s Discovery Center

1:20-2:30 - Afternoon Panel
Bad Things Happen Here: Murder and Suicide in Scott and Clinton Counties  | John Brassard Jr., History Columnist, DeWitt Observer
The League of Humanity and Opposition to War in Davenport during the Summer of 1917 |  Bill Douglas, Independent Historian
Uncovering a Davenport Nazi: The John Robert Bishop Papers |  Samantha Crisp, Special Collections Librarian, Augustana College Atticus Garrison, Senior Student, Augustana College

3:00-4:30 - Film Screening Sons of Jacob Synagogue  |  Francesca Soans and Robert Neymeyer, Directors

 

Located along the Mississippi River at the crossroads of the Great River Road and the Lincoln Highway, ​ come discover when Clinton was at the crossroads of lografts, sawmills, and railroads. 


Hours

Tu-Sat: 10am-6pm
Sunday: 1pm-5pm
Monday: 1pm-6pm
Museum is closed on Easter, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas, and January 1

Admission Prices

Adults (13 & Above): $6.00
Children (4-12): $5.00
Children 0-3: Free
​​Memberships: Family for $80, Individual for $25, Duo for $45

Group Rates Available for 15 (Must Call At Least 24 Hours in Advance)
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Address

2231 Grant Street
​PO Box 3191
​Clinton, Iowa 52732

Contact

563.242.0343
Matt: ​director@thesawmillmuseum.org
Kaitlyn: ​education@thesawmillmuseum.org
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Contact Us
  • Support Us
    • Volunteering
  • Education Corner
    • History
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    • Live Mississippi River Cam
    • Field Trips 101
  • Memberships
  • Events
    • CountrySchool
    • SpeakerSeries