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| Library, Museum, and Tourist Information Center |
| The Community Public Library Foundation extends to you a special invitation to become a "charter member" of the 600 CLUB, which was established to finance and build the new Community Public Library/Museum/Tourist Information Center, on the town square in the City of West Point. All contributors will receive recognition, with the donors name listed on a large plaque on permanent display in the new Center. Telephone the West Point City Hall at (319)837-6313 (8am-5pm) or send an e-mail note to vmeierotto@lisco.com, and ask for additional information. For more information about these facilities:
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| Public Library |
The West Point Public Library is located on the southwest corner of the town square in West Point at 311 Avenue D. The Library serves the four communities of West Point, Houghton, St. Paul and Pilot Grove, including the contiguous rural areas located in Lee County, Iowa. A full range of library services are provided to include free access to books, magazines, reference materials, genealogical materials, video’s, CD’s, DVD’s, puzzles, audio tapes, cameras and tape recorders. Refer questions on Library services to (319)837-6315, or visit the Library at: West Point Public Library Hours of operation: HOLIDAY CLOSINGS. The Library is generally closed on Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and on New Years Day. LIBRARY SERVICES include:
LIBRARY PROGRAMS include:
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| Public Museum |
The West Point Museum, which is located on the southwest
corner of the town square in West Point at 311 Avenue D., was established
in 1977 by the West Point Historical Society. Museum items include
numerous 1800 to 1900 period furnishings and artifacts. An ever-expanding
collection includes;
MUSEUM TOURS AND HISTORY. Guided tours, which include a brief history of museum artifacts, are provided by Historical Society members upon request. If you are visiting the West Point community and desire a guided tour, telephone (319)837-6315 and leave a message for the Historical Society. HISTORICAL SOCIETY The West Point Bicentennial Commission, which included members of the Twentieth Century Study Club, was established on June 14, 1975. The purpose of the Commission was to guide the community in celebrating the United States Bicentennial year, ending on June 14, 1976. Sheaffer pens and bicentennial plates were sold, flags were presented to the area schools, a July 4th, celebration was conducted in the city park, and members of the Commission, outfitted in Minute Men costume, participated in Lee County Fair events. Then on October 25, 1977, the Commission was disestablishment and the West Point Historical Society formed to continue the work of the Commission. Accomplishments of the organization included:
HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETINGS. The West Point Historical Society meets monthly on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6:30pm in the West Point City Hall, located at 313 5th Street. The public is invited and new members are welcomed. For additional information on the Society or the Museum, telephone (319)837-6315 and leave a message for the Society, or click on the box at the bottom. |
| Tourist Information Center |
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FIRST EUROPEANS IN IOWA. Early in the Spring of 1542, fifty years after Columbus discovered the New World, Ferdinand De Soto discovered the mouth of the Mississippi River at the mouth of the Washita. But is wasn’t until June, 1673, one hundred and eighty years after Columbus discovered the New World, that Father Marquette, an intrepid French Jesuit from Canada, along with his companion M. Joilet, landed on the western bank of the Mississippi River and became the first Europeans to trod the soil of Iowa. WEST POINT SETTLEMENT. History records that Marquette and Joilet landed on the western bank of the Mississippi, a little above the mouth of the river now known as Des Moines, and in present day Lee County in southeast Iowa. These men were filled with wonder and admiration of the bold bluffs and beautiful meadows along the Mississippi River, en route to their historic landing. The beautiful meadows and original forest still exist around West Point, which was settled in 1834.
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