In this edition of the Metamora Association For Historic Preservation newsletter…

  • More information from 1878 is discovered about the calaboose, first revealed last month, with additional details from newly uncovered village records.
  • A new book written by Dr. Brooks Ranney profiles his parents, Milo and Ruth, and life growing up in the 1920s and 30s. They lived across from the present-day Kirby Foods. Milo’s father, Joel, was an Underground Railroad conductor.
  • Metamora Grade School bathroom protocol is detailed.
  • Learn about the social gathering place known as the Meismer Woods.