Circle March 17 on your calendar. That evening at Iola Public Library Toby Robb, who watches over water purification for Iola, along with a geologist and a wildlife specialist, will discuss the Neosho River and what it means to Allen County and eastern Kansas.
Colleen Dobbins, library assistant, is putting the finishing touches on the program, as well as a display that will open a couple of weeks before the program.
Included will be some button-making dies I have tucked away that were used by an uncle of my father’s.
Soon after the gas boom propelled Iola to industrial…
Neosho River, always a lifeline
