Seats remain for the Little White School Museum’s first historic Spring bus tour of Oswego. Sunday, April 10, for two “Industrial History bus tours of Oswego.
Pre-registration, $5 per person for participants age 16 and older, is required by visiting the Oswegoland Park District’s web site at www.oswegolandparkdistrict.org or calling the Park District at 630-554-1010. The two identical tours will depart the Little White School Museum at noon and at 1:30 p.m..
Where do you think the industrial section of Oswego existed from approximately 1840 to1910? Did you know the Village even had an industrial section at that early date? Members of the Oswegoland Heritage Association and the Oswegoland Park District will take a one-hour tour of the industrial section way back then.
The tours will begin and end at the Little White School Museum, 72 Polk Street, Oswego, and last for approximately an hour. These popular tours fill up quickly! The tours hosts are the Oswegoland Heritage Association in and the Oswegoland Park District.
• Then on three Thursdays, April 14 and 28, and May 12, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. the Little White School Museum staff members will host to “History Happy Hours” at the Oswego Brewing Company in downtown Oswego.
These sessions of History Happy Hours will cover “Burglaries, Bootleggers, and Bonnie & Clyde.” Preregistration, which is required, for the sessions for those age 21 and older, is $15 for residents of the Oswegoland Park District and $20 for nonresidents. Register by calling 630-554-1010 or visiting the park district website, www.oswegolandparkdistrict.org.
In the 1920s, crime in Kendall County was getting out of control! Local newspapers were filled with stories of FBI raids, robberies, actual highway robberies, and gangster activity. Museum staff members will chat about the biggest burglaries, buzzworthy bootleggers, and the possible Bonnie & Clyde connection to Kendall County. Admission comes with one beer ticket to enjoy during the lecture.
“History Happy Hours” is sponsored by the Park District in partnership with the Heritage Association.
For more information on the museum or on upcoming museum events, visit their web site at www.littlewhiteschoolmuseum.org.
The Little White School Museum, a restored 1850 Methodist-Episcopal church and later public school, is a joint project of the non-profit Oswegoland Heritage Association and the Oswegoland Park District.
—Little White School Museum