By Seely Foley–Like many of you, I’ve found new ways to fill my days in the time of social distancing. I love historical research, so while I’m stuck in my house I thought I’d focus on my own neighborhood. My current quest started with a
The Dickeyville Garden Club’s annual pancake breakfast ended 2019 in our usual neighborly fashion. Clint Roze provided a menu of chocolate, blueberry and buttermilk pancakes, plus some tasty bacon and sausage. Besides Clint, we also must thank, David McCrae, Matt Reeves, Peter Bailey, Ruth Margraff,
As you enter Wetheredsville Road from Forest Park, a look to the left will spy a large garden abloom with many new plants. After passing the old garden for years and sighing at how unkempt it looked, the Dickeyville Garden Club (DGC) decided it was
Our village has a varied selection of homes for sale as summer begins. One of the oldest houses in the village has just been placed on the market by the owner who is down-sizing after living in the village more than fifty years. This house
By Seely Foley What was Dickeyville like in 1880? A careful study of the census taken for the town in that year gives a snapshot in time of what was called the village of Wetheredville [1]. The enumeration for the village covers seven pages and