Bainville’s entire community pitched in to have a fantastic Heritage America celebration that started Friday, July 1, and ended on Sunday, July 3. John Gilligan, president of the Bainville Community Association, was grateful for the contributions made by many residents including parade organizer Jeanna Adkins, Bainville Athletics for serving the Saturday lunch, Stonehouse Ministries for its

The Bainville School took the spotlight during this year’s Heritage America celebration held in the community during the weekend. The year marked the centennial anniversary of Bainville’s first graduation class. “The school has been the heart of this community for over 100 years,” school board chair Dana Berwick noted about the recognition. “You can tell everybody in the community has

Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site museum coordinator Fred MacVaugh is taking a new position at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Harpers Ferry, Iowa. He will be starting as the new interpretation and education manager at the site at the end of August. MacVaugh has been with the parks service at Fort Union since taking a full time position there in 2014. Prior to that, he worked

Every Saturday in July will feature a different handson history activity or craft at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site. Each craft activity is free, open to the public and accessible to all age levels. Activities will take approximately one hour to complete. All activities will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Central Time. July 9 is pottery day: “All kinds of pottery and Chinaware were