We are at Location Number 8! The Creston Public Library story continues! Previous episodes in the Library saga: Episode 1: The Circulating Library Episode 2: The Tempest Episode 3: Challenges and Change Episode 4: Hard Times Episode 5: Deja Vu …
We’re Baa-aack!
Life doesn’t always go as planned. Sometimes, even children who have left the nest wind up having to move back in with Mom and Dad. So it went with the poor Creston Valley Public Library, whose relationship with the school …
Over the Hill and Far Away
The sixth location of the Creston Valley Public Library had some important advantages, but it wasn’t exactly what you would call “centrally located.” Check out the video to learn more! This is Episode 6 in our exploration of the many …
Hard Times
Depression-era troubles beset the Creston Valley Public Library, and prompt a move to location number 4. We’ve been exploring the challenges and triumphs of the 100-year-old Creston Valley Public Library all week, and there’s still more than a week to …
Challenges and Change
If you’ve been following the saga of the Creston Valley Public Library, you’ll know that it has done quite well in its first decade or so of existence, despite weathering some storms (literally) along the way. But if that’s all …
We Got Mail!
Okay, that’s perhaps a rather every-day occurrence. But today’s mail was unusually exciting. It contained a little notecard from Jill Hood, and inside that notecard was an old postcard of Creston, dated 1909, that she found while going through “stuff.” …
Grandfather’s Barn
You may have heard – we’re working on a new exhibit! Grandfather’s barn was always an intriguing place: crammed full of all sorts of stuff that he kept because he knew he might be able to use it someday. Grandfather …