https://www.notesoniowa.com/post/iowa-history-daily-september-16-ottumwa-s-coal-palace
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_Palace
By Unknown photographer – Wapello County Historical Museum, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7413113
To commemorate the coal industry and other industries in Ottumwa: (Can you name one?) We draw those wonderful machines that sit atop the grassy lawn in front of of the museum! So let’s grab our charcoal, papers, scissors, glue, scrapbooks and cardboard pads to sit on and get to it! If you finish your drawing and want to add cut or torn colored paper to your drawing or make a whole new collage, you can sure do that!
