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CANOVA QUILT DONATION


​Canova Congregational Church Quilt Donated to Rural Life Museum

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The Miner County Historical Society / Rural Life Museum accepted a quilt from Jackie Hendrix, given on behalf of Iona Powers.  The quilt was made in the late 1920's or early 1930's by women of the Canova Congregational Church and others in the Canova community.

The embroidered name on each block identifies the woman who stitched that square.  The quilt squares were made from flour sacks, a very popular source of cloth in that time period. quilt was donated by Iona Powers (94 years old), who received it from her mother-in-law, Minnie Powers. 

MCHS / Rural Life Museum were thrilled to become the caretakers of this historical gift.  Pictured above, accepting the quilt, are (from left):  MCHS board members Christy Stock, Pat Winker, and Chloe Andenas and Jackie Hendrix, who made the presentation on behalf of Iona Powers (not pictured).

As a note: if you have family items to donate, please contact an MCHS board members (listed at the bottom of this website or send an email message to us at [email protected] and we'll quickly get back to you.  This website also includes a donation form that donors can download and fill out, so that the museum can record and track donated items.

Article published in the Oct. 8, 2020 edition of the Miner County Pioneer.

Board members
Cecelia Wittmayer: President
Chloe Andenas: Vice President
Christy Stock: Secretary
Chrysti Protsch: Treasurer
Renee Forster
Justice Forster
Renee Laible
Bob Miller
​Gary Moschell
​Michele Neises
Dennis Wills
Colin Wunder


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FREE ADMISSION!

​ The museum is open 
when the "Open" flag is
​flying!


Extended Hours
June through December:

​Thursdays, 10-2 p.m.
Every Saturday and Sunday
1 to 4 p.m.
(except for major holidays and really inclement weather) 


Street Address:
217 South Main Street
Contact us: 
If you'd like to visit at another time, please contact us, using the information below.
Email: 
[email protected]
Mail:
PO Box 245
Howard SD 57349
Contact the MCHS President:
​605-480-0125​
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  • About Us
    • Membership and Donations
  • Presentations and News Articles
    • Commercial Hotel Vilas
    • Canova Quilt Donation
    • Sheriff Bradbury
    • Argonne
    • Burbank School
    • Fedora
    • Mastodon Tusk
    • Tree-Stump Tombstones
    • Norwegian Independence Day
    • South Dakota Suffrage Movement
    • Twin Lakes
    • World War 1
    • National Suffrage Movement
    • The First "Town School"
    • History of the SD State Fair
    • Vilas
  • Family Research
    • Birth, Death and School Records
    • Genealogy Research
  • Photographs
    • Argonne
    • Canova
    • Carthage
    • Epiphany
    • Fedora
    • Howard
    • Roswell
    • Vilas