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Category: Early 1900s

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Defund the Police Department? In 1900, Buxton Never Had One

Recently, protestors have begun demanding to defund or abolish police departments. Today, as I watched Trevor Noah on “The Daily Show” recap the changes that have already begun as a result of the protests, I was surprised to learn what was happening in Minneapolis. The Minneapolis City Council is already looking to disband its police […]

on June 10, 2020June 19, 2020 by Rachelle Chase
Lonnie Lawrence Dennis
Buxton / Early 1900s / People

Lonnie Lawrence Dennis: His Shocking Role in History After ‘Boy Evangelist’

“At a revival we used to have, I remember this little boy was preaching,” said Gertrude Stokes, an African American resident of Buxton, Iowa. “He used to wear a little white robe. He ran our revival and that’s when I joined the church.” The little boy was eight-year-old Lonnie Lawrence Dennis. On November 16, 1902, […]

on January 9, 2019January 9, 2019 by Rachelle Chase
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Story of Buxton – From Muchakinock to Today

Creating the Black Utopia of Buxton, Iowa
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A Pictorial History of Buxton

Lost Buxton
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About Buxton, Iowa

In 1900, at a time when Jim Crow laws, segregation, and the Ku Klux Klan kept blacks and whites separated, residents in Buxton, Iowa—a thriving coal mining town of 5,000 residents established by Consolidation Coal Company—lived, worked, and went to school side by side. African Americans—miners, teachers, business owners, doctors, lawyers, and more—made up more than half of the population for the first 10 years and remained the largest ethnic group until 1914. By 1922, Buxton was a ghost town.

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About Rachelle Chase

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Rachelle Chase is a published author and senior business analyst whose latest passion is Buxton, Iowa.
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