Information about Buxton, Iowa by Rachelle Chase
In 2022, I was honored to be included in the following documentaries, talking about Buxton. The African American Midwest: A 500 Year Fight for Freedom As stated in “The 1539 Project: Why Black Midwest and Iowa history matters,” producers of “The African American Midwest” hope to show that the Midwest is not only America’s geographic […]
The words “Bed and Breakfast” instantly bring to mind romantic images of Victorian houses with curlicue trim or stately mansions with manicured lawns. The McNeill Stone Mansion Bed & Breakfast in Oskaloosa, IA, with its statue and wraparound porches, is the latter. But the romance the house imbues extends to the owners themselves. The original […]
In 1900, Consolidation Coal Company established one of the most unique towns in Iowa: Buxton. Spanning 8,600 acres in Monroe County and 1,600 acres in Mahaska County, along with a population that grew to 5,000, Buxton became the largest unincorporated town in Iowa.
Last January, after LOST BUXTON came out, I got the brilliant idea to start a blog – a blog filled with topics that intrigued me about Buxton. Topics other books hadn’t covered extensively. Topics that showed Buxton’s importance today. I’d planned to group all these topics in a series titled, “Beyond Lost Buxton: Exploring History […]
Buxton Family Crest Presented to Rachelle Chase After giving a presentation about Ben Buxton and Buxton, Iowa at the Buxton Family Reunion, I was presented with a framed image of the Buxton Family Crest, hand-illustrated by Barbara Buxton Boisse. Sally Buxton Jones (left) and Barbara Buxton Boisse (right) are cousins of Ben Buxton, the superintendent […]