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1918 Influenza Pandemic

An influenza epidemic spread across the world from 1918-1919.  It was first identified in United States military personnel in spring 1918 and by September of that year it had spread across the country.

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New Displays

The Wild Things of the Ozarks and All Aboard: The Frisco Railroad are two new displays now showing in the Local History Department.

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