Bissell Buzz 2017/4
Phillips County is 150 years old this year. How many people know about all the towns that were once here in the County and now gone? Names like Bloomfield, Dickeyville, Germantown, Goode, Silica, Truesdell, West Cedar, Wolfsburg and others are…
Bissell Buzz 2016/8
At the Fort we try and keep our displays related to the various buildings we have on site. Most displays are static, but to keep things interesting, we occasionally add or change a few things around. In this fashion we…
Bissell Buzz 2016/7
The harvest season is drawing to a close with many farmers having carted their last bushels to the elevator. The farmers’ households will return to a more peaceful routine until the next planting or harvesting season. The whole process has…
Bissell Buzz 2015/03
June 19, 2015 We kicked off our first Fun Friday of the season with Scavenger Hunt. Eleven kids and some of their parents too joined in on the fun. Items were placed throughout the museum and had to be collected…
Bissell Buzz 2015/02
June 2, 2015 At the end of our third week into the season, we have now had our first international visitors at the Fort. Michael and Pam Jones from Bundaberg, Queensland Australia stopped here for a quick stretch of legs…