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Uncovering the influential legacy of Black women in Sioux City

Sioux City Journal - "With February being Black History Month, I wanted to spotlight the role that Black women have had in Sioux City.” - Jim Tillman

The free, open to the public presentation will also include a discussion with a panel of Black Siouxland women that will be moderated by Briar Cliff University (BCU) Social Work Professor Margarite Hardnett Reinert.

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Hunting the past: Sioux Cityans to exhibit rare 'Hell Creek' dinosaur fossils at public museum

Sioux City Journal - Tail and femur bones of the ostrich-like Struthiomimus, a frill from a Triceratops and the complete upper skull of a new dragonesque-dinosaur species are among the rare fossils visitors to the Sioux City Public Museum will see in the upcoming exhibit "Dinosaurs of the Hell Creek."

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Hometown History: Hamilton Blvd...well who is Hamilton?

(KTIV) In the 1850s, a part of what is now Hamilton Blvd, then known as North Sioux City, was platted and divided into lots.

But after moving to Sioux City in 1868, James H. Hamilton and some partners bought the subdivision, and what was then Hannibal Street eventually became Hamilton. The north end of Hamilton was farmland in 1905 near Outer Drive. It went from being a cow path to a dirt road with houses along it.

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