The Little Free Library

There is a small house on Main Street in Eagle. It sits in front of the Eagle Museum. In addition to being an interesting and unique building, it has a very real purpose. Born of the dream and desire of aWisconsin man to honor the memory of his mother and her love of reading, he began by building one little house in 2009, stocked it with books and a sign that said : Take a book, return a book. Closer to home, a Palmyra man and retired school teacher, Jim Demler answered his own desire to see books in the hands of everyone and began building the little libraries. He started in May of this year and soon had completed four of the libraries which he donated to KMStateForestHeadquarters. They wanted to place them near campsites located around Eagle andPalmyra; Paul Sandgren of the KM Headquarters was instrumental in securing one of the libraries for the Eagle Historical Society where it proudly stands. Jeff Nowicki, president of the Historical Society, altered the original Little Library to mirror The Historical Society building. The Palmyra Historical Society has donated books to the little library about local history.  The Eagle Historical Society will also be adding books.  (Jean Cisler)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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