Beth Sparrow is co-owner of the Polk County News.
February is Black History Month. Last year I wrote about George Flippin, who is the most famous black person I know to have lived in Polk County, not counting ones who currently live here. Do you want repeat articles? Should I run my Flippin article every year?
So I contacted my local history resource, Charles, who reminded me of Mose O’Banion. In the early 1900s, theAurora Register...
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