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contact Rita
toll free: 1-877-678-2809
email: RescuedMemories@netins.net

at The Idea Center
407 Main Street
Lost Nation, IA 52254
Howard & Rita Johnson

Rescued Memories . . . a division of the Idea Center
member of Quad City Convention & Visitors Bureau

  • A unique step-on guide service

  • Entertaining heritage programs

  • Fun Make & Take opportunities

Step-on Guide Service:
  • We will design the tour to fit your timeframe
  • Your group will see and hear about little known places & facts
  • Authentic period costume from the 1830's
  • All travelers will receive a memory packet & a complimentary "newspaper" featuring an informative timeline plus a special timeline featuring the date of your tour and the name of your group

Rescued Memories--Entertaining Programs about Our Rich Heritage

Each program is entirely different
Each has its own correct period clothing and accounterment

 All programs are humorous and involve the audience
All are done in good taste and stay true to historical facts
Programs are approximately 20-30 minutes in length

Entertaining programs for groups
The Prairie Lady:

Entertaining programs for groups
Threads of Time:
An entertaining look at life on the prairie in the 1800's . . .
From the 1880's . . .
Also from the 1800's. This time, see how the transformation of jeans, dresses, aprons, & hankies begin a new life as a rug, quilt, hanky panky, & toy. Show & Tell items abound. Includes how to weave a rug on a 4-foot wagon wheel.
The Prairie Lady
An humorous look at life on the prairie in the 1880's. Ella Elizabeth will bring her market basket filled with her treasures, "sit a spell." She will make the prairie come alive as she reminisces!
Entertaining programs for groups
Barbed Wire Saga - a demonstration

Barbed wire has had a varied life since being invented and also has some intriguing and interesting facts.
Howard bending barb wire
Watch barbed wire is bent into art forms. Hear about the hunt for old barbed wire. See a collection of historical wires.

Entertaining programs for groups
A-Maizing Grass - a demonstration
Entertaining programs for groups
April Tales
Corn husk flowers
Flowers will be made from all parts of the husk. Hear about some of the more interesting uses and history of corn.
Entertaining stories and "style show" of aprons from yesterday & today. They have been sewn with love & care for many varied occasions & reasons. Whether it was for a man or woman, the versatile apron met the need.
Rescued Memories
Make & Take Opportunities
Choose to make:

A Victorian sachet, a rag doll, a corn husk flower, a field corn person, a memory box, & much more!!

The projects promote interaction among your group while having fun making them
Projects can be finished in one-half to one hour
We can also design other Make & Takes as appropriate
Rescued Memories is a division of the Idea Center
Members of: Quad City Convention & Visitors Bureau.