July 1 – December 31, 2023
Artist Heide Presse studied the journals written by Keturah Penton Belknap between 1839 -1848. Heide has conducted extensive research and is creating an exhibition about Keturah’s families journey Westward. The exhibition begins with Keturah’s marriage and covers her and her husband’s two step journey out West. Roughly half the work depicts their life in Iowa farming, and the other half their journey to Oregon with the Watts wagon train. Click here to view the 3D virtual tour
