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The La Vernia Historical Association has gathered 128 original stories and interviews from families who have loved and lived in La Vernia. This 345 page, hardbound book sold-out in 24 days but is now being re-ordered.

To reserve your copy, please order today. $70 + $10 s/h per book = $80

Excerpts from this fascinating book: 

“When I was eleven, I raced Wayne Wiseman down main street. I was riding a bay horse. Wayne’s horse was a little bit smaller. I won, but I got in a whole lot of trouble when I got home.”  – Ruby Burkholder

“Back then, all the businesses had to use water from a well that was nearby each building. There was no such thing as ‘city water.’ The fire department had to meet in a little shed by Koepp Chevrolet. The little red firehouse building (now the La Vernia heritage Museum) wasn’t even built yet.”  —  Fred Waltisperger

“He usually wouldn’t come into our house, but one day he was at the window and happened to see the piano, so he came in and played the blues. He said there are sad blues and happy blues, but we didn’t want to play the sad ones.”  – Conrad Goeth

“During the 1973 flood he walked from town to his house in chest high water to check on the place. The house was the only place not under water.”  — Leslee Linne

“The two brothers got on their horses and rode them into the bar and proceeded to end the argument with a fight.”  — Harvey (Levi) and Priscilla McBee

“As a child, I would sit beside my grandmother on the front-porch swing, snapping beans, dropping them into a rolled paper sack and listen to the sweetness of her voice recalling a precious family and a La Vernia home filled with love, hope, laughter and faith.”   Melissa Lestarjette Doyle