Virtual Bonus Thursday at Hoover's: The Life of Jesse Hoover"

Carnegie-Stout Public Library is pleased to present this bonus Thursday at Hoover's event in partnership with the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum. 

Use this link to register for the program: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4016288735348/WN_sbw09r1tQmWOditUx_CLAQ

Once you've registered, you will receive an email with instructions on how to join the virtual program via Zoom. 

"The Life of Jesse Hoover" presented by Peter Hoehnle

The first week of September marks the 175th anniversary of Jesse Hoover's birth. Jesse was an inventive and talented young entrepreneur, a self-taught blacksmith, inventor, pump manufacturer, community leader, pioneer West Branch businessman, and husband...as well as the father of the thirty-first President of the United States.

When he is mentioned in biographies of his son, Jesse is little more than a footnote, whose work ethic and entrepreneurship were an inspiration. While remarkable in many ways, Jesse Hoover’s life offers us a window into the social, economic, and religious life of the broader Iowa community that produced Herbert Hoover.

Join us for new perspectives on a man who, to the son who barely remembered him, remained a figure in the shadows.

About the Speaker: Peter Hoehnle is a native of Iowa and Park Ranger at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site. He has a Ph.D. in History from Iowa State University