A decorative quilt that has hung in the Oneida County Library since the County’s centennial celebration in 1990 was recently donated to the Oneida Pioneer Museum. Completely handmade by the Oneida Quilt Guild in the summer of 1989, the quilt will be a welcome addition to the quilt collection at the Museum.

Oneida County celebrated its centennial in 1990, and this quilt highlights many State and County symbols.  A Welsh dragon is in one corner, and the Idaho State flag is in the opposite corner; the design of Idaho with the Mountain Bluebird and other symbols of the state are in the middle of the quilt.

The names of the quilters who designed and made the quilt are stitched in one corner.  The quilters were BelvaLene Baker, Janice Egbert, Marie Gleed, Neva Jones, Jean Showell, Athena Boel, Carol Eliason, Leora Brown, Judy Jones, Martha Maag, Melba Deschamps, Janene Jaussi, Blanche Shepherd, Evelyn Harrison, and Charlene Olorenshaw.

The Museum will be open through Labor Day. Visitors who would like to tour the Museum after Labor Day may contact Jean Thomas, Board Chair, or Bill Lewis, Board Vice-Chair.