No one knew why the Civil War cannon ended up in a railroad auction of unclaimed freight at Prairie du …
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The little red brick building on Robinson Street, later Second Street, in Coralville went through a number of incarnations before …
Grant Wood did not consider any of his works to be satire – except one. When he painted ‘Daughters of …
Some historians say that William Abbe was the first settler in Linn County in 1837. It is certain he was …
Robert Manatt, a Pennsylvania farmer, brought his family west to Poweshiek County in 1846, just as Iowa was becoming a …
Paul Shaw started working in Cedar Rapids as an automobile mechanic in 1919 at W.H. Morse & Co., a dealer …
Twin clubs began springing up in Eastern Iowa in the 1950s and ’60s. The first to organize was the Hawkeye …
McGregor residents were the first to see the Ringling Brothers’ passion for circus showmanship. It was in Walton Hollow (now …
For centuries, the sandbars in the Cedar River drifted and flowed with the river current. Then, in the late 1800s, …
Anyone standing on the bluff at Eagle Point near Dubuque in the late 19th century saw a wealth of riverboat …
Frank Nesetril was born in 1875 in Johnson County and grew up on a farm near Shueyville. He was one …
In the first half of the 20th century, newsboys would be on city street corners hawking the local newspaper. The …
Joe Louis, the ‘Brown Bomber,’ held the world heavyweight boxing championship for 12 years before losing to Ezzard Charles in …
George Nissen was a Big Ten gymnastics star and captain of the gym team at the University of Iowa in …
The Lewis family was living in Indiana when the Black Hawk Purchase Treaty of 1832 opened Eastern Iowa for settlement. …
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