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Iowa History: High School Boys Kill Town Marshal in 1930 Shootout

Officer Down! The call went out to law officers throughout northeast Iowa. Vigilantes were called out. Everyone was on the lookout for two young men who had shot and killed the Dyersville town marshal on Saturday, March 15, 1930.

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 26 Nov 2016

Iowa History: High School Boys Kill Town Marshal in 1930 Shootout

Matilda Fletcher Defies Baggage-Smashers: Iowa History

“Baggage, Baggage-smashing, and Baggage-Smashers” A Kansas newspaper ran a lengthy story about the disastrous experiences of train passengers entrusting their bags to railroad baggage handlers in the late

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 19 Nov 2016

Matilda Fletcher Defies Baggage-Smashers: Iowa History

Grilling in Sweatbox Yields Confession In This Tale From Iowa History

When a passenger train crashed near Knoxville, Iowa, on Monday, May 24, 1909, J.M. Harrison, a detective with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, was baffled. Some clues led

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 12 Nov 2016

Grilling in Sweatbox Yields Confession In This Tale From Iowa History

A War Hero in Skirts: Iowa History

When the students of Mrs. Jennie Huegle’s classroom in Des Moines contributed the money they collected at their spring program to the Della Weeks Fund in June 1898, they

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 5 Nov 2016

Dogs’ Journey From Iowa to the Philippines: A War Story

“Nearly a thousand men were falling over each other in their efforts to reach the rail and ‘feed the fish’.” Pvt. Joseph Ignacious Markey, wrote in 1900 about the 51st Infantry Volunteers, Company M, from Red Oak, Iowa. Iowa History, a weekly column, appears at IowaWatch on Saturdays.

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 29 Oct 2016

Dogs’ Journey From Iowa to the Philippines: A War Story

Iowa History: World’s Only Female Boat Captain

“I can’t resist the desire to be on the steamer. It is positively fascinating this life and grows upon me.” The words of Ida Moore Lachmund of Clinton, Iowa,

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 22 Oct 2016

Iowa History: World’s Only Female Boat Captain

When Cattle Derailed A Queen’s Son-In-Law In Iowa

“Is there danger?” Marquis of Lorne demanded of his servants. “We’re slaughtered!” he predicted. The Marquis of Lorne believed he was being attacked by Irish Republican anti-British government agitators as he rode the Sioux City & Pacific Railroad in October 1881.

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 15 Oct 2016

When Cattle Derailed A Queen’s Son-In-Law In Iowa

Big Test In Iowa, Wisconsin When The “Automobile Truck” Threatened Army Mules

Dubuque was bustling with activity and excitement early in the summer of 1912. U.S. Army battalions from four states were arriving in June. About 2,000 men would camp

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 8 Oct 2016

Big Test In Iowa, Wisconsin When The “Automobile Truck” Threatened Army Mules

Iowa History: The Deadliest Weapon in the World

On the lawn of a “beautiful old chateau” on the banks of the Marne River in France in July 1918 during the Great War (World War I) a commanding general

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 1 Oct 2016

Iowa History: The Deadliest Weapon in the World

One Of The Brightest Of Iowa Women

How an Iowa woman's father influenced her desire to be a doctor in the 1800s, and the name she made for herself.

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 24 Sep 2016

Iowa’s Most Wanted List In 1911

The rat, mice, and ground squirrel populations of Iowa were about to be drastically reduced if the state department of health commissioner had his way. In December 1911 Dr. Guilford Sumner issued a statement that was circulated throughout the state. He wanted to exterminate every rodent that potenti

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 17 Sep 2016

Iowa History: A Real Western Suffragette

In August 1910 the St. Louis Dispatch newspaper devoted a full page to a “Real Western Suffragette.” The reporter was writing about Carrie Vaughn Anderson, a former school teacher who was running for county recorder in Wright County, Iowa.

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 10 Sep 2016

Iowa History: High School Boys Kill Town Marshal in 1930 Shootout

Matilda Fletcher Defies Baggage-Smashers: Iowa History

Grilling in Sweatbox Yields Confession In This Tale From Iowa History

A War Hero in Skirts: Iowa History

Dogs’ Journey From Iowa to the Philippines: A War Story

Iowa History: World’s Only Female Boat Captain

When Cattle Derailed A Queen’s Son-In-Law In Iowa

Big Test In Iowa, Wisconsin When The “Automobile Truck” Threatened Army Mules

Iowa History: The Deadliest Weapon in the World

One Of The Brightest Of Iowa Women

Iowa’s Most Wanted List In 1911

Iowa History: A Real Western Suffragette

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