Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

Early Twentieth Century "College Girl Prospectors" Explore Near Arctic Circle

“It’s no place for a young lady,” Agnes Powers’ friends advised her when she announced she was preparing to leave for the northern most regions of Canada in 1929.

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 29 Sep 2018

Early Twentieth Century "College Girl Prospectors" Explore Near Arctic Circle

Women Candidates Give A Close Race In Iowa's 1922 Elections

"Booze was not the issue at all, it was woman suffrage," JR Kane, newly elected mayor of Charlotte, Iowa, claimed in explaining his win in a city election in 1922. Women had won the vote through the 19th amendment to the Constitution.

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 22 Sep 2018

Women Candidates Give A Close Race In Iowa's 1922 Elections

Iowa Woman Reports On The "Real Life" Of Post-World War I Europe

“We start out sometimes and find a body but not a trace for identification. But we just won’t give up. We know some mother back home will be glad

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 15 Sep 2018

Iowa Woman Reports On The "Real Life" Of Post-World War I Europe

Klondike Gold Rush Beckoned Iowa Men

“This letter may be pretty hard to read by the time you get it. Our ink has long since frozen up and bursted,” Henry Lamprecht wrote to his friend, Hub

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 8 Sep 2018

Iowa Teenager's Prize-Winning Steer Bought By J.C. Penney

International Live Stock Exposition attendees—a record-breaking 55,000 of them—seemed to overlook the “packing house stenches” and “fetid air” that hung over the arena in Chicago when

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 1 Sep 2018

Iowa Teenager's Prize-Winning Steer Bought By J.C. Penney

1928 Iowa Students Exploring Canada Return Home Safely, Despite Sensationalized Reports

Late in July 1928 a party of Royal Canadian Mounted Police set out for the interior of northern Saskatchewan Province looking for four University of Iowa students who had disappeared.

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 25 Aug 2018

1928 Iowa Students Exploring Canada Return Home Safely, Despite Sensationalized Reports

Early Twentieth Century Iowa Teacher Becomes African Rancher

How did a small town Iowa woman earn the title “African Sheep Queen” in the early 1900s? By becoming owner of a 6,000-acre sheep ranch in Norvalspont, South

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 18 Aug 2018

Early Twentieth Century Iowa Teacher Becomes African Rancher

1930's Mason City Writer Never Forgets Her Roots

“a little, short, plump, cute, snuppy-uppy puppy who was white and soft and just the size to cuddle…” What toddler could resist a story about this adorable little pup,

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 11 Aug 2018

1930's Mason City Writer Never Forgets Her Roots

Iowans Aid in 1934 Polar Expedition

“Iowa Girl to Take Dictation from Polar Explorer, 3,200 Miles Away,” the Waterloo Courier newspaper headline must have caught the attention of readers, who were hungry for distractions from

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 4 Aug 2018

1917's Flyover Prohibition Campaign Fails To Take Off

“Vote Dry October 15th” Those words would appear on the underside of the wings of an airplane scheduled to fly across the state in 1917. The plane’s tail would

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 28 Jul 2018

1917's Flyover Prohibition Campaign Fails To Take Off

Early Twentieth Century Iowa Farmers Make Flying The Future Of Agriculture

Early in 1948 the Iowa Aeronautics Commission released a survey of aviation in the state. Conducted by a team of professors in the mechanical engineering department at the University of

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 21 Jul 2018

Early Twentieth Century Iowa Farmers Make Flying The Future Of Agriculture

Iowa Woman Wrestles Across The Country In The 1930's

“Let him stay there. Maybe he can catch his wife when she comes flying over the ropes,” Clara (Muscles) Mortensen issued that statement to the husband of her wrestling opponent

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 14 Jul 2018

Early Twentieth Century "College Girl Prospectors" Explore Near Arctic Circle

Women Candidates Give A Close Race In Iowa's 1922 Elections

Iowa Woman Reports On The "Real Life" Of Post-World War I Europe

Klondike Gold Rush Beckoned Iowa Men

Iowa Teenager's Prize-Winning Steer Bought By J.C. Penney

1928 Iowa Students Exploring Canada Return Home Safely, Despite Sensationalized Reports

Early Twentieth Century Iowa Teacher Becomes African Rancher

1930's Mason City Writer Never Forgets Her Roots

Iowans Aid in 1934 Polar Expedition

1917's Flyover Prohibition Campaign Fails To Take Off

Early Twentieth Century Iowa Farmers Make Flying The Future Of Agriculture

Iowa Woman Wrestles Across The Country In The 1930's

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