Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

Overstaying A Visa Got You Into Trouble 100 Years Ago, Too...Especially If You Were German

The Secret Service said it was his “unusually inquisitive” nature about military matters that tipped off personnel about a German man working as a waiter in the officers’ mess at

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 18 Feb 2017

Overstaying A Visa Got You Into Trouble 100 Years Ago, Too...Especially If You Were German

Stagecoach Robbers In Iowa Didn't Stop With One Hold-Up 150 Years Ago

As the coach rounded the bridge at Walnut Creek, nine miles west of Centerville, the passenger on the driver’s box pulled out a revolver and jabbed it into the left breast of drive F.J. Leach. Here's the rest of the story.

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 11 Feb 2017

Stagecoach Robbers In Iowa Didn't Stop With One Hold-Up 150 Years Ago

A Reunion To Honor The Civil War Veterans of Iowa Hornets' Nest Brigade

Weeks of planning went into an event to honor the Iowa Hornets' Nest Brigade that served in the Civil War, including at the Battle of Shiloh. Here's the rest of the story.

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 4 Feb 2017

A Reunion To Honor The Civil War Veterans of Iowa Hornets' Nest Brigade

The Day In 1874 An Iowa Farmer Uncovered Mastadon Bones

Scientists estimated the prehistoric creature was probably 14 feet high as it stood upright on the Iowa landscape near Welton. When it roamed the Iowa countryside was an unsolved mystery.

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 28 Jan 2017

The Day In 1874 An Iowa Farmer Uncovered Mastadon Bones

All That Glitters Is Not Gold: An Iowa History Tale

Civic leaders in Iowa in 1869 were proud of their state. It offered some of the most fertile soils and flourishing towns and cities. Railroads snaked across the landscape north and south and east and west. It was believed there were inexhaustible amounts of coal beneath the earth’s surface in Iowa.

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 21 Jan 2017

All That Glitters Is Not Gold: An Iowa History Tale

Silos That Last For Generations

Some considered silos indispensable to profitable livestock raising and dairying. Not only were they practical, the structures were considered an ornament to any farm. The conical silo roof, with its curved walls was said to add a very pleasing enhancement to any farmstead.

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 14 Jan 2017

Treating Horse Colic In 1887

Early one January morning in 1887 a farmer from Tabor, Iowa, hitched his team of horses to a sled and headed out to get some wood about four miles from home. By the time he returned at the end of a long day, one of his horses was suffering from a serious case of colic.

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 7 Jan 2017

Sea Of Grass Covered 1830’s Iowa

“Everybody came from somewhere, as nobody was born and raised here,” John F. Fish said in 1914 when the elderly Wapello County pioneer sat down to visit with a local newspaper reporter. John was reminiscing about Iowa in the 1830s—before statehood.

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 31 Dec 2016

About That Iowa Circus Performer's Daughter Who Managed A Livery, Sold Cigars

“I would rather be a chambermaid in a livery stable than a doorkeeper in a church,” Julia Maria Teeple of Baldwin, Iowa, explained when asked about her unusual profession as a livery manager in 1894.

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 24 Dec 2016

About That Iowa Circus Performer's Daughter Who Managed A Livery, Sold Cigars

Plenty Of Gold, Shortage Of 40-Rod Whiskey: An Iowa History Tale

“Left Canton Iowa 4 Oclock AM April 24th, 1864. Arrived at DesMoin City at 10 PM Monday May 9th.” “Camped by a pond near an encampment with others.” “Stampede of horses at night.”

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 17 Dec 2016

Plenty Of Gold, Shortage Of 40-Rod Whiskey: An Iowa History Tale

When Tipping Was Illegal in Iowa, And How A U.S. President Broke That Law

Waiters in the state’s restaurants predicted unsatisfactory service for patrons starting in July 1915 after a new law was passed by the 36th General Assembly of Iowa. The Anti-

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 10 Dec 2016

When Tipping Was Illegal in Iowa, And How A U.S. President Broke That Law

Dollar-a-Call Boys Get New Truck: Iowa History

“Fire! Fire!” Arlo Everling, a guest at the Saylor Hotel in Harlan, Iowa, staggered from his second floor room at 1:30 a.m. on February 21, 1949. Nearly overcome

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History

/ 3 Dec 2016

Overstaying A Visa Got You Into Trouble 100 Years Ago, Too...Especially If You Were German

Stagecoach Robbers In Iowa Didn't Stop With One Hold-Up 150 Years Ago

A Reunion To Honor The Civil War Veterans of Iowa Hornets' Nest Brigade

The Day In 1874 An Iowa Farmer Uncovered Mastadon Bones

All That Glitters Is Not Gold: An Iowa History Tale

Silos That Last For Generations

Treating Horse Colic In 1887

Sea Of Grass Covered 1830’s Iowa

About That Iowa Circus Performer's Daughter Who Managed A Livery, Sold Cigars

Plenty Of Gold, Shortage Of 40-Rod Whiskey: An Iowa History Tale

When Tipping Was Illegal in Iowa, And How A U.S. President Broke That Law

Dollar-a-Call Boys Get New Truck: Iowa History

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