Forest City, Iowa, home of Winnebago Industries—well-known for bringing modern camping innovations to Iowa in the 1950s. But long before anyone had heard of Winnebago campers, a man in another Iowa community was gaining recognition for his design of a “camping car”—or “land yacht” as some called it.
Private Harry Ross' family believed he was discharged from military duty and sent back to the United States. That’s where Private Ross’ trail goes cold. He never returned to Des Moines where his mother eagerly awaited his arrival.
“The Rural School Problem,” “Rural Schools Ought to Be Abandoned,” “What to Do With Small Schools” — In some ways news headlines in the 20th century were not much different than those of the 21st century. Education issues were hot news items.
Rev. George Cyphert Tally of Keokuk County was described as having as a “rugged, forceful, crude” man with “more zeal than discretion” but also a gifted orator. In the midst of the Civil War, the preacher started a confrontation between local Copperheads and Union supporters that required interventi
Yank Magazine, a military weekly news magazine published during World War II, ran a lengthy spread on the 34th Division in March 1945. Although men from all over the United States comprised the 34th, at one time it had been densely populated with Iowan and the writer of the article titled “Iron Man
An Alfred, Lord Tennyson poem, "Enoch Arden," tells the story of a man shipwrecked on an island for 10 years who returns home to find his wife happily married to his childhood friend. Never revealing himself to his wife, he dies of a broken heart. During the U.S. Civil War, this work of fiction came
“Get down out of sight, or we’ll shoot you!” That’s what passengers crouched in their seats on a Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific heard as the train made its way east out of Council Bluffs on July 21, 1873.
