Side Trails

• Iowa's Loess Hills

  Learn about the history of the Loess Hills and what is being done to conserve this special area.

  Source: Iowa Journal

  http://www.iptv.org/video/detail.cfm/5289/tij_20091008_305_feature2

• Iowa's Manson Impact Structure, Meteorite

  The Manson Impact Structure is now one of the best preserved and best studied complex meteorite impact craters on Earth.

  Source: Iowa Department of Natural Resources

  http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/Browse/manson99/manson.htm

• Iowa's Midwest League Baseball

  Learn about Iowa's midwest league baseball teams!

  Source: Iowa Journal

  http://www.iptv.org/video/detail.cfm/5427/tij_20091022_307_clip

• Iowa's Native Vegetation Prior to Pioneer Settlement

  This map shows general areas of forests and prairie grass of Iowa.

  Source: Explorations in Iowa History Project, University of Northern Iowa

  http://www.uni.edu/iowahist/Site%20Map/Map_IA-vegetationLG.jpg

• Iowa's Southern Border

  It's not straight. There was almost a war over it. Read about Sullivan's Line.

  Source: Iowa Highway Ends Web site,

  http://homepage.mac.com/jeffmorrison/maps/sullivanline.html

• Iowa's State Forests

  Iowa's state forest system totals 43,917 acres.

  Source: Iowa Department of Natural Resources

  http://www.iowadnr.com/forestry/forests.html

• Iowa's State Parks

  Iowa offers countless ways to take advantage of its outdoor beauty with its state parks.

  Source: Iowa Department of Natural Resources

  http://www.exploreiowaparks.com

• Iowa's Underground Railroad

  Underground Railroad had some of its more important routes right here in Iowa.

  Source: Humanities Iowa, KUNI radio, KMA radio and KWIT radio, Voices of Humanities Iowa, Iowa's Railroad without Rails, By Rudolph Daniels

  http://www.uiowa.edu/~humiowa/rd2-18-2001.htm

• Iowa's Underground Railroad, Safe Houses

  Tabor, Lewis, Salem and West Des Moines all had safe houses on the Underground Railroad.

  Source: National Park Service

  http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/underground/states.htm

• ISU Athletic special collection

  See historic images of athletics at Iowa State with the Iowa State Special Collections.

  Source: ISU Special Collections

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/isuspecialcollections/collections/72157603937323863/

• ISU Football

  Review historic pictures of the ISU gridiron with ISU Special Collections.

  Source: ISU Special Collections

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/isuspecialcollections/sets/72157603934275320/

• Italian POWs in Fairview

  Read this primary source about the arrival of 100 Italian POWs in Fairview Iowa.

  Source:

  http://cdm.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/wwii&CISOPTR=351&REC=17

• J. N. 'Ding' Darling National Wildlife Refuge

  The J. N. 'Ding' Darling National Wildlife Refuge was created to safeguard and enhance the pristine wildlife habitat of Sanibel Island, Florida.

  Source: J. N. 'Ding' Darling National Wildlife Refuge

  http://www.fws.gov/dingdarling

• Jack Libbey, River Boat Pilot

  Captain Jack Libbey has been a master pilot on the Mississippi River for over 30 years.

  Source: Iowa Arts Council, Iowa Roots

  http://www.iowaartscouncil.org/programs/folk-and-traditional-arts/iowa-roots/season-three/jack-libbey.shtml

• Jack Trice

  See a 1923 image of Jack Trice with his football teammates.

  Source: ISU Special Collections

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/isuspecialcollections/2274679931/in/set-72157603934275320/

• Jack Trice, Sport and Ethnicity at Iowa State University

  Listen to Jaime Schultz speak about football player Jack Trice and sport and ethnicity at ISU.

  Source: Lectures on Demand, EServer

  http://lectures.eserver.org/1028

• James B. Weaver Biography

  Find out more about 'Jumpin' Jim' Weaver.

  Source:

  http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000225

• Jay Norwood 'Ding' Darling

  As an editorial cartoonist, Jay Norwood 'Ding' Darling had few equals.

  Source: Des Moines Register Extras, Famous Iowans

  http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/FAMOUSIOWANS/40618039

• Jennie McCowen, A. M., M. D.

  Read more about Dr. Jennie McCowen, one of the foremost women of the state and one of its most active and efficient physicians.

  Source: Scott Co, Iowa USGenWeb Project

  http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/1910vol2bios4.htm

• Jessie Field Shambaugh, 4-H Pioneer 1881-1971

  Jessie Field Shambaugh was a teacher who inspired rural children. She was the mother of 4-H.

  Source: Des Moines Register Extras, Famous Iowans

  http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/FAMOUSIOWANS/41221015

• Jessie Field Shambaugh - 4H Beginnings

  Learn about Jesse Shambaugh and the Iowa origins of 4H.

  Source: Living in Iowa

  http://www.iptv.org/video/detail.cfm/3234/lii_20020221_1216_clip

• Jewell Lutheran College

  In 1894, the Jewell Lutheran College had 30 students, required $27.50 tuition (which included room, board, tuition, and books) and paid teachers a salary of $400.

  Source: Newspaper Articles by Ed Nass, 2000 for Daily Freeman-Journal

  http://showcase.netins.net/web/marjned/jlc.html

• Joanna Schanz, Amana Basket Maker

  Joanna Schanz carries on the traditional Amana craft of basket making.

  Source: Iowa Arts Council, Iowa Roots

  http://www.iowaartscouncil.org/programs/folk-and-traditional-arts/iowa-roots/season-two/joanna-schanz.shtml

• John Atanasoff Biography

  John Atanasoff was a mathematical physicist, a businessman, and the inventor of the electronic digital computer.

  Source: Hien Chris Do, Virginia Tech/Norfolk State University Project, Interactive Learning, Digital Library in Computer Science

  http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/do_Atanasoff.html

• John Deere Plow with Steel Share and Wooden Beam

  Can you imagine plowing the prairie with this farm implement?

  Source: Smithsonian Institution's HistoryWired: A few of our favorite things.

  http://historywired.si.edu/enlarge.cfm?ID=212&ShowEnlargement=2

• John L. Lewis, Labor Leader 1880-1969

  John Lewellyn Lewis did more than any other labor leader to organize the nation's workers into unions.

  Source: Des Moines Register Extras, Famous Iowans

  http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/FAMOUSIOWANS/40707003

• Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War Against Japan (1941)

  Read President Roosevelt's Day of Infamy speech to Congress in 1941, the day after the Pearl Harbor attack.

  Source: OurDocuments.gov, a cooperative effort of National History Day, The National Archives and Records Administration, and USA Freedom Corps

  http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=73

• Jorge Morales, Mexican Guitarist

  Jorge Morales was born in Mexico City, where he learned to play the requinto, a small acoustic guitar.

  Source: Iowa Arts Council, Iowa Roots

  http://www.iowaartscouncil.org/programs/folk-and-traditional-arts/iowa-roots/season-one/jorge-morales.shtml

• Josiah Grinnell, Abolitionist

  Josiah Grinnell received a good deal of criticism for his support of abolitionist John Brown.

  Source: Humanities Iowa, KUNI radio, KMA radio and KWIT radio, Voices of Humanities Iowa, Josiah Bushnell Grinnell: Abolitionist, By Kenneth L. Lyftogt

  http://www.uiowa.edu/~humiowa/jbgrinnell.html

• Josiah Grinnell, Westward Expansion, Go West and Grow Up with the Country

  Horace Greeley, a New York newspaper editor in 1854, gave Josiah Grinnell advice to go west and grow up with the country.

  Source: Digital History, A Partnership with University of Houston, Chicago Historical Society, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, Museum of Fine arts Houston, National Park Service, Teaching American History

  http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/textbook_search.cfm?HHID=309

• Judicial Branch, Architectural Drawings of New Building

  Take a look at the architectural drawings of the new Iowa Judicial Branch Building.

  Source: State of Iowa, Judicial Branch

  http://www.iowacourts.govPublic_Information/Visit_A_Courthouse/Judicial_Branch_Building/

• Judicial Branch, Historic Murals

  Ten historic murals have been installed in prominent public areas in the Iowa Judicial Branch Building.

  Source: State of Iowa, Judicial Branch

  http://www.iowacourts.gov/wfdata/frame3102-1668/Iowa_Murals_Latest_.ppt

• Judicial Branch, Virtual Tour

  Take a virtual tour of the Iowa Judicial Branch Building.

  Source: State of Iowa, Judicial Branch

  http://www.iowacourts.govPublic_Information/Visit_A_Courthouse/Judicial_Branch_Building/index.asp

• Julien Dubuque Burial Site, Mines of Spain

  Mines of Spain State Recreation Area is a 1380-acre area of land located south of Dubuque.

  Source: Northern Illinois University Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences

  http://jove.geol.niu.edu/faculty/fischer/429_info/429trips/Dubuque/Julien_Dubuque_Monument.htm

• Julien Dubuque, Settler and Miner 1762-1810

  Julien Dubuque was Iowa's first permanent white settler as well as its first entrepreneur.

  Source: Des Moines Register Extras, Famous Iowans

  http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/FAMOUSIOWANS/41217028