Side Trails

• Kansas-Nebraska Act, Period: 1850s

  In 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act opened the area west of Iowa and Missouri, which had been a permanent Indian reservation, to white settlement.

  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=330

• Karina Camarillo, Ballet Folklorico

  Karina Camarillo grew up learning traditional Mexican dance from her father, Arnulfo Camarillo.

  Source: Iowa Arts Council, Iowa Roots

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

• Kate Shelley, Heroine of Iowa

  Read newspaper excerpt about Kate Shelley, a heroine of Iowa.

  Source: The Irish in Iowa Web site, newspaper excerpts

  http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/kateshelley.htm

• Keelboat Model and Drawing

  See an interesting group of images of Lewis and Clark era boat replicas - the Keelboat Replica and the Mackinaw Boat.

  Source: L&C Replicas, keelboat.com

  http://www.keelboat.com/photos.htm

• Kennedy Talks to Hoover about the Cuban Missile Crisis.

  Listen to President Kennedy talking to President Hoover about the Cuban Missile Crisis.

  Source: John F. Kennedy Library and Museum

  http://www.jfklibrary.org/jfkl/cmc/jfk_hoover.rm

• Keokuk: I Remember When Stories

  Read what former Keokuk citizens remember about riding buses.

  Source: Keokuk History

  http://www.keokuk.com/history.htm

• Khampheng Manirath, Lao Storyteller

  Khampheng Manirath of Des Moines, Iowa, is a traditional storyteller originally from Laos.

  Source: Iowa Arts Council, Iowa Roots

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

• Knoxville Raceway

  Automobile 'racing meets' began at the Knoxville Raceway in the 1930s.

  Source: Knoxville Raceway

  http://www.knoxvilleraceway.com/history.aspx

• Landscape Features of Iowa

  The topographic features of Iowa are diverse and reflect some aspect of Iowa's geologic history.

  Source: Iowa Department of Natural Resources

  http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/Browse/landscap/landscap.htm

• Larry Beem, Bluegrass Steel Guitarist

  Larry Beem plays resophonic guitar and acoustic guitar.

  Source: Iowa Arts Council, Iowa Roots

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

• Lead and Zinc Mines of Dubuque, Iowa

  Jump into this catalog of information about lead and zinc mines. Find out what Iowa has in common with other parts of the country.

  Source: Geology Programs at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, by James A. Dockal, Professor of Geology

  http://people.uncw.edu/dockal/Dubuque/index.htm

• Lead, Land, and Lumber: 1740-1830s

  Read about how lead, land, and lumber helped shape Dubuque County from 1740 to the 1830s.

  Source: Dubuque GenWeb, Dubuque County Genealogy, American History and Genealogy Project

  http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadubuqu/civilwar/cwlumber.html

• Learn About Denmark's National Anthem, Flag and Famous Danes

  Learn more about the Danish culture - national anthem, weather, flag, Julefest, the gymnastic team, and famous Danes.

  Source: Danish Immigrant Museum

  http://www.danishmuseum.org/DanishCulture/DanishCulture101.html

• Learn more about the history of Iowa Mutual

  Source:

  http://www.iowamutual.com/jahia/Jahia/site/imic/Home/pid/319

• Leaving Iowa for California

  Read diary entries of the western trip of Abram Sortore from Keokuk Iowa to California on the Oregon Trail in 1850.

  Source: The Overland Trail, An Official Millennium Trail

  http://www.over-land.com/diarysortore.html

• Leaving Iowa for California gold

  Read about how Iowan Eliza Ann McAuley left Iowa for the Land of Gold.

  Source: The Domestic Frontier, The West in Women's Personal Narrative

  http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/HNS/domwest/mcauley.html

• Leaving Iowa for Oregon

  Florence Courtney Melton was about 10 years old when her family departed Iowa for Oregon in 1868.

  Source: History of a Pioneer Family, by Florence Melton 1857-1926, Historical Museum in Pomeroy, WA

  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/courtney

• Leaving Iowa for Oregon on the Applegate Trail

  Read an excerpt from Crossing the Plains in 1853: Reminiscences of Martha Ann Tuttle McClain, From Iowa to Oregon, via the Applegate Trail.

  Source: The Overland Trail, An Official Millennium Trail

  http://www.over-land.com/diarymcclain.html

• Leaving Iowa for Oregon, 100 Iowans to California then to Oregon

  This journal tells of an emigrant train of 100 people as they traveled from Iowa to California, then to Oregon in 1862.

  Source: USGenWeb project, Jackson County Oregon

  http://orgenweb.org/jackson/Journey.htm

• Leon 'Bix' Beiderbecke

  Bix Beiderbecke was one of the great jazz musicians of the 1920s.

  Source: Red Hot Jazz

  http://www.redhotjazz.com/bix.html

• Letters of a German American Farmer

  Whoever wants to farm should stay in Iowa. That's what I think, said Jurnjakob Swehn, a German American Farmer in the early 1900s.

  Source: Humanities Iowa, KUNI radio, KMA radio and KWIT radio, Voices of Humanities Iowa, Letters of a German American Farmer, By Johannes Gillhoff

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

• Lewis and Clark Trail in Nebraska and Iowa

  Lewis and Clark traveled the borders of Iowa. Read about the people they met and the work they did.

  Source: LewisandClarkTrail.com

  http://lewisandclarktrail.com/101.htm

• Lewis and Clark, Food on the Trail

  Listen to KUNI's Voices of Humanities Iowa discuss food recipes for the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

  Source: Humanities Iowa, KUNI radio, KMA radio and KWIT radio, Voices of Humanities in Iowa, http://www.kuniradio.org/audio_vault.htm

  http://mm1.uni.edu:8080/ramgen/1/kunirm/rossi040313.rm

• License Plates

  What did a 1911 license plate look like?

  Source: Geocities Web pages, copyrighted 1998-2002 Michael W. Scheel

  http://www.geocities.com/n0ngl/ia_license.html

• Life in a Lumber Camp

  Life in a lumber camp in the Midwest was very difficult. Find out from someone who lived that life.

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

  http://www.uni.edu/iowahist/Social_Economic/LumberCamp/life_in_a_lumber_camp.htm

• Lincoln Highway

  The Lincoln Highway in some cities, such as Ames, are still known as Lincoln Way.

  Source: US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration

  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/lincoln.htm

• Lincoln Highway Photos

  These photos along the Lincoln Highway are from Belle Plaine, Chelsea, Tama, Montour, Colo, Nevada, Boone, Ogden, Jefferson, and Scranton.

  Source: Jeff Morrison has his own Lincoln Highway Photo Gallery featuring photos that were taken for his photojournalism class in the fall of 2002.

  http://homepage.mac.com/jeffmorrison/LHproject/index.htm

• Lincoln Highway: The Iowa Highways Photo Gallery

  See a photo gallery of The Lincoln Highwayin western and central Iowa including Tama and Belle Plaine.

  Source: Iowa Highways Page, www.iowahighways.org

  http://iowahwypix2.tripod.com/lincoln

• Living with a River

  Sandstone beds record the position of ancient river channels that flooded Iowa lowlands millions of years ago.

  Source: Iowa Department of Natural Resources

  http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/Browse/livriver/livriver.htm

• Living with the Land

  A change in the landscape appearance is usually a clue that a change in geologic materials is beneath the ground.

  Source: Iowa Department of Natural Resources

  http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/Browse/livland/livland.htm

• Loess Hills Safari

  Go on a Loess Hills safari to see some of the plants, animals and insects that live there.

  Source: Iowa Public Television, Explore More

  http://www3.iptv.org/exploremore/land/loess_hills/loess_hills.cfm#

• Loess Hills Scenic Byway

  Take a virtual trip along the Loess Hills Scenic Byway to see rare and unusual land formations and plant and animal life.

  Source: America's Byways

  http://www.byways.org/browse/byways/2187/photos.html?display_mode=detail

• Loess Hills, A Geologic View

  The Loess Hills of western Iowa are one of the state's seven major topographic regions.

  Source: Iowa Department of Natural Resources

  http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/Browse/loess/loess.htm

• Loess Hills, A National Natural Landmark

  National Natural Landmark designation of the Loess Hills includes two separate tracts in the deep-loess country.

  Source: Iowa Department of Natural Resources

  http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/Browse/loeshill/loeshill.htm

• Loess Hills, Gully Erosion

  A 10,811 square mile area of western Iowa has a national reputation for high sediment in streams and severe erosion problems.

  Source: Iowa Department of Natural Resources

  http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/Browse/gullyero/gullyero.htm