Side Trails

• A History of American Agriculture: Economic Cycles

  This timeline from the 17th Century to present follows the economic cycles of agriculture.

  Source: Agriculture in the Classroom, sponsored by USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, Extension Service Agriculture in the Classroom Program, and Higher Education Programs, managed by Utah State University

  http://www.agclassroom.org/gan/timeline/economic_cycles.htm

• A History of American Agriculture: Farm Economy

  This agricultural timeline from the 17th Century to present traces farm economy.

  Source: Agriculture in the Classroom, sponsored by USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, Extension Service Agriculture in the Classroom Program, and Higher Education Programs, managed by Utah State University

  http://www.agclassroom.org/gan/timeline/farm_economy.htm

• A History of American Agriculture: Farm Machinery and Technology

  See the development of farm machinery and agricultural technology in this timeline from the 17th Century to present.

  Source: Agriculture in the Classroom, sponsored by USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, Extension Service Agriculture in the Classroom Program, and Higher Education Programs, managed by Utah State University

  http://www.agclassroom.org/gan/timeline/farm_tech.htm

• A History of American Agriculture: Farm Organizations and Movements

  See the development of farm organizations and agricultural movements in this timeline from the 17th Century to present.

  Source: Agriculture in the Classroom, sponsored by USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, Extension Service Agriculture in the Classroom Program, and Higher Education Programs, managed by Utah State University

  http://www.agclassroom.org/gan/timeline/farm_org.htm

• A History of American Agriculture: Farmers and the Land

  See how farmers have used the land in this timeline from the 17th Century to present.

  Source: Agriculture in the Classroom, sponsored by USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, Extension Service Agriculture in the Classroom Program, and Higher Education Programs, managed by Utah State University

  http://www.agclassroom.org/gan/timeline/farmers_land.htm

• A History of American Agriculture: Government Programs and Policy

  See how government programs and policy have influenced agriculture in this timeline from the 17th Century to present.

  Source: Agriculture in the Classroom, sponsored by USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, Extension Service Agriculture in the Classroom Program, and Higher Education Programs, managed by Utah State University

  http://www.agclassroom.org/gan/timeline/gov.htm

• A History of American Agriculture: Life on the Farm

  See how life on the farm has changed in this timeline from the 17th Century to present.

  Source: Agriculture in the Classroom, sponsored by USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, Extension Service Agriculture in the Classroom Program, and Higher Education Programs, managed by Utah State University

  http://www.agclassroom.org/gan/timeline/life_farm.htm

• A History of American Agriculture: Transportation

  Agricultural transportation has seen dramatic changes from the 17th Century to present.

  Source: Agriculture in the Classroom, sponsored by USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, Extension Service Agriculture in the Classroom Program, and Higher Education Programs, managed by Utah State University

  http://www.agclassroom.org/gan/timeline/transportation.htm

• A Place in Time: Historical Highlights of the Iowa State Fair, 1919-1929

  Food Won the War was the theme of the 1919 Iowa State Fair.

  Source: Iowa State Fair

  http://www.iowastatefair.org/about/historical5.php

• A Place in Time: Historical Highlights of the Iowa State Fair, 1976-79

  The 1976 Iowa State Fair focused on the Spirit of Iowa and ran 12 days in honor of the country's bicentennial.

  Source: Iowa State Fair

  http://www.iowastatefair.org/about/historical11.php

• A Place in Time: Historical Highlights of the Iowa State Fair, 1980-1989

  In the 1980s, two-for-one admission after 6 p.m., free entertainment, discounted Midway rides and free fireworks increased the total of State Fair goers.

  Source: Iowa State Fair

  http://www.iowastatefair.org/about/historical12.php

• A Place in Time: Historical Highlights of the Iowa State Fair, 1990-1997

  Just short of the one million mark, the 1990s State Fair goers enjoyed great weather and a 400-pound butter Elvis.

  Source: Iowa State Fair

  http://www.iowastatefair.org/about/historical13.php

• A Place in Time: Historical Highlights of the Iowa State Fair, Early Years

  The 1855 State Fair was held at Fairfield on a 10-acre tract. From 1856 to 1878 the Fair travelled to Muscatine, Oskaloosa, Iowa City, Dubuque, Burlington, Clinton, Keokuk, and Cedar Rapids.

  Source: Iowa State Fair

  http://www.iowastatefair.org/about/historical2.php

• A Place in Time: Historical Highlights of the Iowa State Fair, Fair Board Created

  In 1923, the Iowa General Assembly created the Department of Agriculture and a State Fair Board to manage the Iowa State Fair.

  Source: Iowa State Fair

  http://www.iowastatefair.org/about/historical4.php

• A Place in Time: Historical Highlights of the Iowa State Fair, Great Depression

  From 1930-1935 the Fair reduced expenses as the Great Depression and destructive droughts reduced attendance and revenue.

  Source: Iowa State Fair

  http://www.iowastatefair.org/about/historical6.php

• A Place in Time: Historical Highlights of the Iowa State Fair, Its Beginnings

  The first Iowa State Fair was held in Fairfield, in southeast Iowa, October 25 to 27, 1854.

  Source: Iowa State Fair

  http://www.iowastatefair.org/about/historical1.php

• A Place in Time: Historical Highlights of the Iowa State Fair, Permanent Home

  In 1879, the Fair moved to Des Moines and remained there as its permanent home.

  Source: Iowa State Fair

  http://www.iowastatefair.org/about/historical3.php

• A Place in Time: Historical Highlights of the Iowa State Fair, The 1960s: Heritage Fairs

  Beginning in 1965 the Iowa State Fair focused on Iowa's history with a series of Heritage Fairs.

  Source: Iowa State Fair

  http://www.iowastatefair.org/about/historical9.php

• A Place in Time: Historical Highlights of the Iowa State Fair, The 1970s: 'Discovery Fairs'

  The 1970 Discover Iowa Fair challenged Iowans to see what Iowa had to offer in business, industry, agriculture and entertainment.

  Source: Iowa State Fair

  http://www.iowastatefair.org/about/historical10.php

• A Place in Time: Historical Highlights of the Iowa State Fair, War Time

  During war time, the Fair shoed patriotic dedication featuring defense exhibits and demonstrations by the Army, Navy and Marine Corps. The 1942 Fair was cancelled.

  Source: Iowa State Fair

  http://www.iowastatefair.org/about/historical7.php

• A Tour Through an Albia Coal Company Mine: Monroe County, 1878

  What would it be like to visit a coal mine in 1878?

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

  http://www.uni.edu/iowahist/Social_Economic/Albia_CoalMine/albia_coal_mine.htm

• Abigail Van Buren

  Advice columnists Abigail Van Buren and twin sister Ann Landers of Sioux City became national household names.

  Source: Des Moines Register

  http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/FAMOUSIOWANS/41220013

• African American WAACs

  In 1942 Congress passed legislation establishing the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC). See the African American members of the WAACs, Third Platoon, Company 1, basic training in Fort Des Moines.

  Source: Library of Congress

  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/awhbib:@field(NUMBER+@band(ppmsca+02928)):displayType=1:m856sd=ppmsca:m856sf=02928

• African American Women in Iowa Mining Towns

  Read about Minnie B. London, an African-American schoolteacher in the mining communities of southern and eastern Iowa.

  Source: Humanities Iowa, KUNI radio, KMA radio and KWIT radio, Voices of Humanities Iowa

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

• African-American Softball Team from Sioux City

  Read about the Sioux City Ghosts, an all-black fast-pitch softball team that toured the country in the 1920s and 1930s.

  Source: Smithsonian National Museum of American History

  http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/d9634.htm

• Agriculture in the Classroom: The Teen Scene

  Interested in a career in agriculture? Meet an agricultural scientist.

  Source: Agriculture in the Classroom, sponsored by USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, Extension Service Agriculture in the Classroom Program, and Higher Education Programs, managed by Utah State University

  http://www.agclassroom.org/teen/

• Air Mail Pioneers

  This Web site is full of great information about the men and women of the U.S. Air Mail Service.

  Source: Air Mail Pioneers

  http://www.airmailpioneers.org

• Air Mail, Iowa City

  Find out more about Iowa City's role in the history of air mail.

  Source: IAGenWeb Project

  http://iagenweb.org/johnson/postcard74.htm

• Air Mail, James 'Jack' Knight

  Read the story of James 'Jack' Knight's heroic flight through the night to save air mail.

  Source: Air Mail Pioneers

  http://www.airmailpioneers.org/history/milestone2.html

• Airpower Museum of Ottumwa

  The Airpower Museum of Ottumwa has many antique, classic, modern and homebuilt aircraft. Models include the Aeronca, American Eagle Eaglet B-31, Evans Volksplane, Funk Model B, Luscombe 8F Silvaire and Monocoupe 90.

  Source: Antique Airplane Association, Inc., Airpower Museum, Inc., APM Library of Flight, Ottumwa

  http://aaa-apm.org/apm/collection.html

• Airpower Museum of Ottumwa: Kitty Hawk, 100 Years Later

  Read what Brent Taylor, Iowa Airpower Museum Director, wrote about the year that marked 100 years of powered flight.

  Source: Antique Airplane Association, Inc., the Airpower Museum, Inc., and the APM Library of Flight, Ottumwa

  http://aaa-apm.org/features/kittyhawk2003.html

• Al Murphy, Old-Time Fiddler

  Alan Murphy is eastern Iowa’s premier fiddler.

  Source: Iowa Arts Council, Iowa Roots

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

• Aldijana Radoncic, Bosnian Dancer

  Aldijana Radoncic was a professional folkloric dancer in Bosnia.

  Source: Iowa Arts Council, Iowa Roots

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

• Aldo Leopold

  Who was Aldo Leopold? Why is he so important to Iowa?

  Source: Chris W. Johnson, http://gargravarr.cc.utexas.edu

  http://gargravarr.cc.utexas.edu/chrisj/leopold-quotes.html#author

• Aldo Leopold, Conservationist, 1887-1948

  Aldo Leopold was a pioneer in land stewardship who has inspired generations of Americans to protect natural resources.

  Source: Des Moines Register Extras, Famous Iowans

  http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/FAMOUSIOWANS/40707002