posted on December 19, 2008 at 5:46 PM
In 2006, Dayton Duncan, historian, documentarian, and politico, visited the Iowa Public Television studios. In this clip, he speaks with Morgan Halgren about his love of history, Lewis & Clark, and National Parks.
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posted on November 24, 2008 at 4:16 PM
An introduction to Major John Fletcher Lacey, who in his time, was known far and wide as “the father of the American conservation movement.”
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posted on November 24, 2008 at 4:15 PM
This 1994 video tells the story of William Temple Hornaday, an American credited with saving the buffalo from extinction.
In the late 1800s, Iowa taxidermist William Temple Hornaday used what he learned from his career to save the lives of...
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posted on November 19, 2008 at 5:52 PM
In 1921, boy scouts from Clinton, Iowa had a big adventure - a road trip in Model T's to Yellowstone National Park. They were heralded as heros, winding through mountains on dirt roads, splashing through rivers without bridges, and even meeting...
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