Side Trails

• 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Civil Rights (1868)

  Passed by Congress in 1866 and ratified in 1868, the 14th Amendment extended liberties and rights by the Bill of Rights to former slaves.

  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=43

• 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Voting Rights (1870)

  Passed by Congress in 1869 and ratified in 1870, the 15th Amendment granted African American men the right to vote.

  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=44

• 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Federal Income Tax (1913)

  See the 19th Amendment that established Congress's right to impose a Federal income tax.

  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=57

• 1700 Ioway Farm

  Iowa farmers raised corn, beans and squash. Find out more about these early farmers of Iowa.

  Source: Living History Farms

  http://www.lhf.org/1700farm.html

• 1700 Ioway Farm: 1700 Gardening

  Jawbone sickles, antler rakes, and scapula hoes - all important tools for the Ioway farmer.

  Source: Living History Farms

  http://www.lhf.org/cgi-bin/gygactivity.pl?1

• 1700 Ioway Farm: Grind Corn in a Wooden Mortar

  Corn was a primary food source for the Ioway. From it they made blue flour corn and a white flour corn.

  Source: Living History Farms

  http://www.lhf.org/cgi-bin/gygactivity.pl?8

• 1700 Ioway Farm: Make Fry Bread

  Fry bread is one type of bread the Ioway made using ground corn. Try this recipe!

  Source: Living History Farms

  http://www.lhf.org/cgi-bin/gygactivity.pl?15

• 1700 Ioway Farm: Scrape a Deer Hide

  The Ioway had to process or prepare the deer hides before they used or traded the hides.

  Source: Living History Farms

  http://www.lhf.org/cgi-bin/gygactivity.pl?18

• 1700 Ioway Farm: Tan a Deer Hide

  The Ioway tanned animal hides to make things such as quivers for arrows and sheaths for knives.

  Source: Living History Farms

  http://www.lhf.org/cgi-bin/gygactivity.pl?19

• 1700 Ioway Farm: Weave Cattail Mats

  The Ioway wove cattail mats to sleep or sit on or for protection from the cold winter months.

  Source: Living History Farms

  http://www.lhf.org/cgi-bin/gygactivity.pl?20

• 175 years of Jewish Life

  Learn about the contributions and lives of Jewish Dubuquers over the last 175 years.

  Source: The Iowa State Historical Museum

  http://www.levicelebration.com/--exhibit_panels

• 1850 Pioneer Farm

  There were so many things to do on the farm in the 1850s that everyone was busy.

  Source: Living History Farms

  http://www.lhf.org/1850farm.html

• 1850 Pioneer Farm: Baking

  Cooking indoors over an open hearth in covered cast iron pots made baking quite a challenge!

  Source: Living History Farms

  http://www.lhf.org/cgi-bin/gygactivity.pl?21

• 1850 Pioneer Farm: Butter Churning

  Make butter just like they did on the farm in 1850!

  Source: Living History Farms

  http://www.lhf.org/cgi-bin/gygactivity.pl?22

• 1850 Pioneer Farm: Dip Candles

  Find out how pioneer women made candles on the farms to light their houses at night.

  Source: Living History Farms

  http://www.lhf.org/cgi-bin/gygactivity.pl?35

• 1850 Pioneer Farm: Flail and Winnow Wheat

  Collecting wheat was a slow process in 1850. Find out how a flail and winnowing basket were used.

  Source: Living History Farms

  http://www.lhf.org/cgi-bin/gygactivity.pl?37

• 1850 Pioneer Farm: Pioneer Home Schooling

  Your teachers live with you? You finish school at age 12? What was school like back then?

  Source: Living History Farms

  http://www.lhf.org/cgi-bin/gygactivity.pl?345

• 1850 Pioneer Farm: Quilting

  What makes up the three layers of a quilt?

  Source: Living History Farms

  http://www.lhf.org/cgi-bin/gygactivity.pl?44

• 1850 Pioneer Farm: Soap Making

  How do you make soap? Can you believe it was a dangerous thing to make?

  Source: Living History Farms

  http://www.lhf.org/cgi-bin/gygactivity.pl?29

• 1850 Pioneer Farm: Spin Wool

  Fiber, spinner, bobbin. What do these have to do with women and farm life?

  Source: Living History Farms

  http://www.lhf.org/cgi-bin/gygactivity.pl?45

• 1900 Horse-Powered Farm

  The farm of 1900 saw many technological advances such as the horse-drawn plow, planter, hay press and more.

  Source: Living History Farms

  http://www.lhf.org/cgi-bin/gygsite.pl?4~0

• 1900 Horse-Powered Farm: Cultivate with a Horse

  Horses did much of the hard labor in the fields of the 1900 farm, including plowing, harrowing, planting, and cultivating.

  Source: Living History Farms

  http://www.lhf.org/cgi-bin/gygactivity.pl?62

• 1900 Horse-Powered Farm: Shell Corn

  The Burrall corn sheller dramatically changed the process of shelling corn.

  Source: Living History Farms

  http://www.lhf.org/cgi-bin/gygactivity.pl?409

• 1918 Flu, Iowa City

  The outbreak of Spanish Influenza in 1918 killed 38 in Iowa City.

  Source: Johnson County IAGenWeb Project, Saturday Postcards, Bob Hibbs

  http://iagenweb.org/johnson/Postcard82.htm

• 1920 flood of Maquoketa River, Cascade, IA

  These old postcards show the flood damage of the Maquoketa River in 1920.

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

  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iadubuqu/towns/cpostcard2.html

• 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote (1920)

  Passed by Congress in 1919 and ratified in 1920, the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote.

  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=63

• 19th Amendment: Women's Right to Vote

  The 19th Amendment has only 39 words, but it is one of our most important laws. It guarantees all American women the right to vote.

  Source: US National Archives and Records Administration

  http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/amendment_19/

• 4-H Virtual Farm Tour: Aquaculture Farm

  Tour this fish farm online to discover what aquaculture is all about.

  Source: Virginia Cooperative Extension

  http://www.sites.ext.vt.edu/virtualfarm/

• 4-H Virtual Farm Tour: Beef Farm

  Learn the lingo that cattle farmers use!

  Source: Virginia Cooperative Extension

  http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualfarm/glossary/beef/beefwords.html#

• 4-H Virtual Farm Tour: Poultry Farm

  Ever see a chick hatch from an egg?

  Source: Virginia Cooperative Extension

  http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualfarm/poultry/poultry_hatching.html

• A Brief Culture History of Early Iowans

  This article of the Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, Late Prehistoric, Great Oasis, Mill Creek, Glenwood, Oneota, and Historic cultures provides the overall view of Iowa eras.

  Source: Office of the State Archaeologist at the University of Iowa

  http://www.uiowa.edu/~osa/learn/ancient/cult.htm

• A Century of Caring: The Health Sciences at the University of Iowa, 1850-1950

  Read more about pioneer medicine from this history of early medicine in Iowa City.

  Source: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Museum

  http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/medmuseum/galleryexhibits/centuryofcaring/earlymedicine/01earlymedicine.html

• A History of American Agriculture: Agricultural Education and Extension

  This timeline from the 17th Century to present shows agriculture, agricultural education and extension.

  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/ag_edu.htm

• A History of American Agriculture: Agricultural Trade and Development

  This timeline from the 17th Century to present shows agricultural trade and development.

  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/ag_trade.htm

• A History of American Agriculture: Crops and Livestock

  This agriculture timeline from the 17th Century to present follows crops and livestock.

  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/crops_livestock.htm