Side Trails

• Modern Conveniences for the Farm Home in 1906

  Water, heating, plumbing and earth closets. The good old days?

  Source: Iowa History Project

  http://iagenweb.org/history/mc/mcmp.htm

• Modern Day Iowa DOT map

  See how highways, interstates, roads, and railroads connect the cities of modern day Iowa

  Source:

  http://www.iowadotmaps.com/msp/pdf/transmap.html

• Money and Currency, The Cedar Falls Note

  The $1 note of 1858 for the town of Cedar Falls, shows a young woman crossing a stream.

  Source: Smithsonian National Museum of American History

  http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/numismatics/survivin/108.htm

• Monuments on the Statehouse Grounds

  Many monuments decorate the Statehouse grounds.

  Source: Iowa Official Register 1999-2000

  http://publications.iowa.gov/archive/00000135/01/profile/8-5.html

• Mormons, 1,400 Miles by Handcart from Iowa City

  The Mecca at Salt Lake for converts to the Mormon Church brought over a thousand immigrants to the Iowa City train depot in 1856.

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

  http://iagenweb.org/johnson/Postcard67.htm

• Motor Mill of Elkader, Iowa

  This article explains the unique construction of the a mill built around 1855.

  Source: Elkader Area Chamber of Commerce

  http://www.elkader-iowa.com/Motor%20mill.html

• Multiculturalism in Iowa, Part 1

  Read Part 1 in of this article about how the issues of civility and multiculturalism are important in Iowa.

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

  http://www.uiowa.edu/~humiowa/dskaggs1.html

• Multiculturalism in Iowa, Part 2

  Read Part 2 in of this article about how the issues of civility and multiculturalism are important in Iowa.

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

  http://www.uiowa.edu/~humiowa/dskaggs2.html

• Municipal and County Government

  Municipal and county government in Iowa’s 949 cities works to create policies, manage city monies, and many other things that serve the community.

  Source: Iowa Official Register 1999-2000

  http://publications.iowa.gov/archive/00000135/01/local/6-1.html

• Muscatine History: The Pearl Button Industry

  Read about the pearl button industry of Muscatine, including John Boepple, working in a button factory, and the difference between mussels and clams.

  Source: Web site by Washington Elementary School 4th Grade, Jan Hartsock, Instructor, Muscatine, Iowa, 2001

  http://www.muscatine.k12.ia.us/was/History/pearlbuttons/contents.htm

• Museums of Iowa

  Find a museum near your community and experience the cultural heritage of Iowa.

  Source: Iowa Museum Association

  http://www.iowamuseums.org/aspx/museum/search.aspx

• Music and Mobility

  Look around this online exhibition of sheet music with a transportation theme - In My Merry Oldsmobile, In My Flivver Just for Two, and Gasoline.

  Source: Smithsonian Collection

  http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/themes/story_41_1.html

• Musser Lumber Company

  What is the inside of an 1871 lumber mill like?

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

  http://www.uni.edu/iowahist/Social_Economic/PDF_FILES/musser_Lumber_Co.pdf

• National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921

  Visit the Votes for Women selections from the NAWSA Collection.

  Source: Library of Congress, American Memory

  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html

• National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933

  The 1933 National Industrial Recovery Act established fair trade codes and laborers the right to collective bargaining.

  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=66

• Native Plants of Iowa

  This plant database identifies plant species native to Iowa.

  Source: Living Roadway Trust Fund of Iowa

  http://iowalivingroadway.com/NativePlants.asp

• Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge and Prairie Learning Center

  Over 5,000 acres of tallgrass prairie and native wildlife is located near Prairie City at the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge and Prairie Learning Center.

  Source: Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge and Prairie Learning Center

  http://www.tallgrass.org

• Nile Kinnick, Iowa's Legendary Football Player

  Phi Beta Kappa law student Nile Kinnick of the University of Iowa ran, passed and kicked his way to the 1939 Heisman trophy.

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

  http://iagenweb.org/johnson/Postcard44.htm

• NPR Grant Wood

  Listen to audio recording of Grant Wood's sister describing her famous artist brother and the story behind American Gothic

  Source: NPR

  http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/woi/local-woi-578523.mp3

• NPR Karl King

  Listen to an audio recording of Karl King and other discuss King's music and impact of his work and hear his most well known piece..

  Source: NPR

  http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/woi/local-woi-621277.mp3

• Ola Babcock Miller

  Ola Babcock Miller is known as the ‘mother’ of the Iowa Highway Patrol.

  Source: Iowa Official Register 1999-2000

  http://publications.iowa.gov/archive/00000135/01/executive/1-9.html

• Old Iowa Capitol History

  Read more about the history of the Old Capitol in Iowa City.

  Source: University of Iowa

  http://www.uiowa.edu/~oldcap/history/index.html

• Old Iowa Capitol Tour

  Take a virtual tour of the Old Capitol building in Iowa City.

  Source: University of Iowa

  http://www.uiowa.edu/~oldcap/tour/index.html

• Old Iowa Capitol: Fire, Recovery, and Restoration

  Find out about the recovery and rebuilding of the old Iowa Capitol building following the 2001 fire.

  Source: University of Iowa

  http://www.uiowa.edu/~oldcap/history_p7.shtml

• Old Lead Region Historical Society

  The Old Lead Region Historical Society is all about the United States Lead Mines of the Upper Mississippi River.

  Source: Old Lead Region Historical Society

  http://www.geocities.com/old_lead/index.htm

• Oleg Timofeyev, Russian Jewish Guitarist

  Originally from Moscow, Oleg Timofeyev performs music on lute and guitar from his musical Jewish and Gypsy heritage.

  Source: Iowa Arts Council, Iowa Roots

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

• One-Room School House, Ida County

  Ida County students and teachers take a step back in time when they experience the one-room country school.

  Source: Ida County Historical Society

  http://www.rootsweb.com/~iaida/directory/ctsch.htm

• One-Room Schoolhouse Memories

  What would it have been like to go to a one-room school? Read what people remember about their experiences!

  Source: University of Northern Iowa Museums and Collections

  http://www.uni.edu/museum/mcs/memories.html

• One-Room Schoolhouse Museums in Iowa

  Are there still one-room school houses in Iowa? Check to see if there is one in your area.

  Source: University of Northern Iowa Museums and Collections

  http://www.uni.edu/museum/mcs/iowa_schools.html

• One-Room Schoolhouse, Marshall Center School

  Find out more about the history of a one-room school house in Iowa, the Marshall Center School.

  Source: UNI Museums and Collections

  http://www.uni.edu/museum/mcs/history.html

• Opera House Program, Cedar Rapids

  See Variety Stage Playbills and Programs of Greene's Opera House in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1890.

  Source: Library of Congress, American Memory

  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/vsprge.html

• Origin and Naming of Iowa Counties

  How did your county get its name?

  Source: Iowa Official Register 1999-2000

  http://publications.iowa.gov/archive/00000135/01/history/7-5.pdf

• Origins of the Amana Colonies

  The Iowa Amana Colony was established by a religious group known as the Community of True Inspiration.

  Source: Partnership of National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, Amana Colonies Convention and Visitors Bureau, Amana Heritage Society, Iowa State Historic Preservation Office, National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers

  http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/amana/origins.htm

• Origins of the Interstate Highway System

  Find out about Iowa's role in the origins of the interstate highway system.

  Source: US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration

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

• Orphan Train: An IAGenWeb Special Project

  From 1853-1929 a mass migration of approximately 300,000 orphan children was in progress all across America.

  Source: Orphan Train: An IAGenWeb Special Project

  http://iagenweb.org/iaorphans