Side Trails
The Domestic Frontier: The West in Women's Personal Narrative: A New Home
When the pioneers reached their destinations, they build homes with the resources of the area. Log cabins and mud houses were among them.
Source: The Domestic Frontier: The West in Women's Personal Narrative, a Web site by Courtney Danforth
The Domestic Frontier: The West in Women's Personal Narrative: Camping
Camping on the journey west was a new way of living for many women pioneers as they cared for their families along the trail.
Source: The Domestic Frontier: The West in Women's Personal Narrative, a Web site by Courtney Danforth
The Domestic Frontier: The West in Women's Personal Narrative: Clothing
Find out from the women who pioneered the west the care and kinds of clothing worn.
Source: The Domestic Frontier: The West in Women's Personal Narrative, a Web site by Courtney Danforth
The Domestic Frontier: The West in Women's Personal Narrative: Food
The staple of the Western diet was corn. This is a list of things made of corn that pioneer women made for their families.
Source: The Domestic Frontier: The West in Women's Personal Narrative, a Web site by Courtney Danforth
The Domestic Frontier: The West in Women's Personal Narrative: Life on the Trail
Life of a pioneer woman was difficult, and it all began with the difficult journey on the trail west.
Source: The Domestic Frontier: The West in Women's Personal Narrative, a Web site by Courtney Danforth
http://xroads.virginia.edu/%7Ehyper/hns/domwest/vehicle.html
The Dubuque Lumber Reporter
Here are some interesting articles and advertising in this 1880 publication. Check out the great photo of the planing mill on the last page!
Source: Explorations in Iowa History Project, University of Northern Iowa
http://www.uni.edu/iowahist/Social_Economic/Dubuque_Lumber/New%20page%201%20test.htm
The Eskimo Pie Corporation Records, 1921-1996
So what was that thermal jug with dry ice that kept Eskimo Pies cold at newsstands in 1925?
Source: Smithsonian National Museum of American History
The Flatness of the Midwest
Listen to KUNI's Voices of Humanities Iowa discuss what Michael Martune wrote about the Midwest landscape.
Source: Humanities Iowa, KUNI radio, KMA radio and KWIT radio, Voices of Humanities in Iowa, http://www.kuniradio.org/audio_vault.htm
The Great River Bridge
The Great River bridge over the Mississippi River at Burlington is one of several cable-stayed bridges constructed in the 1980s and 1990s.
Source: Road Sign and Sights Gallery Web Site
http://www.cosmos-monitor.com/road/sign/us/main/burlington-bridge.html
The Hamilton Freeman Newspaper, Established in 1857
The Hamilton Freeman, a local newspaper, was established in 1857 and is still published today.
Source: Newspaper Articles by Ed Nass, 2000 for Daily Freeman-Journal
The History of Amana -- Vergangenheit und Gegenwart
Read more about the general history of Amana. Then read on to see the same article in German!
Source: Amana Heritage Society
The History of Liquor Legislation in Iowa: 1847-1861
Follow the history of liquor legislation from 1847-1861.
Source: Iowa History Project: Iowa Journal of History and Politics
The History of Liquor Legislation in Iowa: 1861-1878
Read more about the history of the attempts to regulate the manufacture and sale of liquors in Iowa from 1861-1878.
Source: Iowa History Project: Iowa Journal of History and Politics
The History of the Broom in the Amana Colonies
Find out about Philip Griess, the blind broom-maker of the Colonies.
Source: Broom & Basket Shop, West Amana
The History of the Flag of Iowa
In 1918 Mrs. Dixie Cornell Gebhardt of Knoxville Iowa designed our current state flag.
Source: Library of Congress, American Memory
The Honey War by John I. Campbell
Read The Honey War, a poem by John I. Campbell.
Source: Missouri Department of Natural Resources
The Impact of Refrigeration
Imagine life without ice cream, fresh fruit, or frozen dinners.
Source: from the Feb./Mar. issue of History Magazine
The Iowa Agriculturist: For the Farm, Garden and Household
Read about post-Civil War technological advances in farm machinery such as plowing, planting, cultivating, harvesting, haying, threshing, and husking.
Source: Explorations in Iowa History Project, University of Northern Iowa
http://www.uni.edu/iowahist/Social_Economic/IA_Agriculturist/iowa_agriculturist_for_the_farm.htm
The Iowa Agriculturist: Harvesting: Small Grain
Harvesting grain was important and difficult, but mechanized harvesters helped decrease the time and labor.
Source: Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area, Explorations in Iowa History Project, Price Laboratory School, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls
The Iowa Farmstead: 1920
Read about the scientific and technological advances of the first two decades of the twentieth century.
Source: Explorations in Iowa History Project, University of Northern Iowa
The Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance
Find a restored one-room schoolhouse near you with the Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance Directory of Iowa's Country Schools.
Source: The Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance
The Iowa Housewife
What was it like to be a 'housewife' in early Iowa?
Source: Explorations in Iowa History Project, University of Northern Iowa
http://www.uni.edu/iowahist/Social_Economic/Iowa_Housewife/iowa_housewife_Masthead.htm
The Making of Iowa: A Few Romances
Far from being deadly foes, early White explorers and Indians often joined forces, intermarried, and sustained intimate relationships.
Source: The Making of Iowa, Iowa History Project
The Making of Iowa: A Little Border War
When Governor Lucas took office, he found a serious dispute on his hands, the issue of the southern boundary of Iowa, and the militia ready to battle over it.
Source: The Making of Iowa, Iowa History Project
The Making of Iowa: Fighting Indians at Fort Madison
Where the city of Fort Madison now is, once stood a small fort that experienced many stormy scenes.
Source: The Making of Iowa, Iowa History Project
The Making of Iowa: From Canoe to Railroad
The rivers, Iowa's first highways, brought other means of transportation.
Source: The Making of Iowa, Iowa History Project
The Making of Iowa: How Iowa Changed Ownership
No one knows the age of Iowa. But we know that it has changed ownership over many thousand years.
Source: The Making of Iowa, Iowa History Project
The Making of Iowa: How Lewis and Clarke Fared
The Missouri River expedition in 1804 was in charge of Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clarke.
Source: The Making of Iowa, Iowa History Project
The Making of Iowa: How the Indians Lost Iowa
The transfer of Iowa from the Native Americans was primarily made through a series of treaties.
Source: The Making of Iowa, Iowa History Project
The Making of Iowa: In Closing
Standing at the beginning of the 20th century, this author sends a message to the young Iowans of the next millennium who will be learning about the state.
Source: The Making of Iowa, Iowa History Project
The Making of Iowa: Indian Battle Grounds
Indians fought each other as well as fighting the whites.
Source: The Making of Iowa, Iowa History Project
The Making of Iowa: Iowa and Slavery
Although Iowa was a Free State, the slavery question was a burning issue in Iowa politics.
Source: The Making of Iowa, Iowa History Project
The Making of Iowa: Iowa's Indian Massacre
Find out more about the battles involving Fort Madison.
Source: The Making of Iowa, Iowa History Project
The Making of Iowa: Iowa's Indians
Iowa's Native Peoples are many.
Source: The Making of Iowa, Iowa History Project
The Making of Iowa: Keokuk, Friend of the Whites
Although Keokuk was Black Hawk's rival, was not so great a warrior as Black Hawk, but he was a finer orator, and was shrewder.
Source: The Making of Iowa, Iowa History Project
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