Side Trails

• Driftless Area Scenic Byway

  Take a virtual tour of the Driftless Area Scenic Byway in the northeast corner of Iowa through Allamakee County.

  Source: America's Byways

  http://www.byways.org/browse/byways/2315/photos.html?display_mode=detail

• Dual Gony, Nuer Community Scholar

  Dual Gony is a member of the Nuer ethnic group and was born in Fangak, South Sudan.

  Source: Iowa Arts Council, Iowa Roots

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

• Dubuque: A Key City, 1865 - 1900 Westward Expansion

  Read how Dubuque became a key city to opening up the West from 1865 to 1900.

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

  http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadubuqu/civilwar/cwopening.html

• Duffy Lyon and the Butter Cow

  Butter is just wonderful to work with - whether you're sculpting or baking, says Norma 'Duffy' Lyon.

  Source: Iowa State Fair

  http://www2.iowastatefair.org/entertainment/buttercow.php

• Duffy Lyon, Sculptor

  Norma Duffield Stong Lyon, better known as the Butter Cow Lady turns butter into works of art.

  Source: Des Moines Register Extras, Famous Iowans

  http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/FAMOUSIOWANS/41225022/1001/NEWS

• Dwight Lamb, Old-Time Fiddler and Accordionist

  Dwight Lamb, a musician from Onawa, has been fiddling for nearly 60 years.

  Source: Iowa Arts Council, Iowa Roots

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

• Early Aviation: Birds of Aviation, Inc

  The Early Birds of Aviation, Inc. is an organization of pioneers who flew solo before December 17, 1916.

  Source: Early Birds of Aviation, Inc.

  http://www.earlyaviators.com

• Early Aviation: Clarance Chamberlain

  Clarence Chamberlain was a pioneer flyer. Find out more about this pioneer of the air.

  Source: Early Birds of Aviation, Inc.

  http://www.earlyaviators.com/echamber.htm

• Early Aviation: Early Birds of Aviation and Oscar Solbrig

  Oscar Solbrig was a member of the Early Birds of Aviation, Inc. Find out more about this group of pioneers!

  Source: Early Birds of Aviation, Inc.

  http://www.earlyaviators.com/ehistory.htm

• Early Aviation: Monoplanes and Biplanes

  See images, drawings and plans of pioneer era aeroplanes! See details of both monoplanes and biplanes.

  Source: Pioneer Aeroplanes

  http://www.pioneeraeroplanes.com

• Early Aviation: Neta Snook

  Check out these great images and links - all about Neta Snook!

  Source: Monash University, Hargrave Aviation and Aeromodelling  Interdependent Evolutions and Histories

  http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/snook.html

• Early Aviation: Neta Snook and Amelia Earhart Photo

  See a picture of Neta Snook and Amelia Earhart from the Special Collections at Purdue University.

  Source: George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers at Purdue University

  http://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/earhart&CISOPTR=812&CISOBOX=1&REC=1

• Early Aviation: Neta Snook Biography

  Read more about Neta Snook, a pioneer aviatrix from Ames.

  Source: Ames Historical Society

  http://www.ameshistoricalsociety.org/exhibits/snook.htm

• Early Aviation: Oscar Solbrig

  Read more about aviator Oscar Solbrig.

  Source: Early Birds of Aviation, Inc.

  http://www.earlyaviators.com/esolbrig.htm

• Early Aviation: William 'Billy' Robinson

  William 'Billy' Robinson was a pioneer flyer and plane builder!

  Source: Early Birds of Aviation, Inc

  http://www.earlyaviators.com/erobbill.htm

• Early Exploration and Development: Trade

  Find out more about the Indian tribes that traded along the Mississippi River.

  Source: Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum, West Branch

  http://hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/Mississippi/2trade.html

• Early German Immigrants Perspectives of Iowa: Part I

  Read Part 1 of a letter of a German immigrant writing to his friends back in the homeland.

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

  http://www.uiowa.edu/~humiowa/GermanOJp1.html

• Early German Immigrants Perspectives of Iowa: Part II

  Read Part 2 of a letter of a German immigrant writing to his friends back in the homeland.

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

  http://www.uiowa.edu/~humiowa/GermanOJp2.html

• Early Iowa Geologists Field Travels

  Our present understanding of Iowa's geology and national geologic is built on research first assembled by early geologists.

  Source: Iowa Department of Natural Resources

  http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/Browse/travels/travels.htm

• Early Iowa Naturalists

  Learn about four early Iowa conservationists: John F. Lacey, Charles Reuben Keyes, Ada Hayden, and Margo K. Frankel.

  Source: Iowa Journal

  http://www.iptv.org/video/detail.cfm/5288/tij_20091008_305_feature1

• Early Methods of Plowing

  Take a look at these amazing pictures and descriptions about the early methods of plowing.

  Source: Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area , Explorations in Iowa History Project, Price Laboratory School, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls

  http://www.campsilos.org/mod2/teachers/r1.shtml#plowing

• Early Private and Parochial Schools

  Private schools were first in pioneer Iowa City, assisted later by parochial offerings, but eventually succeeded by today's public school system.

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

  http://iagenweb.org/johnson/Postcard55.htm

• Early Public Schools in Iowa City

  The first local schools weren't public, but private, and failed. Without tax dollars and without facilities, odds were against success.

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

  http://iagenweb.org/johnson/Postcard54.htm

• Earth Trails Mississippi River Journals

  Travel along the Mississippi River and find out about the culture and commerce of locations along the river.

  Source: Iowa Public Television, Earth Trails Mississippi River

  http://interactive.iptv.org/journals/default.cfm

• Editorial Cartoons of J.N. 'Ding' Darling

  Sample some of 'Ding' Darling political cartoons through this University of Iowa Ditigal Collection

  Source: University of Iowa Ditigal Collection

  http://cdm.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm4/index_ding.php?CISOROOT=/ding

• Edna Griffin, Civil Rights Leader, 1909-2000

  Edna Griffin became a civil rights pioneer on a hot July day in 1948 when she sat down at a Des Moines lunch counter.

  Source: Des Moines Register Extras, Famous Iowans

  http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/FAMOUSIOWANS/40618040/1001/NEWS

• Effigy Mounds National Monument

  The first Iowa farmers may have been the mound builders of northeast Iowa. Find out how they planted and gathered food.

  Source: Minnesota State University

  http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/sites/northamerica/effigy_mounds.html

• Eleanora E. Tate

  Read more about Eleanora E. Tate on her Web site.

  Source: Eleanora E. Tate Web Site

  http://www.eleanoraetate.com

• Ellen Church Biography

  The one person who would help redefine the image of airline travel in the 1930s was Ellen Church.

  Source: PBS Chasing the Sun

  http://www.pbs.org/kcet/chasingthesun/innovators/echurch.html

• Ellen Church Defines the Role of Flight Attendants

  The position of flight attendant remained undefined until Ellen Church entered the aviation industry in 1930.

  Source: United Airlines

  http://www.united.com/page/article/0,6722,3211,00.html

• Ellen Church Photo, United Airlines

  Take a look at a photo of United Airlines first attendants!

  Source: United Airlines

  http://www.united.com/page/article/0,,3218,00.html

• Ellen Church: Timeline of Flight Attendant History

  Ellen Church used her flying and nursing skills in Africa, Italy, England and France. She became one of the few women to earn the Air Medal.

  Source: United Airlines

  http://www.united.com/page/article/0,6722,3296,00.html

• Eunice Stoen, Norwegian Cook

  Master Artist and renowned local cook and cookbook author Eunice Stoen grew up surrounded by Norwegian American traditions.

  Source: Iowa Arts Council, Iowa Roots

  http://www.iowaartscouncil.org/programs/folk-and-traditional-arts/iowa-roots/season-two/eunice-stoen.shtml

• Europe's orphans find Iowa refuge

  Read how European orphans found refuge in Iowa during World War I.

  Source: World War II Iowa Press Clippings Digital Collection

  http://cdm.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/wwii&CISOPTR=1401&CISOSHOW=1396&REC=13

• Everett Kapayou, Meskwaki Tribal Elder

  Everett Kapayou is a distinguished tribal elder, flute song singer, and hand drummer from the Meskwaki Settlement in Tama.

  Source: Iowa Arts Council, Iowa Roots

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