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State flag of Iowa Location of Iowa on the U.S. map This is a list of notable people who were born in or closely associated with the American state of Iowa. People not born in Iowa are marked with §. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. A Marc Andreessen Cap Anson Tom Arnold ...
Another paper called The People's Press was first published in Nebraska City on Nov. 25, 1858. It was founded by Charles W. Sherfey. [7] The paper was later renamed to the Nebraska City Daily Press. On May 12, 1860, a fire destroyed most of the city's downtown district, including the News' plant. [6]
James Pearson (1873 – April 16, 1950) served as lieutenant governor for the United States state of Nebraska from 1915 to 1917, and later went on to a successful career as a "radio pastor." Pearson was born in Pana, Illinois in 1873 and moved to Cass County, Nebraska in 1885. He later moved west to Moorefield.
A series of tornadoes hit Nebraska and Iowa on Friday, leveling homes and wreaking havoc in the Midwest. Elkhorn, a neighborhood of Omaha, was most severely impacted, with hundreds of homes ...
The Omaha were believed to have ranged from the Cheyenne River in South Dakota to the Platte River in Nebraska. Around 1734 the Omaha established their first village west of the Missouri River on Bow Creek in present-day Cedar County, Nebraska. Around 1775, the Omaha developed a new village, probably located near present-day Homer, Nebraska. [5]
Nebraska City is a city in Nebraska and the county seat of Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. [3] As of the 2020 census, the city population was 7,222. [4]The Nebraska State Legislature has credited Nebraska City as being the oldest incorporated city in the state, as it was the first approved by a special act of the Nebraska Territorial Legislature in 1855.
McClellan's General Store is a historic structure located in New London, Iowa, United States.James and Adeline McClellan moved to Henry County in 1856. He bought the lot for $365 in 1867 and had the building built for a mercantile business that he founded the same year. [2]
Rancher; City Builder; Civic Leader Charles E. Collins 1869–1944 1960 Colorado Cowboy; Cattleman William Connolly 1861–1946 1963 North Dakota Rancher James Henry Cook: 1857–1942 1960 Nebraska Trail Driver; Scout; Rancher James Taylor Craig: 1862–1930 1963 South Dakota Cattleman Edward Creighton: 1820–1874 1958 Nebraska Telegraph Builder