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Andrew Clemens was born in Dubuque, Iowa, on January 29, 1857.The year 1857 is given as his birth year in his obituary in the North Iowa Times, in his death record, and on his gravestone, and he is listed as being 37 years, 4 mos., and 13 days old in his obituary.
The Iowa Civilian Conservation Corps Museum provides exhibits about the activities of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Iowa state parks. Backbone State Park was the site of two CCC camps, and many of the buildings and trails in the park were built by the CCC. The museum opened in Spring of 1991.
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Iowa from 1834 to 1963. Capital punishment was abolished in Iowa in 1965. [1] 45 people were executed in Iowa from 1834-1963, all by hanging. [2] In 2020, a man from Iowa, Dustin Lee Honken, was federally executed at USP Terre Haute by lethal injection. [3]
His daughter Anna was the last member of the family to live here, and she maintained it until her death in 1965. The family opened the house to the public in 1967. They maintained ownership until 1976 when they deeded the house, its contents and 40 acres (16 ha) of land to the state of Iowa. The State Historical Society of Iowa preserves the ...
The Ranger Image and Noble Cause Corruption in the National Park Service. Walterville Oregon: Trine Day Publishing, 2017. ISBN 978-1-63424-126-7. Burns, Ken. The National Parks: America's Best Idea. Washington DC: Public Broadcasting Service, 2009. EVERHARDT, William C. The National Park Service. New York: Praeger, 1972.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. Downtown Davenport is defined as being all of the city south of 5th Street from Marquette Street east to the intersection of River Drive ( U.S. Route 67 ) and East 4th Street.
A Culinary History of Iowa: Sweet Corn, Pork Tenderloins, Maid-Rites & More (Arcadia, 2018) Moe, Edward O., and Carl Cleveland Taylor. Culture of a contemporary rural community: Irwin, Iowa (US Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, 1942) online history and status in 1940 of Irwin, Iowa, a small town in Shelby County.
1886 - Iowa State Capitol built. 1888 - William Lytle Carpenter elected mayor. [13] 1889 - Des Moines Zoological Gardens opens. [14] 1890 Highland Park College founded. [1] Population: 50,093. [1] 1893 - Sisters of Mercy from Davenport, Iowa open first hospital in Des Moines. Begin in temporary quarters at Hoyt Sherman Place.