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The UI Press is the only university press in Iowa, also dedicated to the preservation of literature, history, culture, wildlife, and natural areas of the Midwest. Scholarly titles include reference and course books, and trade books published by the UI Press include the winners of the Iowa Short Fiction Award and the Iowa Poetry Prize, as well ...
William J. Riley Sr. (October 7, 1920 [1] – December 15, 2006) was an American entertainer known as "Mr. State Fair" in Iowa. Riley was born in Iowa Falls, Iowa.His father died when he was 18 months old, and Bill and his brother were raised by their mother through the Great Depression.
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The Iowa State Fair was held in a different community every two years after it was first established. The first fair was held in Fairfield in 1854. The other towns that hosted the fair included Muscatine, Oskaloosa, Iowa City, Dubuque, Burlington, Clinton, Keokuk and Cedar Rapids. [2] The state fair moved to Des Moines permanently in 1878.
The last day of the Iowa State Fair brings the figure eight races on Sunday, Aug. 18, with gates opening at 11 a.m. for the noon event. Advance tickets for adults age 12 and older are $15 or $20 ...
A total of 102,510 people went to the eighth day of the Iowa State Fair on Thursday. How does attendance at the 2024 Iowa State Fair compare to 2023? Attendance in 2024 was 1,035 people from 2023 ...
Wallace sculpted the State Fair's butter cows for 36 years until his death in 1956. [3] Earl Frank Dutt was the butter cow's official sculptor from 1957–1959 [ 1 ] Norma "Duffy" Lyon petitioned fair officials to become sculptor for the 1960 Iowa State Fair; [ 4 ] she would go on to have the longest tenure, sculpting the fair's butter cows and ...
15 classes of homemade roll recipes at the fair—white, wheat, potato, whole grains, rye and more—and Cristen likes to compete in them all. favorite recipes on her blog, Food and Swine.