This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Flying Dutchman Gus Schrader a Pioneer of Iowa Racing
August Schrader known as the Flying Dutchman raced from the 1910s to the 1940s with a cautious style that belied his speed. Born 1895 in Newhall he won national dirt track titles and set world records before dying from a cerebral hemorrhage after a 1941 crash at Shreveport Louisiana.
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August
Gus” Schrader
Schrader
Newhall
Anamosa Fairgrounds
Marengo
Kenosha
Wis
Milwaukee
Louis Meyer
Bakersfield
Calif
Association
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Offenhauser- Miller
Los Angeles
The
Downs
the Downs
Emory Collins
Jimmy Wilburn
Portland
Ore
Wilburn
Shreveport
Louisiana
Eunice
Canada
Shreveport Times
Turner Chapel
Gus Schrader
Tait Cummins
Gazette Red Peppers
Benton County
Gazette
Keith Elson
Bill Huyck
Elson
Grovert Chevrolet
Capt
Gordon Hughes