Outdoor sports shows spread across Iowa since the 1940s
The piece traces the growth of outdoor sports shows from Boston to Cedar Rapids and Des Moines, highlighting full service events like the Cedar Rapids Boat Travel Show and regional variants. It notes figures such as ED WILSON and Martin P. Kelly, details show locations and dates, and recalls lumberjack acts and family legacies in the Des Moines and Cedar Rapids circuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Milwaukee
Cleveland
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Quad Cities
Five Seasons Center
ED Wilson
Iowa Show Productions Inc
Martin P. Kelly
Kelly
St. Paul
Minn
Joan Kelly
Coliseum
State Fairgrounds
Veterans Auditorium
Becky Karr
16Th Ave
Cedar Boat Club
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Hawkeye Downs
Seattle
Denver
Houston
Atlanta
Cedar Rapids Boat Show Runs Through Sunday At Five Seasons Center
The Cedar Rapids Boat Sports and Travel Show continues at the Five Seasons Center with hours 11 a.m. to 10 30 p.m. today and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Royce and Jeannie Kendall perform on stage, seminars by Mike McClelland and Marv Keep run all day, and admission is 3 dollars for adults and 1 50 for children. The Cedar Boat Club sponsors the event, produced by Shamrock Productions of Alexandria Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Five Seasons Center
Kendalls
Royce
Jeannie
Mike McClelland
Marv Keep
The
Cedar Boat Club
Shamrock Productions
Alexandria, Minn
DNR raises snare size limits and approves Backbone concession
Iowa DNR moves to raise snare loop allowance from eight to eleven inches near water and requires a 24% inch minimum deer lock. A new five year concession lease at Backbone State Park goes to Wilderness Adventures of Bellevue, with annual rents rising from 1682 to 2000-plus dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Mayer
Bellevue
Iowa Natural Resource Commission
Backbone State Park
Bellevue State Park
Allen Farris
Wildlife Bureau
Department of Natural Resources
Backbone
Strawberry Point
Rudy Pruszka
Wilderness Adventures of
Maquoketa Caves
Pikes Peak Parks
Carole Schuchmann
Marshalltown
Donald Squires
Arlington
Imogene Nodurft
Mike Carrier
Viking Lake
Prairie Rose
Pine Lake
Lane Manawa
Lake Darling
Lake Arita
Green Valley
Big Creek
Gulf Point State Park
West Okoboji Lake
Agri Grain Marketing
West Des Moines
Mississippi River
McGregor
Heery Woods
Clarksville
Oak Grove
Hawarden
Cedar Falls
Guthrie Center
Palmer
Marble Rock
Wilson
DNR
Bluebird trail workshops planned this weekend
Two bluebird trail workshops are scheduled for this weekend with one today at the Monticello Youth Center at 1 p.m. Al Yuska will present bluebird housing slides and answer questions then another Sunday at 1 p.m. at Squaw Creek Park Lodge near Marion hosted by the Linn County Conservation Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
al Yuska
Manchester
Squaw Creek Park Lodge
Marion
Linn County Conservation Board
Free tackle boxes and prints at UNI-Dome show in Cedar Falls
The 13th annual Eastern Iowa Sports Boat RV and Vacation Show runs March 10 to 13 at the UNI-Dome Cedar Falls offering free tackle boxes to the first 600 children ages 5 through 12. Ed Wilson says trophy fish winners receive free show tickets and a rainbow trout art print by Tom Carter. Hours, admission and a busy seminar schedule accompany exhibits, contests, and wildlife entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Uni-Dome
Ed Wilson
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Tom Carter
Thorugh
Iowa Sport Show Productions Inc
Waterloo Exchange Club
Wilson
Black Hawk Chapter
Pheasants Forever
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sam Kennedy III
Clear Lake
Wallace
Farris
Larry Wilson
Bluebird Workshops
Wildlife Photos
Bill Desmarais
Jim Messina
America
Cedar Rapids Audubon Society
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Third Ave. SE
Marquette
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Mar- Mac
Swenette Ogle
Ames
Iowa State
Universi
ISU Fish and Wildlife Biology Club
Fur Harvesters’ Club
UNI
Babe Winkelman
Winkelman
Bob Jensen
Roger Schmitt
Terry Little
Jensen
Roger Hoelscher
Schmitt
Ryan Walden
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Moore
Dlemang
Baer
Johnny
Ceteisen
Pene Auarun
the Kendalls
rainer-Gdaugimter Guu
CMA
Wonsop
Mary Koep
Mown Pro Risherm N
Ponson
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