Fort Des Moines and the Dragoons on the Iowa Frontier
The narrative follows the 1834 1837 Des Moines fort project as Lt Col Stephen W Kearny and three dragoon companies establish Fort Des Moines near the Mississippi head of the Des Moines River. It covers harsh winters, long reconnaissance campaigns, a leadership clash over cabin openings, desertions, and the fort’s eventual abandonment as settlers push west.
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Mississippi
Iowa
Stephen W. Kearny
Des Moines
George H. Crossman
Kearny
E. V. Sumner
Nathaniel Boone
Daniel Boone
J. B. Browne
Mississippi River
Des Moines River
Louis H. Tesson
Tesson
James W. White
Fort Des Moines
Raccoon Fork
Fort Des
Dragoons
Benjamin S. Roberts
West Point
Military Academy
Roberts
Captain Browne
Sumner
Illinois
Wisconsin
Fort Leavenworth
Richard B. Mason
Browne
Dragoons and Forts in early Iowa travel notes
A reflective prompt invites mapping Montrose Iowa and studying Stephen W Kearny in the Palimpsest August 1931. It asks imagining a Fort Des Moines September 1835 letter to a New York cousin and reading of the 1835 dragoon march through interior Iowa from Palimpsest April 1935. Next Fort Atkinson featured.
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Kearny
War Department
Secretary of War
Fort Des Moines
Montrose
Iowa
Stephen W. Kearny
New York
March of the Dragoons
Oregon University Opens New Gymnasium
The University of Oregon completes a $357,000 physical education plant and men's gymnasium in Eugene to create a premier Pacific coast athletic complex. The facility adjoins McArthur Court and includes a dirt-floor mini field house for team training.
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Eugene
Ore
INS
University of Oregon
Pacific Coast
Webfoot
McArthur Court
Oregon
Mind and Morals From a 1936 Science Lens
A Q and A on psychology details male self satisfaction versus female self view. It also challenges the idea that artists are temperamentally volatile, noting they are often stable. It discusses how voters see conditions, and credits university professors with insights into social ills and remedies.
How to Improve Your Memory Booklet by Dr Benry
An offering for readers to obtain a booklet titled How to Improve Your Memory by Dr Albert E Wiggam. The pamphlet promises memory strategies based on modern science and asks readers to send 10c plus a self addressed envelope.
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Benry
Albert E. Wiggam
Tall Girl Wins Venus Title Among Models
New York reports Dorothy Wilson of New York wins the Venus of the Billboards title after beating 1,400 entries. Judges, including Gertrude Meyer and Charles Atlas, praise her facial beauty and movement as the winner is measured against a composite of top models. Wilson stands 5 feet 8 1/2 inches, 122 pounds, with measurements 33 24 34 and other details listed.
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New York
America
Dorothy Wilson
Miss Wilson
Gertrude Meyer
Models’ League of New York
Charles Atlas
Tests Show Gasoline Vapor May Explode Inside Soap Bubble
Bureau of Standards tests found gasoline vapor can explode inside a soap bubble without the bubble bursting.
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The
Bureau of Standards
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Mason
Edgar A Guest
Fort Atkinson
Oregon University
I. Fae
Edna Heidbreder
Minsota University
Poor PA
Claude Callan
Betty
Killian
Charles of
London
Ivory
Simmons
Killian Company
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