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!
News Notes of Iowa and Iowans
A wide digest covers Iowa tales from LaPorte City settlers to plots in Lima Peru with Guenther family and a 20,000 acre land purchase. It notes vital statistics registration, Indian graves near Correctionville, radio market services at the state fair, record winter wheat yields near Hamburg, and melon and watermelon growing along Iowa rivers. It also details hummingbird nests findings, a soldier’s recovery tale, Chinese pheasants propagation, a buried $800 jar find, and new chauffeur licensing for motor vehicle operators in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Main Street
Weather Bureau
East St. Louis
Omaha
Mangas City
Iowa and Corn Belt
Fremont
H. D. Harriman
Wonds Brothers
Lincoln
Neb
Missouri River
Hamburg
Kansas
Woods Brothers
Iowa River
Belle Plaine
Ames
Des Maines
Muscatine Island
Lee County
Fort Madison
Mississippi
Muscatine
Sanders
Pommel