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!
Iowa state as vast business institution in 1919
Des Moines reports detail state owned enterprises with inmate counts across the Reformatory Anamosa Hospital for the Insane Cherokee and other facilities, farm product values, milk yields, livestock totals, coal usage, and total expenditures over three million dollars yearly. It also notes Rice growers in Arkansas and local Americanization efforts plus local war losses and notable residents.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Board of Control
State Board of Education
State House
Reformatory
Anamosa
Cherokee
Clarinda
Davenport
Wee Oig
Eldora
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Glenwood
Indepen- Moh
Babe Gy
Knoxville
Sutter
Marshall- How
Mecellville
Mt. ‘Pleasant
Oakdale
Rockwell State
Woodward
de Serine
F. Prouty
Arkansas
Judge Prouty
John F Riggs
Riggs