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!
Des Moines Prepares for National Shrine Conclave
Des Moines Iowa hosts a Shrine conclave with 76000 participants from Iowa and other states plus Hawaii Panama and Nova Scotia. Delegations arrive by train and camp at the state fair grounds as streets glow with electric lights banners and crescent emblems. The three day program features grand parades fireworks parachute jumps harness races a head on locomotive collision and mass Shrine band concerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
United States
Canand
Hawaii
Panama
Nova
Shriners of
Iowa
Jowa
Davenport
Ei ‘Kahir
Ce ‘Dar Rapids
Abu
Beka
Sioux
Ity
Waterloo Shriners
Brown Hotel
Ottumwa
Wapella County
Fort Dodge
Fort Madison
Burlington
Washington
Tor
State House
Thore
State Capitol Grounds
Fair Grounds
The
Shrine