Look for this logo and associated links throughout Our Iowa Heritage website. It will tell you that there’s a story or two, or a Fred Kent photograph taken from this 1976 Press-Citizen Bicentennial edition.
Page D5 – Mark F. Rohner offers a brief overview of some of the many events that have been held on the grounds surrounding Old Capitol. This page also includes eight photographs – ranging from one of Issac Wetherby’s earliest photographs of the capitol (circa 1853/1854) to one of Fred Kent’s classics from the 1970’s.
Page D6 – Here’s an article that offers a brief overview of Old Capitol, from its beginnings as a Territorial Capitol Building in the 1840’s, to its transition from being a state capitol to becoming SUI’s Central Hall (1860’s-1880s), until its rehabilitation into University offices in the 1920’s.
Look for this logo and associated links throughout Our Iowa Heritage website. It will tell you that there’s a story or two, or a Fred Kent photograph taken from this 1976 Press-Citizen Bicentennial edition.
