Our Iowa Heritage: What’s New? WHAT’S NEW @ Our Iowa Heritage? With our site growing larger, it’s important for you, our readers, to be able to easily navigate through our stories. Here’s a current list of NEW posts on our site. Come back regularly to check for our latest posts.– Posted April 21, 2024 – Railroading & The Winter Of 1855/56.– Posted April 18, 2024 – 1921 – Iowa City’s First Black Business Owners.– Posted April 12, 2024 – The Bollers & The 2023-2024 Women’s Basketball Season.– Posted April 12, 2024 – The Caitlin Clark Effect.– Posted April 11, 2024 – A M&M Railroad Timetable.– Posted April 10, 2024 – The Mississippi & Missouri Railroad – Volume II – 1856-1866.– Posted April 8, 2024 – The Locomotives Of M&M Railroad.– Posted April 7, 2024 – The Mississippi & Missouri – Iowa’s First Railway System.– Posted April 6, 2024 – The Mississippi & Missouri Railroad – Volume I – 1845-1855.– Posted February 26, 2024 – 1904 – Welcome To Prosperous, Enterprising Iowa City.– Posted February 21, 2024 – 1881-1981: The Golden Age Of Telephones In Iowa City.– Posted January 25, 2024 – Iowa City’s Normal Academy Of Music.– Posted January 20, 2024 – Iowa City’s Lemuel B. Patterson & Family.– Posted January 1, 2024 – This Day In History – Daily Posts.– Posted December 20, 2023 – Iowa City’s Candy Couple – Russell & Clara Stover.– Posted December 15, 2023 – 1967 Iowa City – Then And Now.– Posted December 10, 2023 – 1880’s – A Tour Of The SUI Campus.– Posted December 7, 2023 – Meet The Hoxies – The Iowa General & Wisconsin Sculptor.– Posted December 2, 2023 – The Claim Association – Johnson County’s Welcome Wagon.– Posted November 30, 2023 – 1960 – The SUI School Of Music Presents – Vol. 2. – Posted November 29, 2023 – 1960 – The SUI School Of Music Presents…– Posted November 27, 2023 – Iowa City’s Grocery Stores – The First 60 Years. – Posted November 26, 2023 – Revisiting 1933 Iowa City Neighborhood Grocery Stores.– Posted November 22, 2023 – “Hey Buddy, I’m Bill” – The UI Library Exhibit.– Posted November 21, 2023 – Iowa City Neighborhood Grocery Stores -1933.– Posted November 19, 2023 – Over The Hill To The Poor Farm.– Posted November 18, 2023 – Tales Of Iowa City – The Black Angel. – Posted November 18, 2023 – 1978 – The Bill Sackter Story.– Posted November 16, 2023 – Iowa City’s Man Of Compassion – Thomas Walz.– Edited & Re-Posted November 5, 2023 – The Press-Citizen Celebrates Iowa City’s Centennial.– Posted November 4, 2023 – Mae Driscoll – Iowa City’s Compassionate Landlady. – Posted November 2, 2023 – Barry Morrow’s Life-Changing Essay – Bill’s Triumph.– Posted October 31, 2023 – ‘Wild Bill’ Sackter – Iowa City’s Friendly Smile. – Posted October 29, 2023 – 2023 – A Night At The Englert. – Posted October 27, 2023 – Iowa City 1989 – A 150 Year Chronology. – Posted October 25, 2023 – Sippin’ Me Some Dingleberry Dew. – Posted October 23, 2023 – Iowa City Airport – Flights Through Time. – Posted October 22, 2023 – X Marks The Spot – Johnson County’s Historical Markers. – Posted October 21, 2023 – A Fred W. Kent Campus Tour – Then & Now.– Posted October 20, 2023 – KXIC Radio – Sports & Talk – Two Iowa City Icons.– Posted October 17, 2023 – October 15, 2023 – Setting Hawkeye Herstory! – Posted October 14, 2023 – Saving Iowa City’s Slezak National Hall.– Posted October 8, 2023 – A Memory Walk With Irving Weber – 1985.– Posted October 6, 2023 – Iowa City’s Infamous Black Angel. – Posted October 5, 2023 – UI Alumni Marching Band – The Fossils.– Posted October 2, 2023 – Taking To The Skies – Iowa City 1943.– Posted October 1, 2023 – Welcome To Irving Weber’s Writings – The Index.– Posted September 19, 2023 – A Spooky Halloween Story – Burlington, Iowa – 1838.– Posted September 18, 2023 – ICBT’s Sketch Of Johnson County – 1880.– Posted September 16, 2023 – The Iowa City Glass Works – 1880-1882.– Posted September 15, 2023 – 1889-1894 – The Hawkeyes’ First Football Rivalry.– Posted September 12, 2023 – Welcome To Iowa City – June 1887 – A Six Post Series.– Posted September 3, 2023 – 1837 – Welcome To Wisconsin Territory – Iowa District. – Posted September 1, 2023 – Take The JCHS FRYfest Trivia Quiz.– Posted August 29, 2023 – The Photograph Album Of Mrs. C.C. Berry.– Posted August 27, 2023 – November 12, 1913 – Welcoming The Jefferson Hotel. – Posted August 24, 2023 – Herky The Hawk – 75 Years Young.– Edited & Re-Posted August 24, 2023 – Johnson County Remembrance Markers.– Posted August 23, 2023 – Mrs. C.C. Berry – Surviving The 1859 Tornado. – Posted August 14, 2023 – 1936 – Aviatrix Amelia Earhart Comes To Iowa City.– Posted August 7, 2023 – Arriving In Johnson County In 1846.– Posted August 5, 2023 – 1920’s – The Rehabilitation Of Old Capitol. – Posted August 4, 2023 – 1848 – The Pioneer Circus Comes To Iowa City.– Posted August 1, 2023 – 1889 – Eva Emery Dye – Romancing The Iowa City Story.– Posted July 30, 2023 – Wm. G. Hammond – Let There Be Law In Iowa City!– Posted July 28, 2023 – J.H. Gower – Iowa City’s Farm To Riches Story.– Posted July 27, 2023 – Benjamin Shambaugh – Some Interesting Facts – Volume I.– Posted July 27, 2023 – Benjamin Shambaugh – Some Interesting Facts – Volume II.– Posted July 27, 2023 – Benjamin Shambaugh – Some Interesting Facts – Volume III. – Posted July 23, 2023 – John P. Irish – Iowa City’s Black Knight. – Posted July 22, 2023 – John Springer – The Pioneer Printer Remembers. – Posted July 20, 2023 – 1839 Iowa City – One Square Mile That Lives On. – Posted July 18, 2023 – 1844 – A View From The Capitol’s Cupola. – Posted July 16, 2023 – Johnson County ‘Firsts’. – Posted July 13, 2023 – SUI & ICWRS – Helping Children Grow. – Posted July 10, 2023 – The Old Settlers Of Johnson County – 1866-1925. – Posted July 8, 2023 – The Log Cabins Of Johnson County. – Posted July 2, 2023 – 1840 – Isaac Galland & His Iowa Emigrant Travel Guide. – Posted June 25, 2023 – Johnson County Historical Society (JCHS). – Posted June 25, 2023 – UI Pentacrest Museums.– Posted June 24, 2023 – J.E.R. – Iowa City’s Cannon Ball Newsgatherer. – Posted June 21, 2023 – Welcome To Iowa City – Athens Of Iowa. – Posted June 19, 2023 – Celebrating Freedom – Juneteenth 1865.– Posted June 19, 2023 – 1869 – Mark Twain Comes To Iowa City. – Posted June 18, 2023 – Iowa City’s Movie Moguls – Buster Brown & Willie-Billie Englert. – Posted June 14, 2023 – Hey Iowa City – Let’s Go To The Movies! Part II.– Posted June 14, 2023 – Hey Iowa City – Let’s Go To The Movies! Part I.– Posted June 10, 2023 – Entertainment Tonight – Iowa City – The Early 1900’s.– Posted June 6, 2023 – Entertainment Tonight – Iowa City – The First 50 Years.– Posted May 27, 2023 – Robert R. Hutchinson – Iowa City’s Jack Of All Trades.– Posted May 23, 2023 – Iowa City’s Extant Classics – The Survivors. – Posted May 17, 2023 – The Sueppel Family – Iowa City Pioneers. – Posted May 15, 2023 – Iowa City Baseball Clubs – The Neversweats, Gold Sox & Ramblers.– Posted May 1, 2023 – The U.S. Navy Comes To Iowa City – 1942-1944.– Posted April 28, 2023 – UI Herstory – Dr. Christine Grant.– Posted April 26, 2023 – T. C. Carson – From A Buffalo Robe To Bank President. – Posted April 23, 2023 – Iowa City’s Own Herstorian – Renée Sueppel. – Posted April 22, 2023 – Caitlin Clark From The Logo In Coralville. – Posted April 21, 2023 – Meet The Finks – Our Business Is Smokin’. – Posted April 19, 2023 – The Big Three Radio Voices Of The Iowa Hawkeyes. – Posted April 18, 2023 – The Meskwaki People At The Turn Of The Century. – Posted April 17, 2023 – Greetings From Clarksville Or Coralville? – Posted April 16, 2023 – Iowa City – Featured On PBS Main Streets.– Posted April 14, 2023 – Johnson County’s Own – Coralville.– Posted April 14, 2023 – Coralville – Taming The Iowa River. – Posted April 10, 2023 – Hawkeyes – Badgers – Gophers – What’s In A Name? – Posted April 8, 2023 – 1939 – Nile Kinnick’s Big Ten. – Edited & Re-Posted April 7, 2023 – Seven ‘Greetings From Iowa’ Postcards – One Corny Artist. – Posted April 5, 2023 – L.S. Frederick – Tama County’s School Fund Commissioner. – Posted April 2, 2023 – 1848 – Dear Governor Briggs – From Iowa State Prison.– Posted March 28, 2023 – Meredith Willson – The 1940’s Pop Songwriter. – Posted March 23, 2023 – Till There Was Meredith Willson. – Posted March 20, 2023 – 1856 – Bridging The Father Of Waters. – Posted March 17, 2023 – The 1950’s – Hooray For Evy’s Hawkeyes. – Posted March 14, 2023 – 1942 – War Rationing Hits Iowa City. – Posted March 12, 2023 – 1849 – Iowa Dollars To Doughnuts. – Posted March 9, 2023 – A Letter From The 1st State Legislative Session – Iowa City. – Posted March 8, 2023 – 1965 – Frank Patton’s SUI Echoes Of Old Gold. – Posted March 1, 2023 – 1846 – Iowa Elects A State Governor. – Posted February 28, 2023 – Iowa PBS – Kinnick: The Documentary. – Posted February 27, 2023 – 1841 – The Sudden Death Of A U.S. President. – Posted February 26, 2023 – 1849 – H.H. Winchester – Iowa Travel Guide. – Posted February 25, 2023 – PBS-Iowa – The History of the Iowa Fight Song.– Posted February 24, 2023 – 1862 – Seeking Iowa Civil War Promotions. – Posted February 23, 2023 – Meredith Willson …And Then I Wrote The Music Man. – Posted February 21, 2023 – 1852 – The Red Rock Wild West Murder Mystery. – Posted February 19, 2023 – 1853 – Grimes To Mason – Farmer To Farmer. – Posted February 19, 2023 – The Letters Of Governor James W. Grimes. – Posted February 19, 2023 – Gov. James W. Grimes – The ‘Wide Awake’ Father Of Republicanism. – Posted February 16, 2023 – Meredith Willson – Want To Go Deeper? – Posted February 15, 2023 – The Naming Of Iowa – Antoine Le Claire Or Albert Lea? – Posted February 14, 2023 – Meredith Willson Marches On To Iowa-PBS. – Posted February 13, 2023 – As The Dunkel World Turns. – Posted February 11, 2023 – N.R. Parvin – Like Father, Like Son. – Posted February 9, 2023 – 1850’s – The Rise & Fall Of Iowa’s First Two Senators. – Posted February 7, 2023 – Dear Iowa City – Build Us A Road! – Posted February 2, 2023 – 1844 – The Great Lee County Road Debate. – Posted February 1, 2023 – Learning From History – Wide Awake Vs. Woke.– Posted January 31, 2023 – Recommending John W. Finley – Dubuque’s Good Doctor. – Posted January 29, 2023 – William Penn Clarke – Iowa City’s Abolitionist. – Posted January 27, 2023 – 1853 – The $50,000 Investment In Iowa City’s Future. – Posted January 24, 2023 – Let The City-Wide Celebrations Begin: 1839-1841-1856. – Posted January 20, 2023 – Iowa City’s Top 50 Influencers: Part Two – 1846-1939. – Posted January 18, 2023 – Iowa City’s Top 50 Influencers: Part One – 1832-1845. – Posted January 15, 2023 – Ohio’s Robert Lucas – Life Before Iowa. – Posted January 11, 2023 – Folsom’s Fury – Building A Bridge Over Troubled Water. – Posted January 9, 2023 – Black Hawk Of Saukenuk. – Posted January 7, 2023 – The Iowa Colonel Who Helped Stop The Honey War. – Posted January 6, 2023 – 1839 – The Iowa & Missouri Honey War. – Posted January 4, 2023 – 1849 – Iowans Want The Transcontinental Railroad! – Posted January 2, 2023 – Jesse Williams – Rescuing Iowa’s New Capitol – 1841. – Posted January 1, 2023 – 100 Years – Dixie Lee Boyer Boller – 1923-2023. – Posted December 30, 2022 – 1840 – The Road From Bloomington To Iowa City. – Posted December 26, 2022 – Ansel Briggs – The Stagecoach Driver Who Became Governor. – Posted December 24, 2022 – Scott County’s Representative – James Grant. – Posted December 22, 2022 – Johnson County’s Own – The Wandering Doc Comes Home To Solon. – Posted December 21, 2022 – H.F. Wickham – SUI’s Bug Man. – Posted December 19, 2022 – Samuel D. Guengerich – Amish’s School Master. – Posted December 17, 2022 – Johnson County’s Own – Washington Township. – Posted December 14, 2022 – Fales To Mason – Iowa City To Burlington – 1850. – Posted December 13, 2022 – It’s Beginning To Look Like A Meredith Willson Christmas. – Posted December 11, 2022 – Curtis Bates – The Christmas Day Letter From Iowa City. – Posted December 9, 2022 – January 1842 – A Letter From The Fourth Assembly. – Posted December 8, 2022 – Johnson County’s Own – Amish, Iowa.– Posted December 6, 2022 – Iowa City’s Photographic James Family. – Posted December 5, 2022 – H.S. Fairall – Iowa City’s Newspaper Man Of The 1880’s.– Posted December 1, 2022 – Iowa City’s Good Doctor – Henry Murray.– Posted November 29, 2022 – Iowa City & EKKO Radio Stamps. – Posted November 28, 2022 – Rev. W.W. Woods – Bringing The Gospel To Iowa City. – Posted November 26, 2022 – Iowa’s Secretary Of State & Official Stone Finder. – Posted November 24, 2022 – 1863 – A Proclamation Of Thanksgiving Across America. – Posted November 24, 2022 – Roosevelt’s New Deal – The WPA & Iowa City.– Posted November 22, 2022 – Mattie & Me – Iowa City’s A.B. Cree. – Posted November 20, 2022 – Meet Four Iowa City Civil War Veterans. – Posted November 17, 2022 – Iowa City’s Old Growler – Part Two. – Posted November 17, 2022 – Dr. Otto Kuntze & His Iowa Mineral Office. – Posted November 15, 2022 – A.H. Palmer – Iowa City’s Old Growler. – Posted November 13, 2022 – NBC’s Chime Master – Iowa’s Meredith Willson. – Posted November 9, 2022 – 1843 – A Letter To The Major Of Monongahela Valley. – Posted November 7, 2022 – 1846 – A Glimpse Of Iowa City – J. B. Newhall. – Posted November 7, 2022 – 1840 – Sketches Of Iowa City – J. B. Newhall. – Posted November 7, 2022 – J.B. Newhall – Iowa’s First Rock Star. – Posted November 3, 2022 – Senator James B. Harlan – His Iowa City Years. – Posted November 1, 2022 – Oliver Weld – Keosauqua’s Young Representative.– Posted October 30, 2022 – Harriet P. Macy – Iowa’s Own Teaching Artist. – Posted October 29, 2022 – 1840’s-1890’s – Iowa City’s Classic Hotels. – Posted October 28, 2022 – 1839-1842 – Iowa City’s First Hotels. – Posted October 26, 2022 – Iowa City’s Banking Corner. – Posted October 24, 2022 – Let’s Meet Some More Bollers. – Posted October 21, 2022 – 1908 – Oakdale Hall – Iowa’s Answer To The White Plague. – Posted October 19, 2022 – 1870 – Meet Iowa City’s Shrader Family. – Posted October 18, 2022 – Iowa City’s Commercial Colleges – Taking Care Of Business. – Posted October 15, 2022 – Welcome To East Iowa City & Rundell. – Edited & Re-Posted October 6, 2022 – Iowa City – Here Comes The Railroad!– Posted October 6, 2022 – The 1850’s – The Birth Of Iowa Railroads. – Posted October 2, 2022 – C.H. Booth – The Grand Old Man Of Dubuque.– Posted September 30, 2022 – The Streets Of Iowa City – From Mud To Bricks. – Posted September 29, 2022 – Honoring The Ioway Tribe Of Johnson County. – Posted September 28, 2022 – The Great Iowa City Tornado Of 1859. – Posted September 27, 2022 – Laurel Summers – The Man Who Saved Iowa City. – Posted September 26, 2022 – April 1846 – The First Step Toward Statehood. – Posted September 25, 2022 – 2022 – The Johnson County Boller Cousins Reunite! – Posted September 24, 2022 – Iowa City – April 1843 – The Letter Back Home. – Posted September 23, 2022 – Tipton’s Farm Boy – Judge Emlin McClain.– Posted September 21, 2022 – Iowa City’s Civil War Postmaster – J.R. Hartsock.– Posted September 19, 2022 – The Great American Postage Stamp Exchange Of 1861. – Posted September 18, 2022 – SUI’s Wise Choice – Picking Dr. Peck. – Posted September 14, 2022 – Boyhood Days In Iowa – Herbert Hoover. – Posted September 13, 2022 – Gustavus D. Hinrichs – SUI’s Own Dr. Derecho. – Posted September 12, 2022 – 1860 – Let’s Visit The State Fair! – Posted September 11, 2022 – D.F. Wells – It Is Well With SUI. – Posted September 8, 2022 – 1853 – Opening Doors For The Visually Impaired. – Posted September 4, 2022 – Marty & Sandy – The Senior Recitals.– Posted August 30, 2022 – 1839 – The Twenty-Four Streets Of Iowa City. – Posted August 28, 2022 – The Iowa City Public Library – Celebrating 125 Years. – Posted August 26, 2022 – Lolly Parker Egger’s Library Legacy. – Posted August 24, 2022 – The Press-Citizen Celebrates Iowa City’s Centennial. – Posted August 21, 2022 – The Day MLK Came To Iowa City. – Posted August 20, 2022 – A Penny From Heaven – Rev. Fred L. Penny. – Posted August 20, 2022 – Bethel AME – 150 Years Of Keeping The Faith In Iowa City. – Posted August 17, 2022 – 2006 – Iowa City Storm Stories. – Posted August 14, 2022 – Bob Hibbs – Iowa City’s Postcard King. – Posted August 12, 2022 – Meet The Good People Of Block 98. – Posted August 12, 2022 – Hubbard Park – Diversity Down By The Riverside. – Posted August 9, 2022 – 1901 – Opening Johnson County’s New Court House.– Edited & Re-Posted August 8, 2022 – Remembering The Old Stone Capitol. – Edited & Re-Posted August 7, 2022 – Moving On Up – The Old Capitol Dome. – Edited & Re-Posted August 6, 2022 – Inside Old Capitol – Your Guided Tour. – Edited & Re-Posted August 5, 2022 – Iowa City – A July 4th Celebration.– Edited & Re-Posted August 5, 2022 – Simon Estes – From Centerville to Center Stage. – Edited & Re-Posted August 4, 2022 – Johnson County’s New Namesake – What a Lulu! – Edited & Re-Posted August 4, 2022 – Johnson County Remembrance Markers. – Edited & Re-Posted August 4, 2022 – 1838 to Today – Unity Through Diversity. – Edited & Re-Posted August 4, 2022 – Marybeth Slonneger – Iowa City’s Artistic Historian. – Edited & Re-Posted August 3, 2022 – Weber’s Fun Facts – The Old Stone Capitol. – Edited & Re-Posted August 3, 2022 – Weber’s Winners – Iowa City’s Finest. – Edited & Re-Posted August 3, 2022 – My Iowa Art – The Book Collection. – Edited & Re-Posted August 3, 2022 – My Iowa Art – The Collection. – Edited & Re-Posted August 2, 2022 – Iowa Millennium Art – The 2000 Poster. – Edited & Re-Posted August 2, 2022 – The Iowa Award – 1951 To Today.– Edited & Re-Posted August 2, 2022 – Three Hundred Years of Iowa Maps.– Edited & Re-Posted August 1, 2022 – The Mapping of Iowa City – 1832 To Today. – Edited & Re-Posted July 31, 2022 – Iowa Celebrates Three Sesquicentennials.– Edited & Re-Posted July 31, 2022 – Irving Weber – Mr. Iowa City.– Posted July 31, 2022 – Greetings From Iowa – Goldfinches & Wild Roses.– Edited & Re-Posted July 30, 2022 – America’s Bicentennial – The U.S. Post Office.– Edited & Re-Posted July 30, 2022 – Iowa’s Very Own – U.S. Postage Stamps.– Posted July 30, 2022 – America’s Bicentennial – Waving The Flag.– Edited & Re-Posted July 30, 2022 – The Cy-Hawk Game – Iowa’s Super Bowl.– Edited & Re-Posted July 29, 2022 – America’s Bicentennial – Restoring Old Capitol.– Edited & Re-Posted July 26, 2022 – Marching, Musical, High-Stepping Hawkeyes.– Edited & Re-Posted July 26, 2022 – Tom Davis – Our HMB Musical Mom.– Edited & Re-Posted July 25, 2022 – Old Stone Capitol Remembers – Abraham, Martin, & John.– Edited & Re-Posted July 25, 2022 – August 10, 1965 – Hoover Stamp Day.– Posted July 25, 2022 – An American President – Herbert Hoover.– Edited & Re-Posted July 24, 2022 – William J. Petersen – Iowa’s Steamboat Bill.– Edited & Re-Posted July 24, 2022 – 1947 – The SUI Centennial Celebration.– Edited & Re-Posted July 24, 2022 – 1946 – Iowa Celebrates 100 Years Of Statehood.– Edited & Re-Posted July 23, 2022 – U.S.S. Iowa – The Navy’s Finest.– Edited & Re-Posted July 23, 2022 – Iowa City 1839-1939 Centennial.– Edited & Re-Posted July 23, 2022 – The Old Stone Capitol Remembers – Benjamin F. Shambaugh.– Edited & Re-Posted July 22, 2022 – Mildred W. Pelzer – An Iowa City Artist.– Posted July 22, 2022 – The Mildred Pelzer Iowa City Murals.– Posted July 22, 2022 – 1938 – Iowa Celebrates Our Territorial Centennial.– Edited & Re-Posted July 21, 2022 – U.S. Post Office Brings Their ‘Stamp Show’ To Iowa.– Edited & Re-Posted July 20, 2022 – Iowa Celebrates The Roaring 1920’s.– Edited & Re-Posted July 20, 2022 – SUI Mascots – The Big Three.– Edited & Re-Posted July 20, 2022 – The Hawkeyes Take The Field.– Edited & Re-Posted July 19, 2022 – Fred W. Kent – Continuing The Photographic Tradition.– Posted July 19, 2022 – Fred W. Kent’s Iowa City Classics.– Posted July 19, 2022 – Wetherby & Kent – Two Generations – Two Cameras – One City.– Edited & Re-Posted July 18, 2022 – Carrie C. Catt – Iowa’s Champion for Women’s Rights.– Posted July 18, 2022 – Dixie C. Gebhardt – Iowa’s Own Betsy Ross.– Edited & Re-Posted July 17, 2022 – Iowa’s Own Music Man – Meredith Willson.– Edited & Re-Posted July 17, 2022 – The Big Show – Meredith Willson’s Big Stage.– Edited & Re-Posted July 17, 2022 – May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You.– Posted July 17, 2022 – Meredith Willson & The Iowa Hawkeyes.– Posted July 17, 2022 – My Meredith Willson – Music Man Story.– Posted July 17, 2022 – The Music Man On Broadway – 2022.– Edited & Re-Posted July 11, 2022 – The Iowa City Airport – A Rich Aviation History.– Posted July 11, 2022 – A Bird’s Eye View Of Iowa City.– Edited & Re-Posted July 9, 2022 – Captain Tom, Iowa City & The Red Devil Airship.– Edited & Re-Posted July 9, 2022 – Let’s Go To City Park!– Edited & Re-Posted July 9, 2022 – Let’s Go To City Park! (Part II)– Edited & Re-Posted July 8, 2022 – Economy Advertising – Birthplace Of The Midland & More.– Posted July 8, 2022 – Iowa City’s ‘Look For The Label’ Department Store.– Edited & Re-Posted July 8, 2022 – Thomas Nast – The Father of Political Cartooning.– Edited & Re-Posted July 8, 2022 – Hannah Elizabeth Irish – Iowa City’s Business Entrepreneur.– Edited & Re-Posted July 7, 2022 – 40 Turn-Of-The-Century Leaders Who Shaped Iowa City.– Edited & Re-Posted July 7, 2022 – Iowa City at the Turn-of-the-Century.– Posted July 7, 2022 – Penny Postcards – Old Capitol & Iowa Avenue.– Edited & Re-Posted July 7, 2022 – Penny Postcards – The Center Of Iowa City.– Edited & Re-Posted July 7, 2022 – Penny Postcards – Iowa City North.– Edited & Re-Posted July 7, 2022 – Penny Postcards – Iowa City South.– Edited & Re-Posted July 7, 2022 – The “Miss Tillie” Penny Postcard Collection.– Posted July 7, 2022 – An Iowa City Turn-Of-The-Century Christmas.– Edited & Re-Posted July 7, 2022 – C.C. Nutting – Hidden Gem Of The Great SUI Triumvirate.– Edited & Re-Posted July 4, 2022 – The Wieneke Family – Iowa City’s Penny Postcard People.– Edited & Re-Posted July 4, 2022 – Two Ohio Friends – One SUI Law Library Letter.– Edited & Re-Posted July 4, 2022 – Charles B. Elliott: Romancing the Forest City Meteorite.– Edited & Re-Posted July 3, 2022 – The Forgotten Four: SUI’s Little Engines that Could.– Edited & Re-Posted July 3, 2022 – The Forgotten Four – One Big Contribution To SUI.– Edited & Re-Posted July 2, 2022 – Unity Hall: SUI’s Gathering Place.– Edited & Re-Posted July 1, 2022 – Homeopathic Medical Building #2: SUI’s 2nd Medical Opinion. – Edited & Re-Posted July 1, 2022 –Dental Building: SUI’s Eye Tooth for 80 Years.– Edited & Re-Posted July 1, 2022 – Observatory #2: SUI’s Eye to the Sky.– Edited & Re-Posted June 30, 2022 – Close Hall: SUI’s Home for Jesus, Jumpshots & Journalism.– Edited & Re-Posted June 29, 2022 – Hall Of Pharmacy & Chemistry: SUI’s Controversial Park Place.– Edited & Re-Posted June 28, 2022 – Science Hall: SUI’s Only Mobile Home.– Edited & Re-Posted June 27, 2022 – Medical Building: SUI’s Ill-Fated Medical Experiment.– Edited & Re-Posted June 27, 2022 – North Hall: The Grandfather of SUI.– Edited & Re-Posted June 26, 2022 – South Hall: SUI’s Ten-Chimneyed One.– Edited & Re-Posted June 24, 2022 – Mechanics Academy: The Cradle of SUI.– Edited & Re-Posted June 23, 2022 – Old Capitol – The Icon of SUI.– Edited & Re-Posted June 22, 2022 – From University Square To The Pentacrest.– Posted June 21, 2022 – Iowa City Penny Postcards – Old Capitol & Iowa Avenue.– Edited & Re-Posted June 21, 2022 – SUI Red Brick Campus – The Golden Age of the State University of Iowa.– Edited & Re-Posted June 20, 2022 – The 1890’s in Iowa City.– Edited & Re-Posted June 19, 2022 – The Baileys & The Montgomery Ward Wish Book.– Posted June 18, 2022 – Iowa City – The Hub For Holsteins.– Edited & Re-Posted June 18, 2022 – The 1880’s in Iowa City.– Edited & Re-Posted June 14, 2022 – Boerner & Sons – Iowa City’s Prussian Poppa of Pharmacy.– Edited & Re-Posted June 9, 2022 – When The Circus Came To Iowa City.– Edited & Re-Posted June 9, 2022 – The Great Iowa City Circus Poster Mystery.– Edited & Re-Posted June 8, 2022 – The Hospitals of Iowa City.– Edited & Re-Posted June 8, 2022 – The 1870’s in Iowa City.– Edited & Re-Posted June 7, 2022 – All Aboard Iowa RPO’s.– Edited & Re-Posted June 7, 2022 – A Rocky Mountain Mayor with Strong Iowa Roots.– Edited & Re-Posted June 6, 2022 – Henry County’s Newspaperman, Statesman & Civil War Hero.– Edited & Re-Posted June 5, 2022 – Major Ira J. Alder – The Hundred-Day Civil War Veteran.– Edited & Re-Posted June 5, 2022 – Iowa & The Civil War – 1861-1865.– Edited & Re-Posted June 5, 2022 – George D. Woodin & The Lane Trail.– Edited & Re-Posted June 5, 2022 – Iowa & The Underground Railroad.– Edited & Re-Posted June 4, 2022 –The 1860’s in Iowa City.– Edited & Re-Posted June 3, 2022 – The Bridges of Iowa City.– Posted June 1, 2022 – Riding The Five Rails Of Iowa City.– Edited & Re-Posted May 24, 2022 – 1857 – A Capitol Moving Day.– Edited & Re-Posted May 24, 2022 – The Rock Island Iowa City Depot.– Edited & Re-Posted May 23, 2022 – Iowa City – Here Comes The Railroad!– Edited & Re-Posted May 23, 2022 – Josias & Christiana Ritter – Iowa City Church Planters.– Edited & Re-Posted May 23, 2022 – Johann F. Doescher – Breaking Down Walls That Divide.– Edited & Re-Posted May 23, 2022 – Heinrich Wehrs – Iowa City’s Frontier Pastor.– Edited & Re-Posted May 8, 2022 – Celebrating The Iowa State Fair.– Edited & Re-Posted May 7, 2022 – Isaac A. Wetherby – One Artist with Many Dreams.– Posted May 6, 2022 – Iowa City – Coast to Coast.– Edited & Re-Posted May 5, 2022 – George H. Yewell – Iowa City’s Pioneer Artist.– Edited & Re-Posted May 4, 2022 – 1850’s – Meet Some New Iowa City Friends.– Posted May 4, 2022 – Iowa City – Through The Eyes Of Isaac Wetherby.– Posted May 4, 2022 – Iowa City – Through The Eyes Of George Yewell.– Edited & Re-Posted May 2, 2022 – Dear Iowa City – Show Me the Money.– Edited & Re-Posted May 1, 2022 – 1848 – Iowa City’s Hum-Dinger of A Bell Story.– Edited & Re-Posted April 30, 2022 – 1856 – Go West, Young Doctor, Go West.– Posted April 29, 2022 – 1855-1860 – Everything’s ‘Normal’ in Iowa City.– Edited & Re-Posted April 29, 2022 – SUI – The Early Days 1847-1860.– Edited & Re-Posted April 29, 2022 – February 25, 1847 – SUI Begins With A Bang.– Edited & Re-Posted April 28, 2022 – 1846 Iowa Statehood – A Field of Dreams.– Edited & Re-Posted April 28, 2022 – Judge Williams & Legal Troubles in Bloomington.– Edited & Re-Posted April 27, 2022 – 1844 – The Drive to Statehood.– Edited & Re-Posted April 26, 2022 – Steamboat’s A-Comin’ – Maybe?– Edited & Re-Posted April 26, 2022 – Walter Terrell & His Waterworks.– Edited & Re-Posted April 25, 2022 – Gilman Folsom – Crossing The Iowa River.– Edited & Re-Posted April 25, 2022 – Letters To Gilman Folsom – Iowa City Pioneer.– Edited & Re-Posted April 25, 2022 – Tracking Down Iowa City’s Boyd Wilkinson.– Edited & Re-Posted April 24, 2022 – Walter Butler – A True Servant’s Heart.– Edited & Re-Posted April 24, 2022 – H. D. Downey – Iowa City Esquire.– Edited & Re-Posted April 24, 2022 – Iowa City Stage Ready – 1840-1870.– Edited & Re-Posted April 23, 2022 – Parvin & Aldrich – Making & Collecting Iowa History.– Edited & Re-Posted April 22, 2022 – The Old Capitol Gem That Got Away.– Edited & Re-Posted April 22, 2022 – John F. Rague – Creator Of A Classic.– Edited & Re-Posted April 21, 2022 – Iowa City’s Rose Hill – Irish’s Woods.– Edited & Re-Posted April 21, 2022 – Ahoy, Frederick Irish – The Iowa City Sea Captain.– Edited & Re-Posted April 21, 2022 – Clinton Street – Iowa City’s Center of Commerce.– Edited & Re-Posted April 20, 2022 – The Iowa City Newspaper Wars.– Edited & Re-Posted April 20, 2022 – Iowa Newspapers – The Early Years.– Edited & Re-Posted April 19, 2022 – Sylvanus Johnson – Mr. Red Brick.– Edited & Re-Posted April 18, 2022 – On the Road to Iowa City.– Edited & Re-Posted April 18, 2022 – Lyman Dillon – Plowing the Straight & Narrow.– Edited & Re-Posted April 17, 2022 – Surveying the Life of Cyrus Sanders – Iowa City Pioneer.– Edited & Re-Posted April 17, 2022 – Cyrus Sanders – My 1839 Iowa Adventure.– Edited & Re-Posted April 17, 2022 – Cyrus Sanders – Setting Johnson County History Straight.– Edited & Re-Posted April 17, 2022 – Johnson County Historical Resources.– Posted April 15, 2022 – Klondike Bill & Friends Visit Iowa City.– Edited & Re-Posted April 14, 2022 – Chauncey Swan – The Father of Iowa City.– Edited & Re-Posted April 14, 2022 – A Burlington Hawkeye Keepsake.– Edited & Re-Posted April 13, 2022 – Philip Clark – Johnson County’s Irish Settler.– Edited & Re-Posted April 13, 2022 – Welcome to Iowa, Governor Lucas.– Edited & Re-Posted April 12, 2022 – Iowa Territory 1838-1846.– Posted April 10, 2022 – The Midnight Ride of Philip Clark.– Edited & Re-Posted April 9, 2022 – Courting Johnson County.– Edited & Re-Posted April 8, 2022 – The U.S. Postal Service Comes to Johnson County.– Edited & Re-Posted April 8, 2022 – 1820’s/1830’s – Phelps vs. Gilbert.– Posted April 7, 2022 – Three ‘Greetings From Iowa’ Postcards – One Corny Artist.– Edited & Re-Posted April 6, 2022 – Will The Real John Gilbert – Please Stand Up?– Edited & Re-Posted April 6, 2022 – Chief Poweshiek – The Roused Brown Bear.– Edited & Re-Posted April 5, 2022 – Stephen Sumner Phelps – The Original Iowa Hawkeye.– Posted April 4, 2022 – The Johnson County Business Meeting That Changed Iowa History.– Edited & Re-Posted April 4, 2022 – The Story of Napoleon, Iowa – 1832-1839.– Edited & Re-Posted April 3, 2022 – Iowa City’s Humble Beginnings.– Edited & Re-Posted April 1, 2022 – Charles T. Mason – Here Comes The Judge.– Edited & Re-Posted April 1, 2022 – Burlington & The Hawkeye State.– Edited & Re-Posted April 1, 2022 – Burlington – Iowa’s First Capital City 1837-1840.– Edited & Re-Posted March 31, 2022 – John Plumbe, Jr. – Engineering a Railroad to the Moon.– Edited & Re-Posted March 30, 2022 – Albert Lea’s 1835 Map of Iowa.– Edited & Re-Posted March 30, 2022 – The Book That Gave Iowa Its Name.– Edited & Re-Posted March 29, 2022 – Zebulon Pike & His Dam’d Rascals.– Edited & Re-Posted March 28, 2022 – Dubuque & The West 1788-1838.– Edited & Re-Posted March 27, 2022 – The Louisiana Purchase 1803-1806.– Edited & Re-Posted March 26, 2022 – Iowa – The Discovery 1673-1803.– Edited & Re-Posted March 26, 2022 – Meskwaki People – True Native Iowans.– Posted March 24, 2022 – Preserving The Meskwaki Language of Iowa.– Posted March 6, 2022 – G.D. & Mary Dillon – Iowa’s Banking Pioneers.– Posted March 2, 2022 – 1850’s – Surveying This New Land Called Iowa.– Edited & Re-Posted February 25, 2022 – Passing On Our Rich Boller Heritage.– Posted February 25, 2022 – Celebrating Boller Wedding Anniversaries.– Posted February 25, 2022 – Celebrating 200 Years – The 2016 Boller Road Trip.– Posted February 25, 2022 – Celebrating 200 Years – Restoring George F. Boller’s Grave Site.– Edited & Re-Posted February 25, 2022 – Martin J. Boller & Sandra E. Unrue.– Seventeen-page set – (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17)– Edited & Re-Posted February 25, 2022 – U of I Gathering Places.– Edited & Re-Posted February 25, 2022 – Mapping Out My Iowa – 1951.– Edited & Re-Posted February 25, 2022 – Growing Up in Mt. Pleasant – Old Threshers.– Edited & Re-Posted February 25, 2022 – Henry County to Iowa City – The Red Ball Route.– Edited & Re-Posted February 10, 2022 – The Daily Iowan – The Newspaper For Hawkeyes.– Edited & Re-Posted February 7, 2022 – George E. Boller & Dixie L. Boyer.– Fourteen-page set – (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14)– Edited & Re-Posted January 26, 2022 – Waldo E. Boller & Olive A. Hulme.– Six-page set – (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)– Edited & Re-Posted January 23, 2022 – Daniel J. Boller & Barbara Miller.– Five-page set – (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)– Posted January 20, 2022 – Boller Furniture Company – Wayland’s Finest For 45 Years – Generation Two.– Edited & Re-Posted January 16, 2022 – Iowa’s Music Man – Meredith Willson.– Edited & Re-Posted January 13, 2022 – Jacob B. Boller & Catharine Smucker.– Five-page set – (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)– Edited & Re-Posted January 7, 2022 – George F. Boller & Elizabeth Zook.– Six-page set – (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)– Posted January 3, 2022 – The Boller Furniture Company – Wayland’s Finest For 45 Years – Generation One.– Posted January 1, 2022 – Iowa City Breweries – 1880’s: In Heaven There Is No Beer.– Posted January 1, 2022 – Iowa City Breweries – The Beers That Made Milwaukee Jealous.Posted December 23, 2021 – Iowa City’s Bell Keeper – Herb Gartzke.Edited & Re-Posted December 23, 2021 – The Bells of Iowa City.Posted December 21, 2021 – Iowa City’s Historic Skyscrapers.Posted December 16, 2021 – Samuel J. Kirkwood – Iowa’s Civil War Governor.Edited & Re-Posted December 11, 2021 – The Bridges of Iowa City.Posted December 6, 2021 – Hannah Elizabeth Irish – Iowa City’s Business Entrepreneur.Posted December 2, 2021 – 40 Turn-of-the-Century Leaders Who Shaped Iowa City.Posted November 30, 2021 – St. Agatha’s of Iowa City – Breaking The Glass Ceiling.Posted November 23, 2021 – Frank “Kinney” Holbrook – Tipton’s Iron Man.Posted November 21, 2021 – The ‘Woke’ Abolitionist & Keeper Of The Fair.Posted November 16, 2021 – The Christmas Eve Santa Came To Iowa.Posted November 16, 2021 – Thomas Nast – The Father of Political Cartooning.Posted November 15, 2021 – Welcome To Salubria, Iowa!Posted November 12, 2021 – Alexander Levi – Dubuque’s Man Of Firsts.Posted November 10, 2021 – Rich Stories of Diversity Timeline.Posted November 9, 2021 – Clark + Clark + Cole = Equality in Education.Posted November 7, 2021 – T. S. Wilson – Dubuque’s Good Neighbor.Posted November 5, 2021 – Ralph + Wilson + Mason = The Road To Freedom.Posted November 2, 2021 – Coger + Beck + Miller = Liberty & Justice For All.Posted October 31, 2021 – The “Miss Tillie” Postcard Collection.Posted October 29, 2021 – Remembering Helen Lemme – Grinnell’s Golden Girl.Posted October 27, 2021 – Iowa’s Own Rocket Man – Dr. James Van Allen.Posted October 25, 2021 – May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You.Posted October 25, 2021 – The Big Show – Meredith Willson’s Big Stage.Posted October 23, 2021 – Old Capitol’s Stairway To Heaven.Posted October 21, 2021 – Meet Rose – Old Capitol’s 1876 Grand Steinway.Posted October 20, 2021 – When Old Capitol Was The New Capitol: 1841-1857.Posted October 19, 2021 – An Evening At The Movies – St. Louis – 1849.Posted October 14, 2021 – Our Hawkeye Sing-Along.Posted October 13, 2021 – The Wonderful World of SUI Colors – Black & Golden.Posted October 12, 2021 – Ozzie Simmons + Racial Targeting = Floyd of Rosedale.Posted October 11, 2021 – Iowa Homecoming: Hawkeye-Style.Posted October 6, 2021 – Remembering 1985 – Kinnick Stadium’s “Top-Five” Football Match-Up.Edited & Re-Posted October 3, 2021 – Iowa Celebrates: The Sesquicentennial.Posted October 3, 2021 – May 1989 – Iowa City Celebrates 150 Years!Posted October 1, 2021 – Honoring The U.S. Postal Service.Posted October 1, 2021 – Iowa Statehood Day – December 28th.Posted September 30, 2021 – On Iowa! Go Hawks! – Celebrating 175 Years!Posted September 27, 2021 – SUI Mascots – The Big Three.Posted September 23, 2021 – SUI’s Little Four Made One Big Contribution To Campus.Posted September 22, 2021 – On The Road to Statehood – Celebrating 175 Years!Posted September 19, 2021 – Cyrus Sanders – Setting The History Record Straight.Posted September 16, 2021 – Cyrus Sanders – My 1839 Iowa Adventure.Posted September 15, 2021 – Surveying the Life of Cyrus Sanders – Iowa City Pioneer.Posted September 14, 2021 – Johnson County Historical Resources.Posted September 12, 2021 – Johnson County Remembrance Markers.Posted September 11, 2021 – The Cy-Hawk Game – Iowa’s Super Bowl.Posted September 8, 2021 – Boerner & Sons – Iowa City’s Prussian Poppa of Pharmacy.Posted September 6, 2021 – H. D. Downey – Iowa City Esquire.Posted September 4, 2021 – Ancient Iowa – Exploring The Land.Edited & Re-Posted September 4, 2021 – Meskwaki People – True Native Iowans.Posted September 1, 2021 – Johnson County Remembrance Park.Edited & Re-Posted – August 28, 2021 – 1839 – The U.S. Mail Comes to Johnson County.Posted August 28, 2021 – Iowa City Stage Ready – 1840-1870.Posted August 26, 2021 – 1857 – A Capitol Moving Day.Posted August 25, 2021 – The Old Capitol Gem That Got Away.Posted August 24, 2021 – The Great Iowa City Circus Poster Mystery.Posted August 24, 2021 – When The Circus Came To Iowa City.Posted August 23, 2021 – Louis Englert – Iowa City’s Bavarian Beer Man.Edited & Re-Posted August 20, 2021 – Index of Stories.Posted August 20, 2021 – The Baileys & The Montgomery Ward Wish Book.Posted August 18, 2021 – Carrie C. Catt – Iowa’s Champion for Women’s Rights.Posted August 16, 2021 – George Washington Carver – Iowa’s Mr. Peanut.Posted August 15, 2021 – The Field of Dreams Game.Posted August 15, 2021 – 1838 to Today – Unity Through Diversity in Johnson County, Iowa.Posted August 14, 2021 – Simon Estes – From Centerville to Center Stage.Posted August 13, 2021 – Celebrating The Iowa State Fair.Posted August 13, 2021 – Karl L. King – Iowa’s March King.Posted August 12, 2021 – Grant Wood – Iowa’s Iconic Artist.Posted August 11, 2021 – W.P. Kinsella – Write It and They Will Come.Posted August 10,2021 – Old Capitol Iconic Moments – 100 Years Apart.Posted August 10, 2021 – The Iowa Award – 1951 to Today.Posted August 10, 2021 – Ding Darling & Herbert Hoover – Two Iowa Friends.Posted August 7, 2021 – Duke Slater – Iowa’s All-American Trailblazer.Posted August 6, 2021 – Rose Hill – Irish’s Woods.Posted August 6, 2021 – Iowa Newspapers – The Early Years.Posted August 6, 2021 – The Iowa City Newspaper Wars.Posted August 5, 2021 – Honoring James Alan McPherson.Posted August 1, 2021 – Let’s Go To City Park! (Part II)Posted August 1, 2021 – Let’s Go To City Park! (Part I)Posted August 1, 2021 – Signed Marybeth Slonneger’s Books for Sale.Posted August 1, 2021 – Making Elbow Room for a Pulitzer-Prize Winner.Posted July 29, 2021 – Marybeth Slonneger – Iowa City’s Artistic Historian.Posted July 22, 2021 – Walter Butler – A True Servant’s Heart.Announcement: Coming August 2, 2021 – “Did You Know? Blog Series.Posted July 20, 2021 – Tom Davis – Our Musical Mom.Posted July 18, 2021 – John F. Rague – Creator Of A Classic.Edited & Re-Posted July 18, 2021 – The Old Stone Capitol.Posted July 16, 2021 – Lyman Dillon – Plowing the Straight & Narrow.Edited & Re-Posted July 16, 2021 – On the Road to Iowa City.Posted July 13, 2021 – Ahoy, Frederick Irish – The Iowa City Sea Captain.Posted July 11, 2021 – Marching, Musical, High-Stepping Hawkeyes.Posted July 10, 2021 – Johnson County’s New Namesake – What a Lulu!Posted July 9, 2021 – Courting Johnson County.Posted July 8, 2021 – Clinton Street – Iowa City’s Center of Commerce.Posted July 5, 2021 – The Bells of Iowa City.Edited & Re-Posted July 5, 2021 – The Old Capitol Dome.Edited & Re-Posted July 5, 2021 – Inside Old Capitol.Posted July 3, 2021 – John Holladay – Hawkeye Artist at Heart.Posted July 1, 2021 – 1844 – The Drive to Statehood.Edited & Re-Posted June 30, 2021 – 1840’s -An Iowa City Pioneer.Posted June 25, 2021 – My Iowa – 1951.Posted June 23, 2021 – Nile Kinnick – Iowa’s Heisman Winner.Posted June 22, 2021 – The Wieneke Family – Iowa City’s Penny Postcard People.Posted June 15, 2021 – Our Iowa Heritage – A Chronological Index.Posted June 14, 2021 – The Mapping of Iowa City.Posted June 10, 2021 – Three Hundred Years of Iowa Maps.Posted June 4, 2021 – 1838 – Welcome to Iowa, Governor Lucas.Posted June 3, 2021 – Philip Clark – Johnson County’s Irish Settler.Posted June 1, 2021 – Iowa City’s Hum-Dinger of A Bell Story.Posted May 31, 2021 – Zebulon Pike & His Dam’d Rascals.Posted May 31, 2021 – Will The Real John Gilbert – Please Stand Up?Posted May 28, 2021 – Chief Poweshiek – The Roused Bear.Posted May 26, 2021 – Political Cartooning and The Rich Iowa Tradition.Posted May 25, 2021 – Captain Tom, Iowa City & The Red Devil Airship Click here for a complete INDEX of Our Iowa Heritage stories… Click here to join our new Facebook page! 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