May 1, 1839 – Chauncey Swan & The Beginnings of Iowa City
May 1, 1839 – The Midnight Ride of Philip Clark
May 1, 1895 – Marshall & Koser – Hardware, Buggies and Bicycles
May 2, 1855 – Mississippi & Missouri Railroad, (2)
May 2, 1890 – Forest City meteor
May 3, 1932 – Rex the ROTC Dog, (2)
May 4, 1839 – Iowa City Beginnings, (2)
May 4, 1959 – Meredith Willson’s Grammy
May 5, 1841 – Coast & Sons, (2)
May 6, 1856 – Rock Island Railroad Bridge
May 6, 1897 – Iowa State Flower – The Wild Rose
May 6, 1935 – The WPA & Iowa City
May 7, 1935 – Iowa Highway Patrol
May 7, 1944 – The CRANDIC’s #120
May 7, 1973 – Robert Lucas’ Plum Grove
May 8, 1689 – Explorer Nicholas Perrot
May 8, 1975 – Lolly Parker Eggers, (2)
May 9, 1880 – Iowa City’s first physician – Dr. Henry Murray, (2)
May 10, 1869 – Transcontinental Railroad, (2), (3)
May 11, 1836 – Du Buque Visitor
May 11, 1921 – George E. Boller, (2)
May 11, 2000 – Mayor Emma J. Harvat house
May 12, 1869 – Rock Island Railroad, (2)
May 13, 1839 – Johnson County District Court, (2)
May 13, 1907 – Iowa City’s H.S. Fairall
May 14, 1878 – Lewis A. Clearman – Special Deputy Marshall
May 14, 1897 – The Wild Rose Of Iowa
May 15, 1791 – Author Isaac Galland
May 15, 1856 – The Iowa Land Bill & Railroads
May 15, 1895 – Iowa City Brick Streets
May 16, 1938 – Iowa City Airport
May 16, 1977 – Old Capitol Restoration, (2)
May 17, 1839 – Naming Iowa City, (2)
May 17, 1853 – Peter A. Dey & Grenville M. Dodge
May 18, 1902 – Meredith Willson, (2), (3)
May 18, 1925 – Norse-American USPS Celebration
May 19, 1846 – Constitutional Convention, (2)
May 20, 1861 – U.S. Postage Stamps
May 20, 1970 – Rock Island Railroad, (2)
May 21, 2024 – Saving The Slezak, (2)
May 22, 1850 – Washington Monument
May 22, 1933 – Iowa’s Eastern Goldfinch
May 22, 1937 – Iowa City Press-Citizen
May 23, 1941 – Meredith Willson First Pop Song, (2)
May 24, 1859 – Iowa City Tornado, (2), (3)
May 25, 1915 – Judge Emlin McClain
May 25, 2016 – Iowa City Streets
May 26, 1858 – Iowa City’s First Murder Mystery
May 26, 1859 – Iowa City Tornado
May 27, 1985 – Weber’s Memorial Day Walk
May 27, 2021 – Downtown Iowa City
May 28, 1942 – U.S. Navy Pre-flight School, (2)
May 28, 1966 – Saving Iowa City’s Old Brick
May 29, 1846 – Barnes-Crowley House
May 29, 1965 – The Mayflower Inn, (2)
May 30, 1868 – Iowa’s First Memorial Day, (2)
May 30, 1953 – CRANDIC Last Run, (2)
May 31, 1970 – Last Rock Island Passenger Train, (2)
May 31, 2026 – Last Rock Island Passenger Train
May 24, 2026 – Iowa Memorial Union
May 17, 2026 – Iowa City Press-Citizen
May 10, 2026 – W.P. Kinsella – Shoeless Joe
May 4, 2026 – Iowa City’s 187th Birthday
May 3, 2026 – Marking Iowa City With A Surveyor’s Wooden Slab
May 25, 2025 – Deputy Marshal L.A. Clearman’s Home
May 18, 2025 – Iowa’s Music Man – Meredith Willson
May 11, 2025 – George E. Boller
May 4, 2025 – Locating the Capitol 1839 by Mildred Pelzer
May 26, 2024 – Louis Englert – Iowa City Bavarian Beer Man
May 19, 2024 – Rose – The 1876 Steinway Grand Piano
May 12, 2024 – M&M Locomotive – Antoine Le Claire
May 5, 2024 – Iowa City’s 185th Birthday
May 28, 2023 – The Pastime Theatre – 205 College Street.
May 21, 2023 – Meredith Willson – Till There Was You.
May 14, 2023 – Iowa – As It Would Have Been.
May 7, 2023 – The Mapping of Iowa City – 1832 To Today.
May 4, 2025 – Happy Birthday, Iowa City – May 4, 1839.
