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As we are ever-increasingly bombarded with assertions overt and implied that we as free citizens may not be sufficiently intelligent or able to determine our own destinies, and those of our fellows, perhaps we should return to the well and examine the thinking of one who went before. Controversial even in his day, Essayist Lysander Spooner examined eloquently and in detail why free persons, to remain free, must demand, retain and exercise their full powers as jurors. In this essay he examines in detail the interplay of relative powers of judges and common law jurors. An Essay on the Trial by Jury, Lysander Spooner
Military-Industrial
Complex Speech, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961
In this farewell speech President Eisenhower issued warning
concerning the peril to our freedoms which arises from our need for an
expanding military and industrial might:
“This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms
industry is new in the American experience. The total influence -- economic,
political, even spiritual -- is felt in every city, every State house, every
office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this
development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our
toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our
society.” Read
the entire speech.
THE GRAND JURY, George J. Edwards. An Online Treatise. History, Organization, Powers, and Duties of Grand Jurors.
VERDICTS OF CONSCIENCE: NULLIFICATION AND THE MODERN JURY TRIAL, By Arie M.
Rubenstein - Columbia Law Review (pdf file – allow time)
A HYPERTEXT OF AMERICAN HISTORY. Under “Documents” -
THE MAGNA CHARTA, THE FEDERALIST PAPERS, COMMON SENSE AND MANY
OTHER PAPERS FROM THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
GUN CONTROL
- A Study Concerning the History, Meaning and Intent of the Second Amendment - Right to Keep and Bear Arms Report. Subcommittee on the Constitution, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session, February 1982. (U.S. Government Printing Office).
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FEDERALIST PAPERS
THE ANTI-FEDERALIST PAPERS
Magna Charta (1215) – A Translation
Glossary of Medieval English Terms (Helpful in Reading the Magna Charta)
Books on the Common Law – Questia
Selections from Blackstone’s
Commentaries On The Laws of England
Cases and Materials on American Federalism
“Contact with Indians and their ways of ordering life left a
definite imprint on Franklin and others who were seeking, during the
pre-Revolutionary period, alternatives to a European order against which
revolution would be made. To Jefferson, as well as Franklin, the Indians had
what the colonists wanted: societies free of oppression and class stratification
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Forgotten
Founders, Bruce
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SOMETHING TO PONDER...
Judges Elected? Thirty-one states elect their judges. The rest “appoint”
them, including Iowa. In a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court decision
(Republican Party of Minnesota v. White), the Court ruled that Minnesota (an
election state) could not limit certain speech by a judicial candidate. Some
Justices imply that the manner of selection is a matter of state choice
and that Minnesota could change this by amending its Constitution. How would
that correlate with Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment, not under
consideration in that case? Doesn’t Section 2 require that for a state to have
continued representation in the Congress that the right to vote at any election
for its judicial officers shall not be denied? Ponder: Is Iowa, along with 18
other states, at serious risk of losing representation in Congress in the manner
in which their state judges are seated on the bench?
THE FOUNDERS’ CONSTITUTION. Hailed as "the Oxford English Dictionary of American constitutional history," the print edition of The Founders' Constitution has proved since its publication in 1986 to be an invaluable aid to all those seeking a deeper understanding of one of our nation's most important legal documents.
FAMOUS TRIALS (UMKC School of Law - Prof. Douglas Linder) contains accounts, maps, photos, transcript excerpts and other materials relating to over 44 famous trials, from Socrates, Jesus, Scopes, Aaron Burr, Leonard Peltier -- to OJ. It’s worth a visit!
ELDER LAW
Information on Laws
Concerning the Elderly, Especially
Those Considering Assisted Living, Long
Term or Nursing
Home Care.
Senior Health Insurance Information Program - Find answers to the important questions you have on Medicare, Medicare supplement insurance, long term care insurance, and other health insurance issues - State of Iowa Insurance Department. (Suggestion - Begin under "Fact Sheets")
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Assisted Living Directory - Free service for online advertising of
assisted living facilities large and small.
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RECIPES – COOKING
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THE COOK’S THESAURUS. Whoever heard of a Bintje (ben jee) potato? Is that the best potato for making French Fries? Can you get Bintje potatoes locally? Yes, you can, you just need to know what they are commonly called. What are definitions of meat cuts? What do morel mushrooms look like? Did you know that aluminum, copper, and iron cookware can react with acids in foods and alter their flavor and color? Is Imitation Vanilla Extract as good as the real thing? The Cook’s Thesaurus is much like a cooking encyclopedia. Definitions of food or utensils are accompanied by pictures and explanations. Wouldn’t it be handy to see a picture for each item? |
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RELIGION -- INFORMATION
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| Directory List of Iowa Churches | NEW AMERICAN BIBLE US. Conference of CATHOLIC BISHOPS |
VATICAN - The Holy See |
| Directory List of Iowa Synagogues | BIBLIA, ESPANOL, Buscar versiculo, Buscar palabra o frase | TORAH |
| Directory List of Iowa Mosques | La BIBBIA, ITALIANO, Brano della Bibbia | KORAN |
| BIBLE, ENGLISH, Passage lookup, Word search | BIBLE, FRANCAIS, Passage, Recherche | SEARCH the KORAN |
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David
Guttenfelder, Walkee, Iowa. Associated
Press Photographer. |
Randy Weaver, Jefferson, Iowa. The Federal Seige at Ruby Ridge by Randy & Sara Weaver Kurt Warner, born Burlington, Iowa, Educated Cedar Rapids, University of Northern Iowa |
Dr. Laurel Clark
Elijah
Wood, Cedar Rapids. Highly regarded star of the
movie “Lord of the Rings” |
INFORMATION ABOUT IOWA AND IOWANS
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Iowa Colleges and Universities
| University Name | University City | University Type |
| AIB College of Business | Des Moines | Community College |
| Allen College | Waterloo | Private |
| Briar Cliff University | Sioux City | Private |
| Buena Vista University | Storm Lake | Private |
| Central College | Pella | Private |
| Clarke College | Dubuque | Private |
| Clinton Community College | Clinton | Community College |
| Coe College | Cedar Rapids | Private |
| Cornell College | Mount Vernon | Private |
| Des Moines Area Community College | Ankeny | Community College |
| Dordt College | Sioux Center | Private |
| Drake University | Des Moines | Private |
| Ellsworth Community College | Iowa Falls | Community College |
| Emmaus Bible College | Dubuque | Private |
| Faith Baptist Bible College & Theological Seminary | Ankeny | Private |
| Graceland University | Lamoni | Private |
| Grand View College | Des Moines | Private |
| Grinnell College | Grinnell | Private |
| Hamilton College | Cedar Rapids | Private |
| Hawkeye Community College | Waterloo | Community College |
| Indian Hills Community College | Ottumwa | Community College |
| Iowa Central Community College | Fort Dodge | Community College |
| Iowa Lakes Community College | Emmetsburg | Community College |
| Iowa State University | Ames | Public |
| Iowa Valley Community College Grinnell | Grinnell | Community College |
| Iowa Wesleyan College | Mount Pleasant | Private |
| Iowa Western Community College | Council Bluffs | Community College |
| Kirkwood Community College | Cedar Rapids | Community College |
| Loras College | Dubuque | Private |
| Luther College | Decorah | Private |
| Maharishi University of Management | Fairfield | Private |
| Marshalltown Community College | Marshalltown | Community College |
| Mercy College of Health Sciences | Des Moines | Community College |
| Morningside College | Sioux City | Private |
| Mount Mercy College | Cedar Rapids | Private |
| Muscatine Community College | Muscatine | Community College |
| North Iowa Area Community College | Mason City | Community College |
| Northeast Iowa Community College | Calmar | Community College |
| Northwest Iowa Community College | Sheldon | Community College |
| Northwestern College | Orange City | Private |
| Saint Ambrose University | Davenport | Private |
| Scott Community College | Bettendorf | Community College |
| Simpson College | Indianola | Private |
| Southeastern Community College | West Burlington | Community College |
| Southwestern Community College | Creston | Community College |
| The Franciscan University | Clinton | Private |
| University of Dubuque | Dubuque | Private |
| University of Iowa | Iowa City | Public |
| University of Northern Iowa | Cedar Falls | Public |
| Upper Iowa University | Fayette | Private |
| Vennard College | University Park | Private |
| Waldorf College | Forest City | Community College |
| Wartburg College | Waverly | Private |
| Wartburg Theological Seminary | Dubuque | Private |
| Western Iowa Tech Community College | Sioux City | Community College |
| William Penn University | Oskaloosa | Private |
UnivSource.com
Your most comprehensive source for information on universities.
ABOUT IOWA EMPLOYMENT
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Iowa Workforce Development. “…providing good information to help people – whether workers, employers, students, parents, educators, economic development officials, Board members and other policy makers -- make good decisions.” |
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Career Builder – Find a Job | |
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– SOME MAJOR CORPORATIONS IN IOWA
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TRANSPORTATION IN IOWA
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IOWA ATHLETES
Bob Feller, Van Meter, Iowa. Member of the BASEBALL HALL OF FAME who set MAJOR LEAGUE RECORDS while a PITCHER for the CLEVELAND INDIANS.
Dan Gable, Waterloo, Iowa. Sometimes called the “BABE RUTH” of wrestling.
Frank Gotch, Humbolt, Iowa. Wrestled the WORLD CHAMPION WRESTLER, the “RUSSIAN LION”, George Hackenschmidt in 1908 to win the WRESTLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. Until his death in 1918, Gotch NEVER LOST A FALL, much less a match. He toured the United States and Canada meeting all comers, agreeing to throw them inside of 15 minutes or forfeit $100.00. Few, if any, collected.
SHAWN
JOHNSON, West Des Moines, ably competed in the 2008 Beijing Summer
Olympics, winning one Gold and three Silver Medals in Women’s Gymnastics,
and capturing the hearts of people all over the world with her winning smile
and determination.
LOLO JONES, a graduate of Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, (born 5
August 1982) is an American track and field athlete. She won three NCAA
titles and garnered 11 All-American honors while at LSU. She won indoor
national titles in 2007 and 2008 in the 60m hurdles, and won her first world
championship in 2008 in the same event. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Lolo
was favored to win the 100 meter hurdles. In the final, she was pulling away
from the pack when she clipped the 9th hurdle (of 10) and stumbled, breaking
stride to drop her back to a disappointing 7th-place finish. The mistake has
been compared numerous times to Gail Devers' famous fall in the same event
at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. What is noteworthy about Lolo are the
obstacles she cleared to get to the 2008 Olympics were a lot more formidable
than one 33-inch barriers she clipped.
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?board=1&id=2623382&thread=2623382
. See also her bio on Wickipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolo_Jones to discover that Lolo is
really “one class act” when you scroll down to her charitable contributions
made to Iowans and her other accomplishments in life.
IOWA AUTHORS
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Randy
Weaver, Jefferson, Iowa. Author of The Federal Seige at Ruby
Ridge
John M. Zeilinski,
Author of The Amish Across America
Dale Mastar, Author of The Energizer Twister Solution
Laura Ingalls Wilder, Burr Oak, Iowa. Author of Little House On The Prairie.
Mckinley
Kantor, Webster City Pultizer Prize winning Iowa
author who wrote Andersonville and Spirit Lake
Frederick Manfred, Doon, Iowa. Sports reporter and fiction writer. Author of many novels including Riders of Judgment. Biography Home Page
Phil Stong. Pittsburg, Iowa. Iowa author whose novel State Fair was adapted to the hit musical by Rogers and Hammerstein.
Max Allan Collins, Muscatine, Iowa – His many works include Road to Perdition, Windtalkers, Saving Private Ryan, In the Line of Fire. FOMAC January Magazine Interview
IOWA, A LITERARY LANDSCAPE - Collection of works of fiction (over 350) with Iowa as the setting.
JESSI WINCHESTER, Webster City,
author of “From Bordello to Ballot Box”, A First-hand Account of Legal
Prostitution and Political Corruption. Jessi wrote the book not as an expose',
but rather to inspire others who feel trapped by society's judgment to be all
they can be despite the obstacles they must overcome - and to show it can be
done. Jessi finished second in the primary election for U.S. House of
Representatives, and placed third in a field of nine for Lieutenant Governor
of Nevada. She is a prolific writer voicing thoughtful, meaningful commentary
on corruption in government, published nationally. On September 28, 2001,
immediately after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Jessi wrote a column and in it
she relates the dangers our liberty faces with passage of portions of the
Patriot Act. Jessi does not claim to be a “seer” or “prophet” but she
forecasted what the news would be in the future if that legislation was
passed, and she relied on history to make her intuitive and insightful points.
The threats to American liberty that Jessi anticipated in 2001 to result from
the Patriot Act became daily national and international news from then and
right through 2005. Go to:
JESSI WINCHESTER, Webster City, featured columnist for “Liberty for All” a free online news magazine.
STEVE DEACE is a talk radio host on WHO, Des Moines (Deace in the
Afternoon, M-F 4-7pm), with Steve commonly referred to as “... an equal
opportunity offender.” The people offended by Steve are run-of-the-mill
politicians in general, Republicans and Democrats alike, and especially
those politicians in favor of killing the most defenseless of all people,
the unborn. Steve is a published author, having written “WITHOUT A VISION
THE PEOPLE PERISH”, and the title says it all. Steve donates his book
royalties to Hope Missions in Des Moines. Information on the book may be
found on Steve’s web page.
Steve Allen, Attended
Drake University. ORIGINATED the TV TALK SHOW (“THE TONIGHT SHOW”) Comedian.
Musician. Prolific author and composer
Bix
Beiderbecke, Davenport,
Jazz musician from the Roaring 20’s who gained international reknown
Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Society
Johnny Carson, Corning, Iowa. As thirty-year host of “The Tonight Show” he entertained more people than any other performer in history.
Glenn Miller, Clarinda, Iowa
Birth Place Society
Swing Forever
William F. Cody “Buffalo Bill”, LeClaire, Iowa. PONY EXPRESS rider, stagecoach driver, civil war soldier and creater of the WILD WEST SHOW , including SITTING BULL and ANNIE OAKLEY. ORIGINATOR OF RODEO. CONGRESSIONAL METAL OF HONOR. He, GENERAL GEORGE CUSTER and SPOTTED TAIL were hosts to a buffalo hunt for GRAND DUKE ALEXIS of Russia in what is now HAYES COUNTY, NEBRASKA..
Click on the following links to learn more!
Cody
Wyoming - An Ox-Team Driver at age 11… Joined the Gold Rush to
Pikes Peak at 13
American
West - A meat supplier for the Kansas Pacific Railroad.
Started his Wild West Show.
Americas
Library - Created a lasting image of the American West
Roots
Web - With General Custer, hosted the Russian Grand Duke Alexis on a
spirited Buffalo Hunt in Hayes County, Nebraska.
PBS
The West - The West. Became a National Folk Hero by the Dime Novels
of the day. Read his autobiography online.
Photograph. Brig.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles and Buffalo Bill viewing hostile Indian camp near Pine
Ridge Agency, South Dakota." By Grabill, January 16, 1891.
Simon Estes, Centerville, Iowa. INTERNATIONAL OPERA STAR whose performances include roles by RICHARD WAGNER.
Cloris Leachman, Des Moines. Five EMMYS and OSCAR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS.
Jerry Mathers, Sioux City, Iowa, “The Beaver”. Star of the television show Leave It To Beaver.
Glenn Miller, Clarinda, Iowa. His GLENN MILLER BAND broke attendance records, and record sales records, in the Forties and was a major figure in the popular music of that era.
Daniel David Palmer, Davenport, Iowa. Pioneered CHIROPRACTIC MEDICINE. Founder of the PALMER COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC.
Ronald Reagan, Davenport and Des Moines, Iowa. Began his career as a radio sports announcer in Davenport, Iowa and then WHO radio in Des Moines
John Ringling, McGregor, Iowa. A founder of the RINGLING BROTHERS CIRCUS which became Barnum and Bailey. One of the RICHEST MEN IN THE WORLD prior to 1929. An art collector who held the largest private collection of paintings by PETER PAUL RUBENS. Founder of the RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART at Florida State University.
Lillian Russell, Clinton, Iowa. Internationally known singer and actress, also known for her relationship with Diamond Jim Brady.
Andy Williams, Wall Lake, Iowa. Internationally reknown singer, recording artist, entertainer who performed on the radio “IOWA BARN DANCE” show, and hosted his own television shows.
Grant
Wood, Anamosa, Iowa.
Best known for his painting, AMERICAN GOTHIC.
World's largest collection of works by Grant Wood - Cedar
Rapids Museum of Art
American Gothic House, Eldon, Iowa
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Directory List of Iowa Counties With Origin of Name
Iowa Orphan Train Project - 8,000 Homeless Orphans From New York Were Transported To Iowa to find new homes there.
Iowa University became FIRST LAW SCHOOL TO ADMIT
WOMEN in
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IOWA
INVENTORS, INNOVATORS AND SCIENTISTS
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Four Wheel Drive - Jesse F. Livingood, New Virginia
Gasoline Tractor, John Froelich, Froelich
John Vincent
Atanasoff, Iowa State University, Ames.
INVENTOR OF THE COMPUTER
Birth
of the Digital Computer
Inventor,
Problem-Solver and Inventor of the True Computer
E-Library
– Iowa State University
Norman E. Borlaug, Cresco Plant geneticist who was awarded the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE for his "GREEN REVOLUTION" in helping the people of India and Pakistan
George Washington Carver, Former slave educated in Iowa. Become an INTERNATIONALLY REKNOWN EDUCATOR, SCIENTIST and RESEARCHER
Wallace Carothers, Des Moines, Iowa. INVENTOR of NEOPREME and NYLON.
Invent.org Chemheritage.org PBS.org/ Entries
W. Edwards
Deming, Sioux City, Iowa. AUTOMOTIVE HALL OF FAME.
Renown author.
A
QUALITY CONTROL expert much HONORED IN JAPAN, the United States and worldwide.
Honored by the EMPEROR OF JAPAN. In his honor the
UNION OF JAPANESE SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS created THE DEMING PRIZE.
The Man and the Legend
Leadership Institute
Deming Web Site
George
Gallup, Jefferson, Iowa. Born
and educated in Iowa. Developed the GALLUP POLL used today to monitor the
PRESIDENTIAL CAUCUSES and to predict PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
"The smart money said Franklin D. Roosevelt couldn't win another term as president in
1936…. Gallup, though, had the last
laugh."
Dr. George Gallup
Lee de Forest, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Complete de Forest - Invented the prototype of the Vacuum Tube Making Radio Possible.
Lee de Forest received an Academy Award for Sound on Film Innovation
People and Discoveries - PBS
U.S. Early Radio History
- Thomas H. White
Robert
Noyce, Burlington, Iowa. Co-INVENTOR of the
INTEGRATED CIRCUIT OR MICROCHIP, considered to be the MOST IMPORTANT INVENTION
of the second half of the Twentieth Century. A founder of INTEL.
From the Cedar
Rapids Gazette
Iowa Inventor
- “Mayor of Silicon Valley”
James Van
Allen, Mount Pleasant, Iowa. PIONEERING SPACE
SCIENTIST at the State University of Iowa for whom the VAN ALLEN BELTS are
named. GOLD METAL FROM THE ROYAL
ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. NATIONAL METAL OF SCIENCE. CRAFOORD PRIZE from the KING OF
SWEDEN.
Nellie Verne Walker, Red OaK, Iowa. One of the outstanding women sculptors in America.
Jessie Field
Shambaugh, Shenandoah, Iowa. As a teacher she founded boys' and girls' clubs with a four-leaf clover as their symbol. This evolved with other clubs to become in l914 the national organization of the 4-H. Today, this organization is international.
Page County, Iowa. The home of 4-H.
"Famous Iowans"
The Des Moines Register
National 4-H Headquarters
Wilbur Wright
received part of his education in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, according
to a biography written by his brother Orville Wright, where the brothers became
fascinated with a toy given to them and which inspired them to eventually INVENT
the AIRPLANE.
Fred and Augie Duesenberg
- Early models were called the Mason Automobile. . "The five seater, two cylinder car, developing 24 horsepower, was first driven on the streets of Des Moines February 19, 1906. It was advertised as 'The Hill Climber' and to prove it, driven up the 47 steps of the state capitol building."
"Eddie Rickenbacker joined the racing team after the Indy 500 in 1913…."
Duesenberg Brothers Racing
Clyde Cessna, Hawthorne, Iowa - Founded Cessna Aircraft Company
Allstar
Cessna Racing Plane
IOWA ACTIVISTS
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JESSI WINCHESTER, Webster City, “With
our Constitution we should have a perfectly-run government, but sadly we do
not”, is Jessi Winchester’s message in her writings and her speaking on the
lecture circuit, on talk radio and TV. Jessi is an educator, teaching the
history of our Nation, pointing out that those in our government that fail to
take lessons from history are leading the country down the wrong path, and how
the “wrong path” affects you. In January 2006 Jessi published “
Carrie Chapman Catt, Charles City, Iowa. Together with SUSAN B. ANTHONY led the campaign on WOMEN’S RIGHT TO VOTE
John L.
Lewis, Lucas, Iowa. A most forceful, important
LABOR LEADER whose aggressive style brought him into confrontations with
industry leaders, Presidents, the Congress and even the Courts.
See Feature Article by Michael Adams , “King Coal”, in the The Iowan Magazine,
January/February, 2003 Issue. www.iowan.com
Labour Net Docks UMWA.org/ History
William Ashley (Billy) Sunday, Ames, Iowa. PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER for the CHICAGO WHITE SOX [then the “White Stockings”] who left baseball and became a REKNOWN EVANGELIST, who contributed greatly to the passage of PROHIBITION.
NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION was founded in Iowa. During the first quarter of the 20th century, twelve African-American pioneers with a mutual interest in, and dedication to justice and the civil rights of all, helped structure the struggle of the African-American race in America. George H. Woodson, S. Joe Brown, Gertrude E. Rush, James B. Morris, Charles P. Howard, Sr., Wendell E. Green, C. Francis Stradford, Jesse N. Baker, William H. Haynes, George C. Adams, Charles H. Calloway and L. Amasa Knox conceived the National Bar Association (NBA), formally organized in Des Moines, IA on August 1, 1925.
PUBLIC SERVANTS AND POLITICIANS
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General Grenville M. Dodge, Council Bluffs, Iowa. CIVIL WAR GENERAL sometimes called the “GREATEST RAILROAD BUILDER” who made Iowa his home
Wyatt
Earp, Pella, Iowa, Friend of DOC HOLLIDAY and BAT
MASTERSON.
This FAMOUS WESTERN
LAWMAN grew up on a farm in Iowa.
Wyatt
Earp Following
the shoot-out in TOMBSTONE, WYATT EARP and JOHN H. (DOC) HOLLIDAY were arrested
on murder charges. JUDGE WELLS
SPICER held a prolonged HEARING
made a detailed FINDING OF FACT ON EVENTS AT O.K. CORRAL.
Harry Hopkins, Sioux City, Iowa. Personal advisor to PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
Herbert Hoover, West Branch, Iowa. International MINING ENGINEER and FOOD ADMINISTRATOR who became PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Ronald Reagan, Davenport and Des Moines, Iowa. Began his career as a radio sports announcer in Davenport and Des Moines. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Henry A. Wallace, Orient, Iowa. Was an editor of Wallace’s Farmer, served as Secretary of Agriculture, was VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, and served as Secretary of Commerce. Helped form the PROGRESSIVE PARTY and ran against HARRY TRUMAN for President.
J.B.
West, Afton, Iowa CHIEF USHER at the WHITE HOUSE for
six PRESIDENTS.
A Directory List of Notable Iowa Persons who were born, educated, resident or buried in Iowa
A Directory List of Famous Iowans (with search)
Directory List of Cedar Rapids Gazette articles on Iowa’s contribution to the nation and the world
Directory List of Des Moines Register articles featuring famous Iowans
FAMOUS IOWA VISITORS AND EVENTS
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"Iowa was visited by an extra-terrestrial"
FORMATION of the REPUBLICAN PARTY, Crawfordsville, Iowa, began with a private meeting February of 1854.
Lewis and Clarke visited Iowa
Floyd’s
Bluff, Iowa. “Sergeant Floyd died with a great deal of composure. Before
his death, he said to me, ‘I am going away-I want you to write me a letter.’
We buried him on the top of the bluff a half mile below a small river to which
we gave his name.” Journals of Lewis and Clark, August 20, 1804.
Table of Contents to the Journals by the University of Virginia.
Lewis and Clark spent several weeks traveling north along the west edge of Iowa
in 1804.
On September 4, 1806, they stopped at Floyd’s Bluff to visit the grave on
their way home.
Sargeant Floyd died in Iowa, Floyd’s Bluff near Sioux
City
Delicious Apple, Peru, Iowa. Scions from this unusual tree
circled the earth.
Abraham Lincoln
visited Iowa
Harry Truman
visited Iowa
Pope John Paul II
visited Iowa
Sullivan
Brothers – Naval Historical Center
Directory
List of Sullivan Brothers Sites - Waterloo Public Library, Waterloo, Iowa
Antonin Dvorak composed in Iowa, Spillville, Iowa
The Kensington Runestone
– Information and Analysis
Visit the Viking Answer Lady.
Frank Lloyd Wright visited Iowa and designed some homes
here.
Frank Lloyd Wright House in Mason City,
in
Quasqueton,
James Shields
died at Ottumwa, Ia., June 1,1879, while on a lecture tour. Shields was a Civil War General and had served in the United States Senate from three different states.
Although they later became friends, he and Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1842, traveled to Missouri for the purpose of fighting a duel.
Lincoln's Biggest Mistake
Lincoln's Forgotten Duel
Buddy Holly
visited Iowa. His last performance was at the Surf Ballroom at Clear Lake.
Bonnie and Clyde visited Dexter, Iowa
John Dillinger visited Iowa - Mason City History
Cardiff
Giant, Fort Dodge, Iowa. AMERICA’S GREATEST HOAX
was hatched in Ackley and the
GYPSUM quarried near Fort Dodge.
Spirit Lake Massacre, Spirit Lake, Iowa. . Pioneers massacred and kidnapped. Focus of McKinley Cantor’s HISTORICAL NOVEL, Spirit Lake.
Jesse James visited Adair, Iowa
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation,
Was created partially in response to the
FAMOUS CRIME, the
Unsolved AX MURDERS, Villisca, Iowa.
IOWA ARTS
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A Directory List of Iowa Symphony Web pages.
Local Iowa Bands
(Listen Online)
Index Case - Metal Band
from Indianola
Slipknot - Heavy
Metal Band from Des Moines
Retrograde Basscore
- Metal Band from Des Moines
Directory List of Iowa Art Museums
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| Iowa Arts Council Des Moines Art Center Des Moines Annual Arts Festival, Des Moines, Iowa. Now ranked fifth in the nation (up from seventh!). 150 Artists from 33 states attended last year. View the Des Moines Arts Festival Gallery Iowa Arts Festival, Iowa City, Iowa. June Annual Arts Fair Featuring Over 100 Artists. Iowa Women Artists – Oral History Project |
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Visit a Contemporary Iowa Artist (Allow time for download) Jackson’s International Auctioneers of Fine Arts and Antiques, Cedar Falls Writers’ Workshop, University of Iowa, the first CREATIVE WRITING DECREE program in a U.S university. 35 PULITZER PRIZE Winners with ties to the Writers’ Workshop, including TENNESSEE WILLIAMS |
THINGS TO DO OR SEE IN IOWA
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National
Register of Historical Places - Iowa
Planning a Trip in or to Iowa? Ettractions
lists some Iowa places of interest.
Red Rock Area, Marion County, Knoxville, Iowa.
Dubuque, Iowa. Cruise on a Mississippi Paddle wheeler. Go sightseeing. Enjoy the fall foliage. Some cruises include dinner on the Mississippi.
Keokuk Iowa. Where history, Mississippi River beauty & Victorian charm await! Experience the Battle of Pea Ridge Reenactment. Visit the National Cemetery. See the Museum Home of Justice Samuel F. Miller. Visit Riverboat Museum.
River Bend, Fort Madison, Iowa and Nauvoo, Illinois. Historic Fort Madison, Joseph Smith Historic Center (in Illinois).
Annual Nordic Fest, Decorah, Iowa. Celebrate the Scandinavian heritage.
Music Man Square, Mason City, Iowa. This multi-million dollar complex adjoins the Meredith Willson Boyhood Home in Mason City, Iowa -- Meredith's hometown and his model for River City in The Music Man.
Steam Boat Days, Burlington, Iowa
Sturgis Falls Celebration, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Visitors can meander through four parks enjoying a wide variety of music and entertainment and not have to spend one penny.
Jackson County, Maquoketa, Iowa.
National Farm Toy Museum. Dyersville, Iowa
Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville, Iowa. One of only 41 minor basilicas in the United States, this twin-spired church with 64 windows is one of the finest examples of Gothic architecture in the Midwest. The Basilica underwent a $700,000 restoration in 2001.
“Field of Dreams” Movie Site. Dyersville, Iowa.
Madison County, Winterset, Iowa. Covered Bridge Festival. Home to the Novel and Movie.
Mid America Air Museum, Sioux City, Iowa. Full size aircraft on display including a German Messerschmitt ME 208 and an Ornithopter designed by Leonardo DeVinci in 1487
Vintage Aircraft Museum, Greenfield, Iowa. The museum has eleven civil aircraft on display, including some rare examples of early flying machines from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. The Iowa Aviation Hall of Fame
Buffalo Bill Birthplace, Scott County, Davenport, Iowa
The Mines of Spain, Dubuque, Iowa. National Historic Landmark where Julien Dubuque is buried. Native Americans mined lead here, and established settlements dating back as far as 8,000 years. Here fur trading was done and lead was mined for the Civil War.
Avoca Music Festival. Avoca, Iowa. Pioneer music, arts, crafts and food. Held annually the week before Labor Day … Now in it's 27th year, it boasts seven days of old-time and traditional acoustic music performed on ten different stage. Over 600 performers of acoustic old-time music on over 250 scheduled programs.
AMISH IN IOWA
The Amish Community. Amanas, Iowa. At the time of the Reformation religious sects believing in adult baptism developed. They were called the Anabaptists and fled to Switzerland and Southern Germany because of persecution. From these, Menno Simons became a spiritual leader of a group whose followers are called “Mennonites”. Later, followers of Jacob Amman split from the Mennonites to become the “Amish”. William Penn gave them sanctuary.
Questions
and Answers About the Amish. “What
is an Amish Wedding Like?”
“Origins of the Old Order Amish”
Excerpts from the Defense
Brief in Wisconsin v. Yoder in the U.S. Supreme Court.
More about the Amish - Amish Across America
Okoboji, Iowa’s Great Lakes Region. WATER RECREATION.
Arnold’s Park, Amusement Part and More
Bertrand Sternwheeler Steam Ship, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Steam STERNWHEELER Sank in 1865 laden with CARGO of 250 TONS of 19th CENTURY ARTIFACTS perfectly preserved and on display.
DeSoto Bend National Wildlife Refuge, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Migratory Fowl, BIRDWATCHING.
Gardner Cabin, Spirit Lake, Iowa. Site of the SPIRIT LAKE MASSACRE.
Grotto of the
Redemption, West Bend, Iowa.
RELIGIOUS SHRINE.
Hotel Pattee, Perry, Iowa
Some time ago when the Governor of Iowa was hosting some visiting
Governors he took them to the Hotel Pattee. One visit shows you why. An elegant 19th century
hotel recently restored. Also, visit the Iowa artist who was
commissioned to do some the art
work at the Hotel (Allow time for download)
DANISH IMMIGRANT MUSEUM, Elk Horn, Iowa. VICTOR BORGE PIANO
DANISH WINDMILL, Elk Horn, Iowa
THE FORT MUSEUM, Fort Dodge, Iowa
HAUSBARN, Manning, Iowa. Three hundred year old THATCHED
GERMAN BARN moved from Germany.
WOODLAND MOUNDS, Indianola, Iowa.
EARTHEN MOUNDS built by the WOODLAND INDIANS
for BURIAL or RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES 1000 to 3000 years ago.
Who were these ancient Iowans who buried their
members in earthen mounds? How
did they live? How did the
Indians make their arrowheads from stone?
State
Archaeologist
Mark and Gary’s Great Tractor Ride
ANNUAL MESKWAKI INDIAN POW WOW, Tama, Iowa
THE OFFICIAL IOWA TOURISM WEB SITE
BOONE SCENIC VALLEY
RAILROAD,Boone, Iowa.
CHINESE STEAM ENGINE
LARGE PHOTO (Allow time for download)
ICE CREAM CAPITAL OF THE WORLD, LeMars, Iowa
LITTLE BROWN CHURCH IN THE VALE, Nashua, Iowa
TULIP
TIME, Pella, Iowa.
LARGE PHOTO FROM TULIP TIME
(Allow time for download)
TULIP
TIME, Orange City, Iowa.
NATIONAL CZECH AND SLOVAK MUSEUM AND LIBRARY
AMERICAN CZECH EDUCATIONAL CENTER
DIRECTORY LIST OF SLOVAK CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE U.S.
Visit Some Iowa Cities Today
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An Iowa village whose illicit product was renown all over the Midwestern United States
Amana Colonies. See the AMISH way. Fine dining.
Old Threshers
Reunion. Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
STEAM POWER SHOW. Working exhibits. Antique tractors, small engines and
machinery. Steam museum.
Albert City Threshermen
and Collectors Show
Heritage Park
of North Iowa. Webster City, Iowa. Features the history of rural life.
Grain
threshing, log sawing, plowing, ensilage cutting, oat hulling, shingle making,
cord wood sawing, horsepower testing, corn shredding, corn binding, baling,
lumber planing, rock crushing, feed grinding, corn shelling, rope making, ice
cream making and much more.
Their extensive links page
takes you to
antique tractor, logging, rail and similar sites around the world!
Effigy Mounds National Monument. Indian Burial mounds.
Science Center of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.
Directory List of Air Museums, State, Canadian, World.
Salisbury House. Des Moines, Iowa. ENGLISH MANSION disassembled and brought to Iowa. Art objects and collection.
Home to the WORLD FOOD PRIZE
To Discover Who Gave Us Many Of The Foods We Eat
Visit “New
World Foods”
The Story of Corn
Chief Blackhawk's Narrative
About Indian Life and Corn
CAMP
ALGONA, Algona, Iowa
PRISONER OF WAR CAMP DURING WORLD WAR II
SOME WERE MOVED FROM ALGONA TO MOORHEAD
GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR AT
JANESVILLE, Janesville, Iowa
LIVING IN IOWA – SIDEROADS – DIRECTORY LIST OF PLACES TO SEE
National Balloon Museum, Indianola, Iowa. Also, host to HOT AIR BALLOONING events.
Living History Farms, Des Moines, Iowa. Working outdoor exhibit. Featuring various eras of living on the land.
Quad City Air Show, Davenport, Iowa
Polka Fest, Durant, Iowa
Nordic Fest, Decorah, Iowa
Blank Park Zoo, Des Moines, Iowa
Lakeside Casino Resort, Osceola, Iowa
Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino, Altoona, Iowa
Iowa Renaissance Faires and Festivals Directory and
Marketplace
Women in Renaissance History
Okoboji University. Iowa Great Lakes. This well-known university’s administrative office is located on the same street as the trading floor of the NASDAQ!!!
AUDITORIUMS AND COLISEUMS IN IOWA
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CALENDAR, ATHLETICS, CONCERTS, THEATER
BURLINGTON MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM, PORT OF BURLINGTON, Burlington, Iowa
CIVIC CENTER OF GREATER DES MOINES.
COE COLLEGE, SINCLAIR AUDITORIUM, DOWS AUDITORIUM, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
HOYT SHERMAN PLACE, Des Moines, Iowa
KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, BALLANTYNE HALL, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
IOWA STATE
CENTER, Ames, Iowa
HILTON
COLISEUM, Ames, Iowa
STEPHENS
AUDITORIUM, Ames, Iowa
SCHEMAN CONFERENCE
BUILDING, Ames, Iowa
FISHER THEATER, Ames,
Iowa
HANCHER
AUDITORIUM, Iowa City, Iowa
Its Like Athens With a Really Big Mall,
IOWA CITY AND CORALVILLE, Iowa
CORAL
RIDGE MALL
POLK COUNTY CONVENTION COMPLEX, Des Moines, Iowa
RIVER CENTER, ADLER THEATER, Davenport, Iowa
SIOUX CITY AUDITORIUM, CONVENTION CENTER, Sioux City, Iowa
U.S. CELLULAR CENTER – FIVE SEASONS, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
VETERANS MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM ARENA, Des Moines, Iowa
WATERLOO CONVENTION AND VISITORS CENTER
DOG, CAT, HORSE, PET ASSOCIATIONS
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DIRECTORY LIST OF BREEDERS – DOGS, CATS, RABBITS, HORSES, CATTLE
HORSES - STABLE AND RIDING INFORMATION – RIDE IOWA.
AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION
INTERNATIONAL COLORED APPALOOSA ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL THOROUGHBRED RACING ASSOCIATION
THOROUGHBRED OWNERS AND BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
SPORTS IN IOWA
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| Sports Teams in Iowa Iowa Hawkeye Sports, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Iowa Cyclone Sports, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa UNI Panther Sports, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa Drake Bulldog Sports, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa InterMat Wrestling Links to Other Wrestling Sites – State, National, International, Associations |
Professional Baseball in Iowa Iowa Cubs Baseball Professional Football in Iowa Des Moines Buccaneers Hockey Directory List of Midwest Hockey League Arenas Directory List Iowa Boxing Gyms International Wrestling Museum, Newton. Iowa. Ragbrai Bicycle ride across Iowa Iowa - Home of Record Whitetail Deer Whitetail.com Boone & Crockett Club |
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Auto Racing
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| Iowa Race Track News Knoxville Raceway – Sprint car Capital of the World Warren County Figure 8 Track |
Directory List of Speedways in Iowa National Hawkeye Racing News |
Horse Racing
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| Prairie Meadows Race Track |
Directory List of U.S. Thoroughbred Race Tracks Directory List of North American Thoroughbred Race Tracks |
Harness Racing
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Iowa Harness Racing
Rodeo
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Rodeo, Williamsburg, Iowa (founder) Plays the Midwest, including Iowa. Rodeo, Sidney, Iowa |
Rodeo, Dayton, Iowa Tri-State Rodeo, Ft. Madison, Iowa |
SPORTING ASSOCIATIONS
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The Burlington Zephyr run from Denver to the Chicago World's
Fair -
The Independent
"A train unlike anything ever seen on rails pulled out of Denver's Union Station at dawn on May 26, 1934, and raced eastward . . . .
The goal was to make the longest and swiftest land run in history -- destination Chicago by nightfall. To achieve that goal, the train would have to cover 1,015 miles in less than 15 hours, requiring an average speed of nearly 70 miles per hour. But the first leg of the trip would require a breaking-in period that would hold the speed to 50 mph. Time would have to be made up on the remainder of the route."
Museum of Science and
Industry.
"Passenger traffic along the entire route was sidetracked. Freight trains also were tied up. Switches were spiked to prevent tampering. At each station, where crowds were gathered to see the silver king of transportation speed through, the track was guarded by local law officers, posts of the American Legion and Boy Scouts."
Backtracking
Taylor County, Blockton, Iowa. Stories of Early History. From Mrs. Ledgerwood’s Story, “In the early days they did not have matches – just flint rock and tow to make a fire. In April one year the fire went out so mother sent my sister and I to a neighbor’s to get some fire. My sister fell and spilled the fire in the dry grass and then we had to do some running…. The fire we set was terrible as everything was dry and the grass was four or five feet high, and a high wind was blowing.” (about 1853).
Mrs Kennett’s Story, Greene County.
Early History of Audubon County
History
by County
History Sites
National Register of
Historic Places
Search - Find IOWA locations in the National Register
Information System
Mormons in Iowa
Along the Mormon Trail In 1846 the PITT BRASS BAND was traveling with the Brigham Young Party and was invited to play for the locals in Keosauqua when they stopped. They played concerts by the Van Buren County Courthouse, which is still in use today. 15,000 people passed through in one year. It was required that they have certain supplies. See the list.
The most famous of all Latter-day hymns, “Come, Come, Ye Saints”, was written by William Clayton on the banks of Locust Creek near what is now Corydon, April 15, 1846. Brigham Young succeeded Joseph Smith as leader in Council Bluffs in 1847.
Mormon Trail School District did this study. Read Mormon diaries. View their history.
Explore Iowa’s Historic Mormon Trails.
LDS World. Researched Journals From March 23, 1846 through April 8, 1846. With Brigham Young at the Chariton River Camp, Shoal Creek Camp, Locust River and Hickory Grove Camp in Iowa. The Mormons just out of Nauvoo get organized for their big trek to Salt Lake City.
Travel Across Iowa on the OLD LINCOLN HIGHWAY. Visit the POSTCARD GALLERY for each County and view PICTURES FROM IT’S PAST
Read an IOWA SOLDIER’S LETTERS home from the CIVIL WAR.
Follow the Fifth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry during the Civil War - History, Battles, Roster.
Chief
Black Hawk Autobiography
“In passing
through Georgia I had determined to visit the once obscure little village that
in 1864 suddenly acquired a notoriety that will live—associated with all that
is most horrible in the world's records of ‘man's inhumanity to man’—as
long as time lasts”. Iowa and Anderson Ville, Hon. B.F. Gue, Iowa State
Register. Annals
of Iowa, July, 1884. Iowa
State Historical Society.
Iowa-born author McKinley Kantor was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for
his novel
Andersonville.
Who was this man, Chief Keokuk? Judge J.M. Casey wrote of him:
"While Keokuk
was not a Lee County man, I have often seen him here. He was an
individual of distinguished mark; once seen would always be remembered. It was
not necessary to be told that he was a chief, you would at once recognize him as
such, and stop to admire his deportment…. But it is a conceded fact, by all the early settlers who know
him, that Keokuk possessed, in a prominent degree, the elements of
greatness"”
Dragoon Trace (trail) in Ringgold County. Down this road on September 10, 1845 Chief Keokuk led his people on their exodus from Iowa.
Map of the Western Military Frontier, June, 1845, through the River des Moines. In 1836, commissioners including Col. Zachary Taylor, were authorized to lay out boundaries dividing the Indians and Settlers.
Visit Historic Villisca
“Sometime during the night of June 9, 1912 a
killer or killers unknown, entered the home of Josiah B. Moore. Bludgeoned to
death were Joe, his wife Sara, their four children and two neighbor girls, Lena
and Ina Stillinger, who were visiting overnight. Known ever since as the
Villisca axe murders, this is easily the most notorious crime in Iowa history. . . .”
Coroner’s Inquest. Read the testimony of witnesses called right after
the event.
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