How are New York, John Deere and the Erie Canal connected? Iowa History Journal has the answer!

The Iowa History Journal's January/February issue is available at stores across Iowa or by mail. Purchase a subscription for ...
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6 Unbelieveable Events In Iowa That Prove Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction

Also in 1879, the largest observed meteorite ever to hit North America fell to Earth in Estherville, Iowa. It weighed all of ...
Des Moines Register

Iowa History Month: How Iowa’s diverse history, communities have shaped its identity

Iowans make history. Some history makers, like Dowling Catholic point guard turned all-time great Hawkeye Caitlin Clark, are well-known. Others are lesser-known, such as Davenport resident Marion ...
The Gazette

Time Machine: Iowa City’s Centennial Building

In June 2025, the state announced the Centennial Building in Iowa City would close at the end of the month, with some of its ...
The Gazette

We could lose a piece of Iowa history

A view of a motorcycle race at the Johnson County fairgrounds on May 30, 1914 in Iowa City. (Frederick Wallace Kent/State Historical Society of Iowa Special Collections Iowa City) Buy Photo The ...
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Save Iowa group pushing to save materials from Iowa Historical Society with a petition, event

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - A group of Iowans came together to stop the removal of historical records and artifacts from the Iowa Historical Society’s Iowa City Research Center. Over 4,000 people have ...
Iowa City Press-Citizen

We could lose a piece of Iowa history | Letters

There’s power in remembering the past. That’s why families, schools, colleges, and friends hold reunions teeming with more old stories than there are mosquitoes on a hot Iowa evening. Those stories ...