#History of Iowa

[cowboyjen68]

Stopped by this restored gas station in small town Iowa. Met the owner Dave and learned some local and Texaco history.

[vintagecamping]

Hiking down a back road in Western Iowa corn country looking for a place to camp.

Monona County

1940

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

[yeoldenews]

(source: The Ottumwa Tri-Weekly Courier, December 13, 1913.)

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UP train, engine number 9008, engine type 4-12-2 Westbound freight train; 66 cars, 12 MPH. Photographed: near Council Bluffs, Ia., May 29, 1938.

[lonestarbattleship]

USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) underway.

Photographed sometime between 1943 and 1944.

United States. Navy, “Iowa class battleship,” Digital Collections, accessed November 24, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/18217

[meeedeee]

"University of Iowa writers cite fan fiction as inspiration to pursue creative writing

A lot of students don’t know that the University of Iowa is a hub of fan fiction,” Balestrieri said.

The Organization for Transformative Works, the parent company of Archive of Our Own, has partnered with the UI since 2009 to form a preservation alliance. The UI provides a physical space for the OTW to house its historic collections of fanzines and fandom content.

“Through our partnership with the [OTW], we’ve received hundreds of collections of historic fan fiction,” he shared.

A large portion of fandom content is novels, stories, and fanzines. However, fan art is an equally important entry in fan content archives."

https://dailyiowan.com/2024/01/23/ui-writers-cite-fan-fiction-as-inspiration-to-pursue-creative-writing/

[blueiscoool]

13,600-Year-Old Mastodon Skull Found in Iowa Creek

The Office of the State Archaeologist and the Iowa Archeological society said it’s the first-ever well-preserved mastodon that has been excavated in the state.

The nonprofit said radiocarbon dates indicate the mastodon is about 13,600 years old.

The site where the excavation took place is an eroding creek bank in Wayne County that was first brought to the OSA’s attention in 2022.

Staff with the OSA said they worked with local community members to recover the mastodon bones.

The OSA said it plans to further examine the bones to determine if there is any evidence of human activity.

Conservation and analysis is expected to be completed at the University of Iowa. Then the bones will become part of a new exhibit at the Prairie Trails Museum.

The excavation was funded by the Wayne County Foundation and donations made to the Prairie Trails Museum of Corydon.

[rythyme]

please read this article about this 70s drag king from iowa who co-founded the sisters of perpetual indulgence

her drag king intro:

she "borrowed" real nun habits for a local drag show

based tbh

[iuiciowa]

“Black faces in high places will not save us”

#DailyBread #BibleVisuals #Bible #Scriptures #IUIC #Israelites

[down4caitlin]

That’s goat stuff man

[vintagecamping]

A group poses at the newly christened Backbone State Park.

Iowa

1921

[rabbitcruiser]

Iowa was admitted as the 29th U.S. state on December 28, 1846.  

[importantwomensbirthdays]

Ada Hayden

Botanist and preservationist Ada Hayden was born in 1884 near Ames, Iowa. In 1918, Hayden became the first woman to earn a doctorate from Iowa State College, now known as Iowa State University. She an Instructor in Botany, and later became an Assistant Professor of Botany at the university and curator of the herbarium. During her time at Iowa State, Hayden added over 40,000 specimens to the herbarium. She also researched Iowa's prairies and advocated for their preservation. Hayden was on the conservation committee of the Iowa Academy of Science, and was ultimately responsible for the formal preservation of 26 remnant prairies.

Ada Hayden died in 1950. The Hayden Prairie State Preserve was named in her honor.

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UP train, engine number 9052, engine type 4-12-2 Train #72, eastbound freight train; 23 cars. Photographed: near Council Bluffs, Ia., May 29, 1938.

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"Barbette of 16 inch gun on board USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62). Gunners packing in bags of powder which will fire the huge shell already in gun."

Photographed by Lt. Comdr. Charles Fenno Jacobs in November 1944.

NARA: 080-G-469993

Photo colorized by Jecinci: link