#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.

[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

[down4caitlin]

That’s goat stuff man

[lonestarbattleship]

USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) at Philadelphia Navy Yard, showing radar installations.

Photographed on July 8, 1943.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 64662

[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.

[yeoldenews]

Who knew it was possible to combine a Dear Santa letter and a profound spiritual crisis?

(source: The Sioux City Journal, December 25, 1902.)

[20th-century-railroading]

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.

[revoltedstates]

Private Glocus P. Crosby, 38th & 34th Iowa Infantry. Via Iowa Civil War Images.

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Statement on Woman's Rights from an Iowa Woman

Record Group 46: Records of the U.S. Senate Series: Petitions and Related Documents That Were Presented, Read, or Tabled File Unit: Petitions and Memorials, Resolutions of State Legislatures, and Related Documents which were Presented, Read, or Tabled during the 65th Congress

This statement, printed by the Iowa Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage and signed by a woman from Dubuque, Iowa, asks Congress to oppose the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. It lists the rights that women have and why they do not need the vote, including that it would be a burden and would be "demoralizing to our government and our womanhood."

[handwritten] We Women Opposed to Woman Suffrage would appreciate your standing by us and opposing the Anthony Amendment. [/handwritten] Woman's Rights THERE is one point on which the suffragists and anti-suffragists can agree,--that is, being free American citizens and intelligent human beings, we are entitled to equal [italics] rights [/italics] with men. We have a [italics] right [/italics] to put on men's clothing; we have a [italics] right [/italics] to ask men in marriage; we have a [italics] right to become soldiers and fight on the field for our country; we have a [italics] right [/italics] to work in coal mines, or in constructive building. We have a [italics] right [/italics] to enter the political field and demand a place in our congressional halls. We have a [italics] right [/italics] to aspire even to be elected President of the United States. For are we not as intelligent as men, and entitled to [italics] equal rights [/italics] with them? But being [italics] women [/italics] and not men, we, the large majority of the women of our country, claim the [italics] right [/italics] to keep our own identity and the [italics] right [/italics] not to have a political life thrust upon us. This is so much vital work for women to do in this world of ours, that no [italics] man [/italics] can do, that we have the [italics] right [/italics] to call for a division of labor. We are the Mothers of all the men, and to a large extent have the making and molding of their characters, physically, mentally, morally and religiously; that duty is demanded of us [italics] now [/italics] as in all times past, and will devolve upon us as long as mankind exists. Have we not the [italics] right [/italics] to call upon men to take the burden of government and politics into their hands and make our laws and enforce them? Can we not trust them? The "Majority Rules", and it would be a crime to force the ballot upon the large majority of the women of our country who do not want it. We have a [italics] right [/italics] to call upon the Representatives and Senators of our country to do all in their power by voice and vote to protect us from the burden of the ballot. We do not ask these [italics] rights [/italics] from any spirit of opposition or malice, but from a deep religious and moral conviction that vote by women (with the politics entailed) will be harmful and demoralizing to our government and our womanhood. AN IOWA WOMAN [handwritten] Miss A. J. [illegible] [/handwritten] Iowa Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage. [illegible logo] [handwritten] Yours cordially (Miss) Kate Keith [illegible} 1471 Main St Sept 21 1918 DuBuque Ia [/handwritten]

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On July 26, 1955, The Night of the Hunter premiered in Des Moines, Iowa.