Amidst rumors that the United States Army was coming to destroy the Native American Village of Peoria, along the…
USS Iowa BB-61 was one of four battleships in the Iowa Class, the finest class of battleship ever built. The Iowa class battleships had an unmatched combination of firepower, armor and speed.
To serve faithfully, to provide comfort, conducive to contentment, to fulfill a niche in the civic, social and business life of the community — this is the ideal of HOTEL…
The City of Keokuk acquired the dilapidated Union Depot, a historic passenger and freight depot…
Do you ever wonder what it might have been like to live in Iowa a century earlier? What you would have done for fun on a Friday night or what kind of music you could have listened to? What kind of clothes were in fashion and what you might have found…
James Harlan acquired his home on the north side of the Iowa Wesleyan College Campus just after he…
On Monday, December 14, 2015, on his 7,642 day in office, Governor Terry Branstad became the longest serving Governor in…
By Kay Coats, State Historical Museum of Iowa Collections Coordinator