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Twilight Cluster: A Western Iowa Railroad Phenomenon
- Feb 9, 2023
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Join railroad historian H. Roger Grant to learn how Western Iowa became an epicenter for shortline railroads between 1907 and 1913. Multiple communities, including Atlantic, Clarinda, Creston,...
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"Protector of the Poor": Iowa's Poor Farms and Midwestern Social Welfare
- Feb 23, 2023
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Join professor Megan Birk from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley for a discussion about the residents, agriculture, and conditions of county poor farms in the Midwest, and how those in...
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Uncommon Ground: Grant Wood and Russell Lee’s Divergent View of Iowa
- Mar 9, 2023
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Join art historian James Swensen to explore Iowa through the divergent views of two artists. When Russell Lee traveled to Iowa in December 1936, he might have expected to find something out of a...
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Fort Madison in Pre-Statehood Iowa: The U.S. Army as a Predecessor to Anglo-American Settlement
- Mar 23, 2023
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Join historian Patrick J. Jung to examine the history of Iowa’s first Anglo-American settlement, Fort Madison. This small U.S. Army fortification was plagued with problems during its short...
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