Lawrence P. DeBower, as 23-year-old soldier from Allison, was among the thousands of Iowans who entered the U.S. Army at Camp Dodge in Des Moines in World War I. Courtesy of Iowa Gold Star Military Museum, Camp Dodge.
Volume 10, Issue No. 6, Nov/Dec, 2018
›One hundred years after armistice (Nov. 11, 1918), Iowa History Journal chronicles Iowa’s role during World War I — on the battlefront and at home — in an extensive cover story written by John Skipper. Bonus photos of World War I posters appear in our Looking Back section of this issue — which wraps up IHJ’s 10th year!
›Publisher Michael Swanger writes about the new James Jordan book (available at the Historic Valley Junction Foundation in WDM) and Jordan’s influence on Iowa.
›Celebrate 100 years of theatre at the Des Moines Community Playhouse with John Busbee.
›Discover wrestler Allie Morrison of Marshalltown, the first Iowan to win Olympic gold in any sport and the golden boy of the 1928 Olympics from Mark Palmer, senior writer for InterMatWrestle.com.
›Ashley Rullestad chronicles the history of Altoona as it celebrates its 150th anniversary.
›Have some good, clean fun with Iowa Country Roads columnist Arvid Huisman as he recalls the ’50s toys and games Baby Boomers enjoyed.
›Iowa Scrapbook columnist, Cheryl Mullenbach tells how Alaska gold beckoned Iowa men.
›Book Reviews
›Historical Happenings
›Letters to the Editor
›Iowa History Journal Quiz
James Cunningham Jordan was one of the most important leaders in Iowa during the 19th century. Photo of painting by Scott Little. Courtesy of West Des Moines Historical Society
Volume 10, Issue No. 5, Sept/Oct, 2018
›James Jordan was one of Iowa’s most important leaders during the 19th century. A successful businessman, prominent politician and staunch abolitionist, his influence endures as Historic Valley Junction, West Des Moines and aspects of Des Moines and Iowa might not exist as we know them today were it not for his visionary leadership and integrity. Our cover story is written by (Mary) Louise Gately and Jan Davison, author and editor of the new Jordan biography, “Pursuit of a Dream: James Jordan, His Life and His Legacy.”
›Sit back and enjoy IHJ Publisher Michael Swanger’s column about “Iowa’s Largest Walnut Rocking Chair” in the Amana Colonies.
›Ambassador Kenneth M. Quinn, president of the World Food Prize Foundation, provides insight on how the events of 1980 influenced the fates of three political dynasties, including how the Iowa Caucus and agriculture changed the course of history for the U.S. and China.
›Discover the history of Montezuma, which celebrates its 150th anniversary this year from Ashley Rullestad.
›John Liepa pens the finale of his three-part series about baseball’s early years in Iowa, describing how the game took root in Sioux City and Des Moines.
›Iowa Country Roads columnist Arvid Huisman makes us laugh as he recalls tipping outhouses and other Halloween memories.
›Iowa Scrapbook columnist, Cheryl Mullenbach explains how “booze, suffrage and courting” influenced city elections in 1922.
›Book Reviews
›Historical Happenings
›Letters to the Editor
›Iowa History Journal Quiz
Japan launched more than 9,300 paper balloons carrying bombs over the Pacific Ocean from late 1944 to early 1945 to attack the United States, including Iowa, in an attempt to instill fear and terror during World War II.
Cover design by Kathy Downing
Volume 10, Issue No. 4, July/Aug, 2018
›Remember when Japan bombed Iowa during World War II? We didn’t think so. This strange, but true story not found in most textbooks or newspapers is a must read from Michael Vogt!
›Publisher’s Perspective: Michael Swanger covers Iowa’s only Hendrix experience a half-century ago.
›Tune in to Annette Juergens Busbee’s story about Arthur Collins the visionary inventor of a global, hi-tech communications company.
›Next up to bat is the second of our three-part special series about baseball’s early years in Iowa, 1858-1875. Town ball: building community pride.
›It’s time to hit the museum trails! Carson Ode is exploring history with suggested tours of Iowa culture mines. Book your summer travels based on three fun and fascinating tours.
›Iowa Country Roads columnist Arvid Huisman celebrates the days and nights at county fairs.
›Iowa Scrapbook columnist, Cheryl Mullenbach shows us how Daisy Oden made history working as a railroad passenger agent.
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›Historical Happenings
›Letters to the Editor
›Iowa History Journal Quiz
A cabinet card depicts Jesse “Cyclone Jim” Duryea, a native of Osage and a pitcher for the 1889 Cincinnati Red Stockings.
Volume 10, Issue No. 3, May/June, 2018
›Iowa History Journal digs in at the plate with the first of our three-part special series about baseball’s early years in Iowa, 1858-1875. Writer John Liepa scores the game’s origins before and after the American Civil War in Iowa, as well as its language and several “firsts” in this issue that leads off the series.
›Publisher’s Perspective: Michael Swanger recalls memories of the Great Flood of 1993.
›Carol Carpenter Hanson interviews a 98-year-old Iowa farmer who was a friend of John Wayne’s as IHJ previews the annual John Wayne Celebration to be held in Winterset on May 25-26
›What’s in a name? covers Historic Valley Junction and West Des Moines, which celebrates its 125th anniversary.
›Columnist Arvid Huisman tells the tale of Ed Griper’s exotic summer vacation. Huisman also writes about how tourists more than a century ago flocked to Colfax’s mineral springs to improve their health.
›Iowa Scrapbook columnist, Cheryl Mullenbach traces an Iowa explorer who travelled deep into the Brazilian jungle.
›Book Reviews
›Historical Happenings
›Letters to the Editor
›Iowa History Journal Quiz
Better Homes and Gardens Test Kitchen circa late 1960s. Features Carol Miller (left), assistant test kitchen director at the time and Kay Cargil (right), test kitchen home economist. Photo courtesy of Meredith Corporation and Darcy Dougherty Maulsby
Volume 10, Issue No. 2, Mar/Apr, 2018
›Get a taste of our food heritage with author Darcy Dougherty Maulsby’s cover story about Iowa’s culinary culture.
›Publisher’s Perspective: Learn about Iowan Marion Crandell. The first U.S. woman killed in active service during the Great War.
›Algona’s Dick Dale was a singer and sax player who achieved fame playing Lawrence Welk’s ‘champagne music.’
›Discover Sadie Rae Scott’s excellent adventure as the stenographer’s letters chronicle her 1919 tour of proposed state park areas.
›IHJ explores history as we follow in the footsteps of early travelers at Trails Center.
›What’s in a name? Oxford celebrates 150 years.
›Veteran IHJ Country Roads columnist Arvid Huisman recalls the war or words between Iowa and Minnesota.
›Iowa Scrapbook columnist, Cheryl Mullenbach shares the gift that keeps giving: vermin-proof underwear for Iowa soldiers, and the women who supplied them.
›Structurally Speaking
›Book Reviews
›Historical Happenings
›Letters to the Editor
›Iowa History Journal Quiz
Verne Marshall was a fearless investigative journalist for the Cedar Rapids Gazette whose reporting of graft and corruption earned him and the Gazette the 1936 Pulitzer Prize.
Volume 10, Issue No. 1 Jan/Feb 2018
›Verne Marshall: Fearless journalist exposed graft, won the 1926 Pulitzer Prize.
›Publisher’s Perspective: IHJ embarks on its 10th year
›An electrifying Iowan: William Morrison, pioneer of battery technology and automobiles.
›In for life: The escape and recapture of bank robber Tom Runyon.
›IHJ explores Davenport’s Putnam Museum and Science Center and the Carrie Chapman Catt Girlhood Home in Charles City.
›Veteran IHJ columnist Arvid Huisman writes about his brief stay in 1968 at Fort Des Moines and the case of potato poisoning.
›Cheryl Mullenbach goes behind the scenes at the Barnum & Bailey Circus in Marshalltown in 1913 for her debut column for IHJ.
›What’s in a Name? Find out about Anamosa: Land of the river and rolling hills.
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›Book Reviews
›Historical Happenings
›Letters to the Editor
›Iowa History Journal Quiz
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