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Category: Iowa History

October 30, 2025October 30, 2025joynealkidney

Teaching through generations

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Iowa’s Dallas County Freedom Rock® Anniversary

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Meadowlark Songs: A Motherline Legacy – debut

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Song of Guthrie County by Chad Elliott, Iowa’s Renaissance Man

January 18, 2025December 18, 2024joynealkidney

For the want of a bolt: The forced landing of an airliner in rural Iowa, January 19, 1955

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Emilia, pioneer girl, was Born the Day before Iowa became a State

October 8, 2024August 23, 2024joynealkidney

Square Dancing

September 9, 2024September 13, 2024joynealkidney

The Wilson Brothers played ball against Nile Kinnick and Bob Feller

August 2, 2024August 2, 2024joynealkidney

Tramps and the Stuart Hotel

May 11, 2024May 11, 2024joynealkidney

A Mother’s Day Tornado and More

April 16, 2024April 16, 2024joynealkidney

Bonnie and Clyde Robbed the Stuart Bank on this Date, 1934

March 14, 2024March 14, 2024joynealkidney

Orange Lilies and Country Schools

January 16, 2024January 22, 2024joynealkidney

Because of Iowa History Journal: An Interview with John Busbee

October 30, 2023October 29, 2023joynealkidney

A Welcome Guest Post about the Leora Stories

August 3, 2023August 2, 2023joynealkidney

Review of “Leora’s Letters” by Sally Cronin of Smorgasbord Blog Magazine

July 19, 2023July 19, 2023joynealkidney

90th Anniversary of the Barrow Gang Capture – Special Program Sunday

June 2, 2023March 25, 2024joynealkidney

Guthrie County Pioneers arrived June 2, 1855

May 22, 2023May 22, 2023joynealkidney

The Iowa Soldiers and Sailors Monument on the Capitol Grounds

March 10, 2023March 10, 2023joynealkidney

When Winter Came: A Country Doctor’s Journey to Fight the Flu Pandemic of 1918

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023joynealkidney

Reflections Along the White Pole Road

March 3, 2023November 8, 2025joynealkidney

Mr. Connrardy, the Husband of Exira’s Famous Sewing Teacher

February 20, 2023February 20, 2023joynealkidney

“An Evening With Carl Sandburg,” State College of Iowa, 1963

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023joynealkidney

The Wilson Connection to the White Rock Conservancy at Coon Rapids, Iowa

December 30, 2022January 3, 2023joynealkidney

The New “Leora Book” a topic on The Culture Buzz

November 23, 2022November 23, 2022joynealkidney

Leora’s Early Years: Guthrie County Roots–List of Chapters

October 28, 2022December 15, 2022joynealkidney

Book Talk in Guthrie Center November 1

October 24, 2022January 25, 2023joynealkidney

Prairie College Country School and first “Talking Machine”

October 10, 2022October 10, 2022joynealkidney

Melville No. 2 County School

September 16, 2022September 14, 2025joynealkidney

GI Night School and President Truman’s Platform

July 8, 2022December 15, 2023joynealkidney

Iowa’s M and M Divide

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