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March 8, 2023March 8, 2023joynealkidney

Reflections Along the White Pole Road

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Dallas County Freedom Rock Selfies

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Memorial Day, to Remember Our War Casualties

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Frog Pond School

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Iowa’s Six Littleton Brothers, All Lost as a Result of the Civil War

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Why 1846 was an “Astonishing and Decisive” Year

October 22, 2021December 17, 2022joynealkidney

Two Men Who Influenced World History Grew up as Iowa Farm Boys

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Dallas County Freedom Rock Dedicated Two Years Ago

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Leora Attends Mrs. Connrardy’s Sewing College–1910

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Panther Corner

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Our American Stories Comes to Iowa

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Killed in Action on Independence Day 1863

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Independence Day 1907 on Our American Stories

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The Federal Writers’ Project–American Guide Series

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Earlham Bricker-Price Senior Series–May 2021

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Join Me Thursday in Person or Via Facebook: Earlham’s Senior Speaker Series

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Earlham Bricker-Price Senior Series–April 2021

September 25, 2020May 26, 2022joynealkidney

Redfield’s Company “H” 39th Iowa Infantry: Civil War

December 12, 2018December 22, 2022joynealkidney

The Al Bell Blizzard

April 21, 2018March 29, 2022joynealkidney

Darcy Daugherty Maulsby, Iowa’s Storyteller

March 14, 2017April 9, 2021joynealkidney

President Truman at the 1948 National Plowing Match–at Dexter, Iowa

March 13, 2017January 17, 2022joynealkidney

Ben Black’s Children (poem)

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