Table of Contents
Acknowledgments viii
Introduction ix
Dubuque Lead Mines-1788 1
The Death of Sergeant Floyd-1804 5
Grand Mormon Encampment-1846 9
The Tabor Underground Railroad-1857 13
Little Brown Church in the Vale-1857 18
The Circus Comes to Town-1867 22
Birthplace of a President-1874 26
Estherville Meteorite-1879 30
Kate Shelley Saves the Day-1881 33
Fenelon Place Elevator-1882 37
Belle Plaine Geyser-1886 40
Muscatine Pearl Button Factory-1891 42
Growing Red Delicious-1893 45
Summer of Dvorák-1893 48
Snake Alley-1894 51
Palmer School of Chiropractic-1895 53
Buxton: A Town Ahead of Its Time-1900 56
A Butter Cow Is Born-1911 59
Lady Liberty at Camp Dodge-1918 62
I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream-1920 65
Taking to the Skies-1920 70
The Music Man of Fort Dodge-1920 75
Iowa High School Girls Basketball-1920 80
Entertaining with Train Wrecks-1932 85
Dutch Reagan on the Radio-1932 88
Bonnie and Clyde and the Dexter Police-1933 93
Iowa State Patrol-1935 97
Now Pitching Bob Feller-1936 100
Atanasoff Computer-1937 104
Christmas at Camp Algona-1945 108
The Day the Music Died-1959 112
RAGBRAI-1973 116
A Real Live Danish Windmill on the Iowa Prairie-1976 119
Bibliography 123
Index 128
About the Author 132