Table of Contents
Contents
INTRODUCTION Frazier Wall Joseph
PREFACE: State Director, Federal Writer's Project
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
LIST OF MAPS
NOTATIONS ON THE USE OF BOOK
GENERAL INFORMATION
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Part I. Iowa: Past and Present
NATURAL SETTING: Resources and Conservation; Fauna; Flora; Geology
IOWANS: The Social Pattern
FIRST AMERICANS: Mound Builders; Indians
HISTORY: First White Men; Territory of Iowa; Statehood; Government
AGRICULTURE AND FARM LIFE
RACIAL ELEMENTS AND FOLKWAYS
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION
INDUSTRY, COMMERCE AND LABOR
RELIGION
EDUCATION
SOCIAL WELFARE
SPORTS AND RECREATION
PRESS AND RADIO Newspapers; Radio
LITERATURE
THE ARTS: Graphic and Plastic Arts; The Theatre; Music; Architecture
Part II. Cities and Towns
Ames
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Fort Dodge
Iowa City
Keokuk
Marshalltown
Mason City
Muscatine
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Waterloo
Part III. Tours
TOUR 1. (La Crosse, Wis.)–Dubuque–Davenport–Keokuk–(St. Louis, Mo.); 200 m., [US 61]
Section a. Wisconsin Line–Davenport, 76 m.
Section b. Davenport–Missouri Line, 124 m.
TOUR 1A. Junction with US 61–Cedar Rapids–Keokuk; 174 m. [US 151 and US 218]
Section a. Junction with US 61–Cedar Rapids, 66 m.
Section b. Cedar Rapids–Junction with US 61, 108 m.
TOUR 2. (Rochester, Minn.)–Decorah–Dubuque–Davenport–(Jacksonville, Ill.); 228 m., [US 52, US 52–67, and US 67]
Section a. Minnesota Line–Dubuque, 122 m.
Section b. Dubuque–Davenport, 106 m.
TOUR 2A. Calmar–Independence–Cedar Rapids; 102 m., [STATE 11]
TOUR 2B. Junction with US 52 (Froelich)–Strawberry Point–Manchester–Junction with US 151 (Marion); 77 m. [STATE 13]
TOUR 3. (Rochester, Minn.)–Waterloo–Tama–Oskaloosa–(Kirksville, Mo.); 240 m., [US 63]
Section a. Minnesota Line–Tama, 120 m.
Section b. Tama–Missouri Line, 120 m.
TOUR 3A. (Austin, Minn.)–Waterloo–Junction with US 30; 140 m., [US 218]
TOUR 4. (Albert Lea, Minn.)–Mason City–Des Moines–Indianola–(Chillicothe, Mo.); 231 m., [US 65]
Section a. Minnesota Line–Ames, 124 m.
Section b. Ames–Missouri Line, 107 m.
TOUR 5. (Albert Lea, Minn.)–Forest City–Ames–Des Moines–(Kansas City, Mo.); 227 m., [US 69]
Section a. Minnesota Line–Ames, 110 m.
Section b. Ames–Missouri Line, 117 m.
TOUR 5A. Des Moines–Oskaloosa; 60 m., [US 163]
TOUR 6. (Mankato, Minn.)–Algona–Fort Dodge–Adel–(St. Joseph, Mo.); 239 m., [US 169]
TOUR 7. (Redwood Falls, Minn.)–Spirit Lake–Carroll–Clarinda–(St. Joseph, Mo.); 242 m., [US 71]
Section a. Minnesota Line–Carroll, 129 m.
Section b. Carroll–Missouri Line, 113 m.
TOUR 8. (Worthington, Minn.)–Primghar–Denison–Shenandoah–(St. Joseph, Mo.); 234 m., [US 59]
TOUR 9. (Luverne, Minn.)–Sioux City–Council Bluffs–Sidney–(St. Joseph, Mo.); 229 m., [US 75 and US 275]
Section a. Minnesota Line–Sioux City, 75 m.
Section b. Sioux City–Council Bluffs, 99 m.
Section c. Council Bluffs–Missouri Line, 55 m.
TOUR 10. Mississippi River–Lansing–Forest City–Rock Rapids; 305 m., [STATE 9]
Section a. Wisconsin Line–Forest City, 143 m.
Section b. Forest City–South Dakota Line, 162 m.
TOUR 11. (Prairie du Chien, Wis.)–Marquette–Mason City–Spencer–(Canton, S. D.); 316 m. [US 18]
Section a. Wisconsin Line–Mason City, 127 m.
Section b. Mason City–South Dakota Line, 189 m.
TOUR 12. (Rockford, Ill.)–Dubuque–Waterloo–Sioux City–(Randolph, Nebr.); 328 m., [US 20]
Section a. Illinois Line–Waterloo, 91 m.
Section b. Waterloo–Fort Dodge, 109 m.
Section c. Fort Dodge–Nebraska Line, 128 m.
TOUR 12A. Fort Dodge–Cherokee–Akron; 140 m., [STATE 5]
TOUR 13. (Sterling, Ill.)–Clinton–Cedar Rapids–Missouri Valley–(Fremont, Nebr.); 352 m., [US 30]
Section a. Illinois Line–Ames, 202 m.
Section b. Ames–Nebraska Line, 150 m.
TOUR 14. (Chicago, Ill.)–Davenport–Des Moines–Council Bluffs–(Omaha, Nebr.); 314 m., [US 6]
Section a. Illinois Line–Des Moines, 177 m.
Section b. Des Moines–Nebraska Line, 137 m.
TOUR 14A. Homestead–Amana–Upper South Amana; 12 m., [STATE 149 and STATE 220]
TOUR 14B. Des Moines–Harlan–Council Bluffs; 143 m., [STATE 7]
TOUR 14C. Des Moines–Woodward–Junction with US 169; 39 m., [STATE 89]
TOUR 15. Junction with US 6l–Oskaloosa–Indianola–Junction with US 6; 220 m., [STATE 2]
Section a. Junction with US 61–Indianola, 129 m.
Section b. Indianola–Junction with US 6, 91 m.
TOUR 16. (Galesburg, Ill.)–Burlington–Ottumwa–Lucas–Osceola–Red Oak–(Lincoln, Nebr.); 270 m., [US 34]
Section a. Illinois Line–Lucas, 135 m.
Section b. Lucas–Nebraska Line, 135 m.
TOUR 17. Mississippi River–Fort Madison–Leon–Sidney–(Nebraska City, Nebr.); 271 m., [STATE 3]
Section a. Mississippi River–Leon, 145 m.
Section b. Leon–Nebraska Line, 126 m.
Part IV. Appendices
CHRONOLOGY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
