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FEATURE ARTICLES:
Iowa Eldorado:
Searching for Gold in 1858
by Eric Lana
Iowa's Barns: Form
& Function
Photographer and historian team up for a closer look at our beloved barns.
Photos by Michael P. Harker and text by Loren N. Horton
Home to Iowa: Letters
form the Western Trails
"I thought you had forgot me," Sarah wrote to her parents in
Council Bluffs, "but I think different now for you sent me a good letter."
Text and transcriptions by Kathryn Webb Wikert
The Daunting Role
of Family Archivist
Traveling in the footsteps of ancestors.
by Kathryn Webb Wikert
DEPARTMENTS:
Front Porch:
Keeping in touch in the 19th century, saving Iowa's barns of the past, and enjoying
new books today.
Reading the Past:
What was the appeal behind revival preacher Billy Sunday?
by Marvin Bergman
One in a Million:
Browsing through catalogs of Louden Machinery Company in Fairfield shows reveals
in barn construction and function.
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