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Category Archives: Iowa Miscellaneous
Feb
12
Tama Jim’s send-off banquet
When Tom Vilsack is confirmed as secretary of agriculture (again), he will join nine other men who have served in the same Cabinet post more than eight years — and the first to do it nonconsecutively. To meet Tama Jim Wilson’s … Continue reading
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Feb
10
Evelyn Birkby, 1919-2021
In 2019 I took note of a longtime columnist in southwestern Iowa who was hanging it up after seven decades, at the age of 100. Evelyn Birkby died Sunday. The UI has a collection of old photos and columns. UI Press’ … Continue reading
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Feb
05
Hawarden business corner gets new tenant, again
September 30, 2015: The building discussed below. The building that once housed a Kum & Go at the southeast corner of IA 10 and IA 12 in Hawarden is going away for a new property. Sometime after my 2015 visit, … Continue reading
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Feb
03
Analysis of 2021 RAGBRAI map
July 22, 2015: A sculpture made of bicycle parts greets RAGBRAI riders as they go through Parkersburg. UPDATE 5/4/21: Revised with information following revised daily route maps. In October, the RAGBRAI website put out unlabeled daily maps, based on the plan … Continue reading
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Jan
15
Little Brown Church being renovated
July 31, 2005: Closeup of LBC’s nameplate. The Waterloo Courier has a story, and some pretty courtesy photos, about the Little Brown Church getting its first major renovations in decades. The story mentions that a letter was left for the … Continue reading
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Jan
13
Can I backdate a passport?
This sounds interesting: Through the new Scenic Byways Passport, travelers can check in at 12 scenic byways and more than 100 unique attractions and local businesses. Each check-in to a location on the passport earns travelers one entry into a … Continue reading
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Jan
08
Allamakee Freedom Rock has a roof over its head
The Allamakee County Freedom Rock was painted in Waukon City Park this summer and dedicated on Sept. 11. It has something other Freedom Rocks in the state do not have — its own shelter. A story and pictures at the … Continue reading
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Dec
24
KOEL back to 92.3
KKCV-FM, 98.5 “The Hog,” was a new country music station in the Waterloo area in the 1990s. Throughout my school years, that was my most frequently listened-to station. I even spent a job-shadow day there learning about the radio programming. … Continue reading
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Dec
11
When ‘Tama Jim’ honored Ulysses S. Grant (2)
Spring 1885 was approaching, and Iowa’s 5th Congressional District election of 1882 was still in dispute. Republican James Wilson had been declared the winner, but Democrat Benjamin Frederick was still fighting for it, and won the seat outright in November … Continue reading
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Dec
09
‘Tama Jim’ and his second stint in Congress (1)
This is what Iowa’s 11(!) congressional districts looked like for the elections of 1882 and 1884. The 5th District is in orange. A mid-decade redraw after a special census in 1885 created a new map that would be used through … Continue reading
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