Time Frame Artifact Type Title Description
1985 Video At Your Own Risk

An Iowa State University graduate taken hostage by the Islamic Jihad in Beirut, Lebanon, and held for six and a half years is featured. Originally aired in 2003.
Approximately 12,000 Years Ago Video Early Iowans and the Bison

Approximately 12,000 years ago bison were essential to ancient Iowans for survival. They provided food, shelter and clothing.
1924 Document Ku Klux Klan Fair Day, 1924

Full-page advertisement in the "The Iowa Kourier" for Ku Klux Klan Fair Day to be held at Indianola, Iowa on September 12, 1924.
1991 Photo Iowa Soldiers, Saudi Arabia

An Iowa flag flown over a Guard Camp in Saudi Arabia during Desert Shield/ Desert Storm in 1991. The troops in this camp were stationed in Camp Dodge, trained in Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, and deployed to Saudi Arabia.
Mid 1800's Video Iowa's Roads

Iowa's early roads were built and maintained by local towns and counties. But they were far from perfect.
1911 Photo Interior of the Colby Motor Company

View of the construction department in the Colby Motor Company. Car chassis are in the early stage of assembly. Mason City, July 1911.
1979 Video Iowa as a Global Leader

Former US Ambassador to Cambodia Kenneth M. Quinn talking about former Iowa Governor Robert Ray speaking at the National Governors' Association meeting in 1979.
1834 Video Frontier Justice

With no laws or legal authority the people of Dubuque tried, convicted, and hung Patrick O'Connor for murdering his business partner in 1834.
2006 Video Borlaug Receives Congressional Gold Medal

In December 2006 native Iowan, Norman Borlaug, received the Congressional Gold Medal.
1950 Video History of Veterans Benefits

Historically, the nation has tried to provide for its returning soldiers. Following World War Two, veterans benefits were based on the thousands of returning to their hometowns and changing the nation to a peacetime economy.