Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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1800's | Video | Iowans' Views of Slavery | In the 1800s Iowans did not favor slavery but did not favor equality either. |
1850's-present | Video | Czechoslovakians Come to Iowa | Czechoslovakians settled in eastern Iowa in the late 1850s. |
Early 1800's | Video | Iowa Lands are Surveyed | Land in Iowa was surveyed and divided into organized sections in the early 1800s. |
Mid-1800's | Video | Grain Milling Industry | In the 1800s grain mills were found all over Iowa. Along the Mississippi River towns produced flour from the grain brought to the mill by area farmers. By the 1880s the mills began to disappear. |
1932 | Video | Change in the Amana Society | During the 1920s and '30s the Amana people experienced economic hardships. In 1932 the colonies changed from a communal to a noncommunal society. |
Late 1700's and Early 1800's | Video | Immigrants Flock to Iowa | Rich soil and plenty of land made Iowa very attractive to settlers in the late 1700s and early 1800s. |
1916 | Photo | Farm Sale, 1916 | Farm sale in Alexander, Iowa, in 1916. A large crowd gathered around the front porch. Various farm implements, including a sleigh in the foreground, were arranged in the snow for display. |
1929-1939 | Video | Civilian Conservation Corps | As part of President Roosevelt's New Deal to provide relief from the Great Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was formed. |
1893 | Photo | Interior of One-room School | Interior view of the Bear Creek Township School showing class in session. Brooklyn, Iowa. ca. 1893. |
2008 | Video | Flooding Across Iowa - 2008 Floods | The summer of 2008 brought record flooding to Iowa. |