Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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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. |