Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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1861-1865 | Video | Iowans Fighting in Civil War | From 1861 to 1865 Iowa sent many men to fight in the battles of the Civil War. |
Early 1800's | Video | Come to Iowa | Letters and publicity campaigns in the early 1800s made people in the eastern United States curious about Iowa. |
1834 | Video | Iowa Becomes a Territory | Iowa was part of the Michigan Territory before becoming part of the Wisconsin Territory in 1834. In 1838 Iowa became an independent territory. |
1932 | Photo | General Store in Buffalo Center, ca. 1915 | Inside general store in Buffalo Center. ca. 1915. |
1910 | Photo | Boys on Horses in Warren County, 1910 | Boys on horses in barnyard. Warren County, Iowa. September 6, 1910. |
late 1860s | Photo | Horse-drawn Trolley | Horse- and mule-drawn streetcars traveled on iron tracks down city streets in Iowa's larger cities in the late 1860s and early 1900s. This trolley operated in Des Moines. |
1804 | Video | Explorers Search for River Sources | In 1804 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark searched for the source of the Missouri River while Zebulon Pike searched for the source of the Mississippi River. |