Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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Approximately 12,000 Years Ago | Video | Food of Ancient Iowans | Approximately 12,000 years ago, ancient Iowans gathered their food and hunted bison. They cooked over open fires. |
1929-1939 | Video | Bank Closures | During the 1920s about 300 banks closed in Iowa leading up to the Great Depression. |
Late 1930's to Early 1940's | Video | Harvesting Crop | Farmer harvests seed oats. A truck receives the harvested oats. |
Mid 1800's | Video | Early Travelers Face Danger | With no established roads or bridges, settlers faced adversity as they traveled to Iowa in the mid-1800s. |
ca. 1878 | Photo | Land for Sale | Advertisement for "Millions of Acres" of land in Iowa and Nebraska. |
1968-1969 | Photo | Iowa Troops Deploying to Vietnam | Mobilization of troops in Le Mars, Iowa. These soldiers were sent to war in Vietnam in 1968. |
1861 | Video | Iowans Go To War | A re-enactment of Iowans joining the Union Army during the Civil War in 1861. |