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Update on Wind Turbines
After my last post about the wind turbines (or Giant Windmills), I was shown this page which shows photos of a tour of the wind turbine factory here in Cedar Rapids that Kirkwood’s Ecology Comm… more →
Sarah's Notebook
Council Bluffs and the Transcontinental Railroad
trundlebedtales wrote 1 week ago: Gen. Dodge House When I visited Council Bluffs for the first time I was really surprised by how many … more →
Union Pacific Repair Center
trundlebedtales wrote 1 week ago: Union Pacific Car Interior The class I took this summer got to visit the Union Pacific Repair Center … more →
Fairview Cemetery
trundlebedtales wrote 1 week ago: Dodge Angel Statue The next sites were close together near the Fairview Cemetery on Lafayette and No … more →
Update on Wind Turbines
trundlebedtales wrote 2 weeks ago: After my last post about the wind turbines (or Giant Windmills), I was shown this page which shows … more →
Black Squirrels
trundlebedtales wrote 2 weeks ago: Black Squirrel of Council Bluffs One of my favorite stops in Council Bluffs was the recently redone … more →
Hitchcock House and the UGRR
trundlebedtales wrote 2 weeks ago: Hitchcock House Another stop with the class I took this summer was the Hitchcock House, one of the m … more →
Giant Golden Spike
trundlebedtales wrote 3 weeks ago: Giant Golden Spike The popular culture interest in the Union Pacific probably hit its peak in 1939 w … more →
Durham Western Heritage Museum
trundlebedtales wrote 3 weeks ago: Durham Western Museum Durham Western Heritage Museum is in the restored Union station in Omaha, Nebr … more →
Giant Windmills
trundlebedtales wrote 3 weeks ago: Wind Turbines in Field Today as you drive across the Midwest, especially Iowa (we’re third in … more →
Amelia Bloomer's Grave
trundlebedtales wrote 3 weeks ago: Road to Amelia Bloomer's Grave I picked up the habit in childhood of visiting famous people … more →
Western Trials Center in Council Bluffs
trundlebedtales wrote 3 weeks ago: Relative Heights Western Trials Center I was very glad to finally get a chance to visit the Western … more →
Tabor, Iowa and the UGRR
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trundlebedtales wrote 4 weeks ago: Todd House John Patrick Morgans literally wrote the book on the Underground Railroad in southern Iow … more →
Seed Savers Fall Festival
trundlebedtales wrote 1 month ago: Burr Oak, Iowa is about 10 minutes north of Decorah. Decorah is home of the Seed Savers Exchange. Th … more →
Norman Borlaug Food Hero
trundlebedtales wrote 1 month ago: One of the most famous living Iowan recently passed away. Norman Borlaug was the moving force behind … more →
Wilder Conference on Display
trundlebedtales wrote 1 month ago: Wilder Call for Papers on Display Just thought you’d like to see the Call for Papers for the W … more →
Hoover Display Update
trundlebedtales wrote 1 month ago: My Photo on exhibit at Hoover I recently reported on the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library’s … more →
Winter Comes Early
trundlebedtales wrote 1 month ago: First snow of the winter Midwestern weather, you just have to love it. For those of you who don … more →
Hoover: Celebrating Iowa! Great Stories From Across the Hawkeye State
trundlebedtales wrote 1 month ago: The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in West Branch is holding a program in conjuncti … more →
Iowa Only - County Endowment Fund Program
trundlebedtales wrote 1 month ago: The County Endowment Fund Program was authorized by the Legislature in 2004 to provide a percentage … more →
