State Historical Society partners with IHPA for Statewide Inventory of Historic Movie Theatres Posted by SHPO on April 30th, 2008 12:28 pm The State Historic Preservation Office has received a $45,300 Preserve America grant award to help document Iowa’s historical connections to Hollywood and the movie industry. The project, “Hollywood in the Heartland,” is a… Read more »
Living History Farms conducting survey prior to sale of unused parcel Posted by CC on April 13th, 2008 7:01 pm Archaeologists digging on a 39-acre parcel near Living History Farms are learning about the livelihoods of the farmhands who worked for Martin Flynn, a 19th-century railroad man and farmer. The dig will be completed before… Read more »
Todd and Mary Kay Wegener’s Dairy Barn Awarded Recognition Award Posted by CC on April 13th, 2008 6:45 pm The rehabilitation of a historic dairy barn just outside of Fenton, Iowa, received one of four Recognition Awards by the BARN AGAIN! program. Now being used to raise 4-H calves, the barn is owned by Todd… Read more »
