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Detour Iowa : historic destinations / Mike Whye ; photography by the author.

By: Publisher: Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2020Description: 192 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781467143455
  • 1467143456
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 917.77 23
LOC classification:
  • F619.3 .W478 2020
Contents:
Northwest Iowa -- West-Central Iowa -- Southwest Iowa -- North-Central Iowa -- Central Iowa -- South-Central Iowa -- Northeast Iowa -- East Iowa -- East-Central Iowa -- Southeast Iowa.
Summary: Iowa history ranges from the natural to what's been made by humans over many centuries. Find and hold the fossilized remains of sea creatures that lived 375 million years ago. Walk through a small-town home where one of the nation's most infamous--and unsolved--murders occurred in 1912. Savor pastries that originated in the Netherlands before the 1840s and watch where wheat is ground into flour in a windmill first built in Denmark and then rebuilt in Elk Horn. Listen to time softly tick away in an elaborately carved clock that auto pioneer Henry Ford tried and failed to buy in 1928 for $1 million. Join writer-photographer Mike Whye on trips to the known, little-known and unknown historic places in Iowa.
List(s) this item appears in: GENIA
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Circulating Law Library Law Library - 1st Floor Iowa Collection 917.77 Why 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31723021152640
Total holds: 0

Northwest Iowa -- West-Central Iowa -- Southwest Iowa -- North-Central Iowa -- Central Iowa -- South-Central Iowa -- Northeast Iowa -- East Iowa -- East-Central Iowa -- Southeast Iowa.

Iowa history ranges from the natural to what's been made by humans over many centuries. Find and hold the fossilized remains of sea creatures that lived 375 million years ago. Walk through a small-town home where one of the nation's most infamous--and unsolved--murders occurred in 1912. Savor pastries that originated in the Netherlands before the 1840s and watch where wheat is ground into flour in a windmill first built in Denmark and then rebuilt in Elk Horn. Listen to time softly tick away in an elaborately carved clock that auto pioneer Henry Ford tried and failed to buy in 1928 for $1 million. Join writer-photographer Mike Whye on trips to the known, little-known and unknown historic places in Iowa.

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