On a Tuesday morning in September of 1992, Frank Donnelly stood at the edge of a swamp and watched his career sink into…
On the last Saturday of August 1987, the Clayton County Fair was having its best year in a decade. The grandstands were packed…
On the second Saturday of April 1971, Earl Maddox drove his pickup truck and cattle trailer 40 miles to the Sidelia livestock auction…
On a September morning in 1987, Walter Hensley walked his fence line the way he did every Sunday, checking for breaks, looking for…
The Seed Company Offered $1 Million for His Worthless Seeds — When the Blight Hit, He Was the Only O
In the spring of 1962, a seed company representative named Howard Mills drove his Chevrolet down a gravel road in Marshall County, Iowa,…
Japanese Snipers Were Terrified When They Realized U.S. Marines Used 40mm Cannons to Shoot Them Down
On the morning of September 17th, 1944, at 06:15, Captain George Jones crouched behind a coral outcrop on the beaches of Pleu, watching…
On a Thursday afternoon in July of 1975, Ray Hollister was underneath a John Deere 4020 draining the oil when Dale Vincent’s shoes…
In the spring of 1969, Harold Finch drove his pickup truck down a gravel road in Clayton County, Iowa, and parked at the…
On a gray Saturday morning in October of 1968, about 40 people gathered at the old Hendricks farm in Clayton County, Iowa for…