Iowa History Journal Volume 6, Issue 1, Now Available

Saturday, March 1st, 2014 | Iowa History Journal | No Comments

Bonnie and Clyde stormed out of Texas in the 1930s to blaze a trail of terror until their gang ran into big problems in a park area outside of Dexter, Iowa. Read about how this small Iowa town will forever go down in history as the place that marked the beginning of the end for these notorious bank robbers and killers.

Contents

• Publisher’s Perspective: Five years behind us… ready for the grand future by Mike Chapman
• JFK Assassination: Tragic moment in history has Iowa connections by Bill Sherman
• Adventures of Harriet: Des Moines girl becomes TV legend by John Busbee
• Country Roads: This great rumble fizzled at the end by Arvid Huisman
• No Hawkeye star ever stood taller than Chuck Darling by Buck Turnbull
• Shooting down Bonnie & Clyde legend in Dexter by Mark Yontz
• The Way We Were: Dress hats were once common attire in Iowa by John McNeer
• What’s In A Name: Little Brown Church put Nashua on map by John Skipper
• Dairy business in Des Moines now an Iowa tradition by Jeff Stein
• Book Review: New book on Lincoln has strong Iowa angle by Mike Chapman
• Farmer Burns: The Founding Father of Iowa Wrestling
• Iowa History Quiz
• Letters to the Editor

Tags: Bonnie and Clyde, Chuck Darling, Farmer Burns, Little Brown Church