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The Iowan Archives

July/August 2007

contents
volume 55 / number 6

features

14  NATURE'S JOURNAL
      Treasure Trove: Iowa’s State Preserves

16  TASTE OF IOWA
      Fanciful Magic or Practical Science?

20  Iowa’s Racing Scene

41  Winged Passion

47  PORTFOLIO
      Exhibition and Competition

51  GARDENS OF IOWA
      Coming of Age

56  OUR TOWNS
      Mining Mineral City’s Wealth



departments

2  FROM THE EDITOR

LETTERS
    Your thoughts and comments

4  WORTH THE drive
    Feeling a Little Nordic?
    Loyal Blossoms
    Under the Stars

6  IOWAN TO IOWAN
    Restoring Splendor

8  HISTORY
    The Story of Smiling Thru

10  ARTS EXPERIENCE
      Art. Coming Soon.

11  BOOKNOTES
     Greetings and Gastronomy

12  HERITAGE
      Thump, Tinkle, Wheeze, and Whirl

64  LAST WORD
      The Fragrance of Iowa Summer

special section
25  Iowa Heritage Tourism Guide
      Wonder-Filled Wanderings

ON THE COVER
Photographer Don Poggensee of Ida Grove captured the impressive prop, engine, and cowling of a 1943 Stearman that landed in Emmetsburg.

points of interest in this issue
Clinton
College Springs
Corning
Decorah
Des Moines
Doolittle Prairie
Fort Dodge
Glenwood
Harlan
Honey Creek
Rock Rapids
Wilton


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