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July/August 2009

contents
volume 57 / number 6

features
15  Style Endures
      Welcome to the Bonaparte Inn.

20  Riding the Waves
      Ham radio remains both a popular pastime and a public service.

25  Heritage Tourism Guide
      Explore, Learn, Savor, Discover, Reconnect.

52  Cowboys Ride on Big Dreams
      The Wild West lives on in southern Iowa.

departments

2   FROM THE EDITOR

3   CONTRIBUTORS

4   LETTERS/ALL-IOWA DISH
     Winning recipes from the 2008 Iowa State Fair.

6   POTLUCK
     Dishing up news, events, people, and ideas

10  ROADSIDE
      An Abe-Inspired Road Trip

12  ADVENTURE
      Summoning the Dragon
 
14  MORSELS
      Haute Bacon

60  SHELF LIFE
      Petite Prose

 62  PORTFOLIO
      The Bison Are Back

68  AT WORK
      Hollywood Comes to Iowa

70  IOWAN GUIDE
      A directory of attractions, B&Bs, and events

72  LAST WORD
      Lawn Boy

ON THE COVER
All in a day’s work: Michael Flattery joins a dozen other cowboys for a cattle roundup on Bar B Ranch near Albia. See story, CLICK HERE. Photos by David Peterson.

points of interest in this issue
Albia
Bonaparte
Broken Kettle Preserve
Coon Rapids
Corning
Dubuque
Fort Dodge
Lenox
Lincoln Highway
Okoboji
Oskaloosa

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