The Iowan Archives

March/April 2007

contents
volume 55 / number 4

features
14  A Garden Walk Through Time

18  Steak de Burgo’s Long Strange Trip

23  Legends of the Ball

29  Postcards From Okoboji

40  Iowa Main Streets

56  City of Bridges

departments

2  FROM THE IOWAN
    Rediscover Iowa

3  LETTERS
    Your thoughts and comments

4  WORTH THE DRIVE
    No Small Part of American Life
    Minding Mother
    Spring Break in Iowa

6  HERITAGE
    Iowa State: 150 Years of Spirit and Mission

9  ARTS EXPERIENCE
    Lofty Aspirations
    Prairiedance

10  BOOKNOTES
      Midwest Marvels
      Signs of Their Times

12  HISTORY
      Iowa Roots ... for the Home Team

13  IOWAN TO IOWAN
      Ode to a State

64  LAST WORD
      The Kid

ON THE COVER
Rapid Robert on the mound (Courtesy of the Bob Feller Museum)

points of interest in this issue
Ames
Bentonsport
Des Moines
Keokuk
Lamoni
Mason City
Okoboji
Perry
Van meter
Waterloo

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