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Research Topic - Politics This topic allows you to choose an area of interest relating to Iowa's political landscape or government. You might like to learn more about Iowa's territorial period and its governors. Maybe the various territorial and state capitols interests you. Possibly you want to know about the Progressive era in Iowa and the politicians who espoused those views. Maybe the state's constitutions or boundary disputes or its political history from territory to statehood Review the links below and print materials and decide on a topic Remember any questions should be directed to your instructor

Politics, Government and Statehood Links

Iowa History - a general site with early Iowa History


The following link has several links for researching Early Iowa History and Iowa Military History

The Iowa Facts on the Iowa Tourism site gives information about the past and state symbols.

The Iowa Official Register site has a series of links on History and Constitutions as well as many other links.

Governors of the State of Iowa

The Political Graveyard link has the names of many of the politicians who have held office in Iowa, including it's territorial governors.

Iowa's Old Capitol history-

The Honey War was an early conflict over state borders -

The orphan train in Iowa -

Names of Iowa underground operators -

Iowa & the Underground Railroad -

Uunderground railroad path through Iowa -

The map located at this address goes along with the previous link-

The Hoover association has a map showing whjere in Cedar County the underground railroad was operating -

Des Moines Register about Civil Rights - This site includes 4 links on the underground railroad -

Iowa and the Civil War

Civil War Rosters - Iowa

Iowa Civil War Heritage Foundation Page -

Union Regiments - Iowa

Iowa Civil War letters and diary

Letters, Journals, Diaries, Oral Accounts and Historical information from the Civil War

Iowa during the Civil War site.- various information eg.rosters, regimental histories, etc.-

IOWA Civil War

Iowa in the Civil War Home Page

The American Civil War

Iowa History CD Roms

 The first CD in this list contains the text of books, magazines and booklets on Iowa and its history. To use this CD load it into a computer with Adobe Reader installed. Click on the Mac Begin.pdf icon. When the program opens, click the continue button and then you are at the welcome page with the main menu at the left of the page. It would be good to go to the Instructions the first time you are using the CD, so you can learn how to navigate it.

Iowa History - Treasures from the Archives Vol.2, O.J. Fargo, Green Valley Area Education Agency, 2000

The second CD contains 7000 Iowa related images. Please note the limitations on the use of these images. The images may be perused with the search engine on the CD.

Iowa History - Treasures from the Archives Vol.4 Picturing Iowa, O.J. Fargo, Green Valley Area Education Agency, 2001

The third CD in this list contains the text of Diaries and Letters, Books, Journal Articles, Military Records, Miscellaneous and a Database on Iowa and its Civil War history. To use this CD load it into a computer with Adobe Reader installed. Click on the Mac Begin.pdf icon. When the program opens, click the continue button and then you are at the welcome page with the main menu at the left of the page. It would be good to go to the Instructions the first time you are using the CD, so you can learn how to navigate it. If you need to use the Database, check with the Computer tech person on duty in the lab.

Civil War and Iowa - Greyhounds and Hawkeyes, O.J. Fargo, Green Valley Area Education Agency, 2000

The fourth CD contains Iowa and Civil war related images. Please note the limitations on the use of these images. The images may be perused with the search engine on the CD.

The Annuals of Iowa: with Historical Introduction, Iowa City, Ia: State Historical Society of Iowa, 1964

Cole, Cyrennus, History of the People of Iowa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Torch Press, 1921

Cole, Cyrennus, Iowa Through the Years, Iowa City, Iowa, State Historical Society of Iowa, 1940

Cook, Robert, Baptism of Fire: The Republican Party in Iowa, , Ames, State Historical Society of Iowa,1994

Hake, herb, Iowa Inside Out, Ames, iowa, Iowa State University Press, 1968

Mills, George,Rogues and Heroes from Iowa's Amazing Past, Ames, Iowa, Iowa State University Press, 1986, 1972

Ostler, Jeffrey, Prairie Populism: The Fate of Agrarian Radicalism in Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa, , Lawrence, Ks., 1993

Pratt, Leroy G., The Counties and Courthouses of Iowa, 1st ed.,Mason City, Iowa, Klipto Print and Office Supply Co. 1977

Sage, Leland,A History of Iowa, Iowa Heritage Collection, ed. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1987,1974.

Schweider, Dorothy, Iowa Past to Present: the People and the Prairie,Ames, Iowa, Iowa State University Press, 1986

Schambaugh, Benjamin F., County Government and Administration in Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, State Historical Society of Iowa, 1925

Schambaugh, Benjamin F., Municipal Government and Administration in Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, State Historical Society of Iowa, 1930

Schambaugh, Benjamin F., The Consitutions of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Athens Press, 1934

Schambaugh, Benjamin F., Old Stone Capitol Remembers, Iowa City, Iowa, State Historical Society of Iowa, 1939

Throne, Mildred, Cyrus Clay Carpenter and Iowa Politics, , Iowa City, Iowa: State Historical Society of Iowa,1974

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