History

The Streets Of Iowa City – From Mud To Bricks. May 15, 1895 – The Iowa City Weekly Republican prints pro vs. con statements from fourteen different prominent city leaders on the controversial...

The Louisiana Purchase 1803-1806. In 1803, Thomas Jefferson named Meriwether Lewis as head of the Army Corps of Discovery, calling him “brave, prudent, habituated to the woods and familiar with Native manners and...

Jilly take Geral to the Aerie. Gunag and Shelara are off to the Republic. Chapter 23. Rockwind Aerie Geral looked around as Jilly pulled him through the portal “Where are we?” “The...

Courting Johnson County. May 13, 1839 – The first Johnson County District Court proceedings are held in the trading house of John Gilbert of Napoleon with Judge Joseph Williams presiding. The first...

Courting Johnson County. May 13, 1839 – The first Johnson County District Court proceedings are held in the trading house of John Gilbert of Napoleon with Judge Joseph Williams presiding. The first...

Join JCHS for a Historic fun, learning and experiencing the pastimes of the 1800s in Johnson County, Iowa! Join us as we journey through time at the 1844 Plum Grove Historic House,...

Join JCHS for a Historic fun, learning and experiencing the pastimes of the 1800s in Johnson County, Iowa! Join us as we journey through time at the 1844 Plum Grove Historic House,...

Join JCHS for a Historic fun, learning and experiencing the pastimes of the 1800s in Johnson County, Iowa! Join us as we journey through time at the 1844 Plum Grove Historic House,...

May 11, 1921. My father, George E. Boller, is born in Wayland, Iowa. George Edward Boller loved Iowa City. Though born and raised in Wayland, Iowa, a little town in Henry County,...

I realized that I haven’t provided an up date for some time. Things have gone off the rails a bit and two more books inserted themselves with the Gunag stories and the...