Iowa History Journal

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Vol. 4, Issue #1 (January/February, 2012) has been printed and was mailed to subscribers on December 21st. All subscriptions received after December 21st will begin with the March/April, 2011, issue. If you subscribe today but want your subscription to begin with the January/February issue, that is possible for an additional $2 to cover first-class mailing of that particular issue. If you subscribe online, using Paypal, on our subscription page, choose the 1 or 2-year subscription in the drop down menu choices that include the additional $2 shipping charge. If you subscribe by mail, please include the $2. Iowa History Journal is available on newsstands in HyVee and Drugtown stores throughout the state of Iowa. BEGINNING WITH THE JANUARY/FEBRUARY, 2012, ISSUE, IOWA HISTORY JOURNAL WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT EVERY CASEYS ACROSS THE STATE. For information on obtaining back issues, please see our subscription page.
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		Volume 4, Issue No. 1, January/February 2012 Carol Morris put her hometown of Ottumwa, Iowa, on the international stage in the summer of 1956 when the twenty-year-old student at Drake was crowned Miss Universe. Earlier she has won the right to compete in the world’s most famous beauty contest by winning the Miss Iowa and Miss USA competitions. After a brief career in show business, Carol married and settled in to a Texas lifestyle and more or less disappeared from the scene. Michael Swanger caught up with her recently and in an exclusive interview she recalls those magic days of long ago. Readers will also be treated to feature stories on Humboldt’s Harry Reasoner who gained considerable fame for his roles as a television news anchor; the amazing story of an Iowa bred horse named Alix, the most famous race horse in America in the 1880s, and the story of a United States Senator who helped save President Andrew Johnson from being removed from office. Also included in this issue: In basketball and in life, Iowa basketball star and coach, Sharm Scheuerman was a real hero How the city of Clear Lake got its name and the many famous people who have played a part in its history Viking Pump of Cedar Falls has just celebrated 100 years of incredible success and now has its own museum A book review of the devastating flood that ravaged much of eastern Iowa in 2008 The Iowa History Quiz Columns by our regulars – Arvid Huisman, John McNeer and Mike Chapman ...and much more! Contents 3 - Publisher’s Perspective: 1956 was memorable for Many Iowans by Mike Chapman 4 - Ottumwa is home of Iowa’s top Beauty Queen by Michael Swanger 8 - The Iowa Senator who Saved the presidency of Andrew Johnson by Jerry Harrington 11- Iowa Country Roads: Not all Iowans Speak the Same by Arvid Huisman 12 – Iowa-Bred Alix Put Iowa on Racing Map by Roy Marshall 16 - In Basketball and in Life, Sharm Led the Way by Don Doxsie 19 - A Century of Excellence at Viking Pump by Pete Hussmann 23 - The Way We Were: Going to a Movie Theater was a Very Special Event by John McNeer 25 - Humboldt’s Humble Harry Reasoner Loved his Hometown by Phil Monson 27 - What’s In a Name: Clear Lake: From Boone to Holly, now a Water Wonderland by John Skipper 29 - Book Review: A week in June: When the Floods Hit our State by Jessica Lowe 31 - Iowa History Quiz 36 - Letters to the Editor

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