Mike to be on WHO Radio September 29th

Thursday, September 17th, 2009 | Iowa History Journal, Radio | No Comments

Mike is scheduled to be interviewed on the Van & Bonnie show on WHO Radio on Tuesday, Sept 29 at 8:30 am. He will be talking about the Iowa History Journal.

You can listen to the broadcast live on whoradio.com or by clicking below

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Subscribe to Iowa History Journal

Monday, August 31st, 2009 | Iowa History Journal | No Comments

Subscribe to Iowa History Journal today! You can now subscribe to Iowa History Journal either by printing off a subscription form and mailing it or by paying online with a credit card or PayPal account. It’s as easy as a few clicks away to get started receiving the magazine.

Check out Iowa History Journal’s subscription page at www.IowaHistoryJournal.com

Iowa History Journal Issue 4 Now Available

Friday, August 28th, 2009 | Iowa History Journal | No Comments

Issue number 4, August 2009, of the Iowa History Journal is now available.

Inside the issue:

• Jack Trice, an ISU Icon
• Wildlife Artist, Maynard Reece
• Visiting Winnebago Industries
• Indian Tribes in Iowa
• Book Review: One-Room Schoolhouses
• Iowa History Quiz
• Columns by Iowans

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Iowa History Journal Issue 3 Now Available

Monday, June 15th, 2009 | Iowa History Journal | No Comments

Issue number 3, May 2009, of the Iowa History Journal is now available.

Inside the issue:

• Still Iowa’s Sweetheart, Donna Reed
• Newburg’s Major Leaguer, Jackie Collum
• Meredith’s Publishing Empire
• Andy Williams of Wall Lake
• Indian Tribes in Iowa
• What’s in a Name – Council Bluffs
• Columns by Iowans

Iowa History Journal Issue 2 Now Available

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 | Iowa History Journal | No Comments

Issue number 2, March 2009, of the Iowa History Journal is now available.

Inside the issue:

• President From West Branch, Herbert Hoover
• Wyatt Earp in Pella
• Carver-Hawkeye Namesake, Roy Carver
• Everly Brothers Rocked On
• Indian Tribes in Iowa
• What’s in a Name – Independence
• Columns by Iowans

What Ronald Reagan Thought of Nile Kinnick

Monday, March 9th, 2009 | Columns, Iowa History Journal | No Comments

This article appeared in Iowa History Journal issue number 1:

It was on October 30, 1990, that I found myself face to face with Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th President of the United States of America. Just two years out of the White House, he was visiting his hometown of Dixon, Illinois, for what would prove to be the last time, and was meeting a group of thirty Dixon citizens. As the executive editor of the Dixon newspaper, I and my wife, Bev, were invited to meet Mr. Reagan.

The former president worked his way around the small circle, shaking hands as he was being introduced to those assembled. As he moved toward Bev and me, I wondered what I would say to the man who had served his country in the highest office for eight years and was also acknowledged to be the leader of the Free World during that era.

All three of us – Mr. Reagan, Bev, and I – had Iowa roots. I was born and raised in Waterloo, while Bev grew up on a farm south of Waterloo, near Eagle Center. In the mid 1930s, a young Ron Reagan worked for radio stations in both Davenport and Des Moines before heading west to California, and his destiny.

I knew everyone in the room would be talking to him about Dixon, as there were several former classmates in the group, and other longtime Dixon political figures. So, as Mr. Reagan came closer, I decided I would ask him a question about Iowa.

Tall and very impressive in his dark suit at age 79, he stood in front of Bev and me and we shook hands. He spoke softly and said he was happy to meet us, and was about to move on to the next person when I spoke out:

“Mr. President, I know you used to broadcast Iowa football games in the 1930s, and so I wondered if you ever met Nile Kinnick.”

He stopped in his tracks, looked at me again, and smiled faintly.

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