Iowa History Journal at the Iowa State Fair

Monday, August 18th, 2014 | Book Signing, Books, Iowa History Journal | No Comments

Mike was a special guest at the Iowa History Journal booth at the Iowa State Fair last week. He signed dozens of books for fairgoers and hung out with Michael and Rebecca Swanger, the new owners of Iowa History Journal. Bev also worked at the Fair two days.

Catch Wrestling Alliance International Invitational: The Rebirth

Wednesday, March 12th, 2014 | Wrestling | No Comments

June 7 – Mike will be a special guest and exhibitor at a “catch” wrestling tournament held on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles. The event is being run by “catch” expert Raul Ramirez and is called the “Catch Wrestling Alliance International Invitational: The Rebirth.” It will feature top competitors in the “catch” style from England and America, “Catch’ was the wrestling style popular in the early 1900s and a win can be claimed only by a submission or pin as there are no points awarded. Bouts 20 minutes. This event will be held Saturday, June 7, in Collins Court in the John Wooden Center on the campus of UCLA, at 221 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, California 90095-1612. More information is available at www.catchwrestlingalliance.com

Tags: Catch Wrestling Alliance, Raul Ramirez

2014 WIN Memorabilia Show

Tuesday, March 4th, 2014 | WIN Magazine, Wrestling | No Comments

March 20-22 – For the 25th straight year Mike and Bev will be participating in the WIN Memorabilia Show during the NCAA Wrestling Championships, this time in Oklahoma City. The show features over 40 exhibitors and many Olympic and World wrestling champions. Mike’s special guests at his tables will be Dan Hodge, undefeated three-time NCAA champion and the man the Dan Hodge Trophy is named for, and Wayne Baughman, winner of 16 national titles and a member of three Olympic teams and eight World Games teams. Also with Mike and Bev will be Don Huff, co-author with Mike of the book SIDDENS, about legendary West Waterloo High School (Iowa) wrestling coach Bob Siddens. The WIN Show will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday between sessions – at the NCAA Fan Festival, in the Cox Convention Center. Among the special guests at the show will be Olympic champions Dan Gable, Bruce Baumgartner, and John and Ben Peterson, and many other top guests.

Tags: Ben Petersen, Bob Siddens, Bruce Baumgartner, Dan Gable, Dan Hodge, Don Huff, John Petersen, NCAA Wrestling Tournament, Wayne Baughman, WIN Memorabilia Show

Iowa History Journal Volume 6, Issue 1, Now Available

Saturday, March 1st, 2014 | Iowa History Journal | No Comments

Bonnie and Clyde stormed out of Texas in the 1930s to blaze a trail of terror until their gang ran into big problems in a park area outside of Dexter, Iowa. Read about how this small Iowa town will forever go down in history as the place that marked the beginning of the end for these notorious bank robbers and killers.

Contents

• Publisher’s Perspective: Five years behind us… ready for the grand future by Mike Chapman
• JFK Assassination: Tragic moment in history has Iowa connections by Bill Sherman
• Adventures of Harriet: Des Moines girl becomes TV legend by John Busbee
• Country Roads: This great rumble fizzled at the end by Arvid Huisman
• No Hawkeye star ever stood taller than Chuck Darling by Buck Turnbull
• Shooting down Bonnie & Clyde legend in Dexter by Mark Yontz
• The Way We Were: Dress hats were once common attire in Iowa by John McNeer
• What’s In A Name: Little Brown Church put Nashua on map by John Skipper
• Dairy business in Des Moines now an Iowa tradition by Jeff Stein
• Book Review: New book on Lincoln has strong Iowa angle by Mike Chapman
• Farmer Burns: The Founding Father of Iowa Wrestling
• Iowa History Quiz
• Letters to the Editor

Tags: Bonnie and Clyde, Chuck Darling, Farmer Burns, Little Brown Church