It was in Afton where the county’s first courthouse was built, which also functioned as a church and school. A two-story ...

While humans have resided in the state for thousands of years, the land we know as Iowa today was primarily dominated by Native Americans, namely the Dakota, Otoe, Ho-Chunk, and Ioway tribes.

America in the 19 th century is marked with numerous transformative moments from western expansion to the Civil War. During that time is a moment that Iowans might especially be curious to know ...

After turning west near Pickle Church, the original Agency Road branched to the south of the current route. A small town called East Grove was located on the southern route. It was founded in 1849 ...

Some tribes have all but lost their identities ... in the territorial region out of which the state of Iowa was created, were removed to Kansas, with some taken to the Oklahoma Territory.