W.B. Emmons was a soldier with the 34th Illinois Infantry during the Civil War. In his diary, he writes about the Atlanta Campaign, the end of the war, and Lincoln's assassination.
Cathy Palmer received her B.F.A. in Painting from the University of South Dakota in 1995. Today, she is living and working in Sioux City, Iowa. Her work has been seen all throughout Iowa.
Elizabeth Shriver is a native Iowan and a 1987 graduate of the University of Iowa. Her interest in ceramics dates back to her first studio ceramics course in 1985. In recent years she has worked in her own home studio, and exhibited her work in the…