Francis M. Drake, Iowa's sixteenth governor, was born in Rushville, Illinois on December 30, 1830 to John Adams Drake and Harriet Jane O'Neal. In 1837, his family moved to Fort Madison, Iowa, where Drake was educated in the common schools. He became…
Sallania “Lana” H. Hixson was born on April 21, 1849 in Greene County, Ohio, one of eight children born to Dr. Oliver F. Hixson and Elizabeth Dawson. The family moved to Marshall County, Iowa by 1856 where her father was a doctor. Sallania married…
This photograph may contain the following individuals: R. R. Vestergaard; Marie K. N. Vestergaard; Ellen Vestergaard; Frode Vestergaard; Irine Vestergaard; Pastor Anders Bobjerg; Peter Petersen Hornsyld; Valborg Larsen; Jens C. Bay; Anton Gravesen;…
Leslie M. Shaw, 17th governor of Iowa, was born on a farm in Vermont, the first son of Boardman Osias Shaw and Lavisa (Spaulding) Shaw. He helped his father on the farm and attended school with two goals: to get a higher education and move west to…
Johnson Brigham was born on March 11, 1846 in Cherry Valley, New York, the son of Phineas Brigham and Eliza Johnson. In 1875 he married Antoinette Gano and they had one daughter, Anna. He began work as a newspaper editor and publisher in New York…
This photograph may contain the following individuals: Clara Anderson; Jakob Th. Andersen; Jens Ivoldgaard Andersen; Louis Andersen; Katherine Appel; Peter Lund Bjerre; Hans Bodholdt; Jørgen Larsen Boe; Jørgine Buck; Carl Carlsen; Annie Christine…
Commission of Thomas J. McKean as Brigadier General of U.S. Volunteers, signed by Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. February 6, 1862. McKean was a West Point graduate (1831), military officer (1831-1834, 1837-1838), and, as an…
For centuries, all sculptured works had smooth, polished
surfaces. Then Rodin, creator of "The Thinker," departed
from tradition to introduce a new, rough-hewn look,
which soon was universally accepted. In daring to do …
