Pictured here is the Penn College basketball team from the 1920's. Basketball was invented by Dr. James Naismith in December of 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts. It did not take long for the sport to catch on and spread west across the United…
Penn College was founded by Quakers, who believed education to be a necessity in their lives, but public schooling had not yet come to Iowa in the late 19th century. Oskaloosa seemed like the perfect location for a Quaker college due to the two…
