A constitutional convention convened in Iowa City on January 19, 1857 ending on March 5, 1857. The convention drafted and approved the Constitution of Iowa. This constitution is the still in use today by the State of Iowa. It has been amended many…
My Grandfather, William Herman Rauch (1878-1951), was the resident gardener at Four Mounds Farm and Estate (owned by Mr. and Mrs.George Burden) from the spring of 1943 until his death there in November 1951. He lived on site in the Gardener’s…