In 1859 the Des Moines school district, previously one entity, fractioned off into wards. West High School was in the Fourth Ward. On July 1, 1864 the board voted to open the high school. West was the largest high school in Iowa. It moved to the…
NEW FACES AND JOBS IN 1966-67
Andrew Tallon,
Philosophy Dep't.
Reverend Thomas Dinges,
Professor of Religion
Mr. Dougherty of the Language Dep't. leaves his Davis Hall
office for the Spanish classroom.
Sr. Annette Walters, Dep't. of Psychology
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Thomas Deeis
Peoria, Illinois
Ronald De John
Rockford, Illinois
Darrell De Joode
Knoxville, Iowa
Richard Detweiler
Moline, Illinois
Michael Devaney
Moline, Illinois
Thomas Dickson
Davenport, Iowa
Theodore Dirksen
Springfield, Illinois
Vaughn…
Address by Dr. W. McClellan, Chairman, Land Resources Council, Mississippi Valley Association at the National Plow Terrace Building Contest, Glenwood, Iowa - September 11, 1946
Dr. McClellan discusses the importance of soil conservation stating…
This sepia picture shows the west half of the south side of the square in the late 1870's. It shows a furniture store, a grocer, boots and shoes, a milliner and another grocer. There is a dog in the middle of the street and a horse and buggy parked…
This booklet is a brief history of soil erosion on farmland in the United States and how this serious problem was addressed. In 1933 a government agency, known as the Soil Erosion Service, was organized under the Department of the Interior, and…
