In 1922, Myrtle Belden was a rural mail carrier around Yorkville, Illinois. A single woman in her late twenties, she cared about her position and,…
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In many true crime tales, women are all too often the unfortunate victims. In the 1920’s, Hazel Anderson and Helen Depue turned the tables and…
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William Koenig came to America with his family for a better opportunity. On a warm August night in 1870, it ended in tragedy and death.…
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Some have said that the most dangerous people that you can ever come across are people that have nothing to lose. They aren’t going to…
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In 1921, 18-year-old Marie Wick checked into a Fargo hotel while travelling to visit her aunt. What happened that night in Room 30 would become…
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Earlier this year, I was driving down Illinois Route 84, heading north toward the town of Fulton. The road runs alongside the Mississippi River along…
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In 1918, Americans on the home front were supporting their troops fighting in Europe while waging a war of their own against a deadly pandemic.…
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As America prepared to fight World War I, the deadliest pandemic the world has ever seen arrived silently. 50 million people died. Do some of…
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Mt. Zion is a small cemetery outside of Newton, Iowa. For decades, farmers and their families have buried their loved ones there, allowing them to…
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I have always loved Adams County. Located in the southwestern portion of the state, Adams county is the least populous county in Iowa, containing just…
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