Author: Johnson County Old Settlers' Association (Iowa)
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Category : Johnson County (Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 1140
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Proceedings of the Johnson County Old Settlers' Association
Author: Johnson County Old Settlers' Association (Iowa)
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Category : Johnson County (Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 1140
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Category : Johnson County (Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 1140
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The Emerald Horizon
Author: Cornelia F. Mutel
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1587297477
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
In The Emerald Horizon, Cornelia Mutel combines lyrical writing with meticulous scientific research to portray the environmental past, present, and future of Iowa. In doing so, she ties all of Iowa's natural features into one comprehensive whole. Since so much of the tallgrass state has been transformed into an agricultural landscape, Mutel focuses on understanding today’s natural environment by understanding yesterday’s changes. After summarizing the geological, archaeological, and ecological features that shaped Iowa’s modern landscape, she recreates the once-wild native communities that existed prior to Euroamerican settlement. Next she examines the dramatic changes that overtook native plant and animal communities as Iowa’s prairies, woodlands, and wetlands were transformed. Finally she presents realistic techniques for restoring native species and ecological processes as well as a broad variety of ways in which Iowans can reconnect with the natural world. Throughout, in addition to the many illustrations commissioned for this book, she offers careful scientific exposition, a strong sense of respect for the land, and encouragement to protect the future by learning from the past. The “emerald prairie” that “gleamed and shone to the horizon’s edge,” as botanist Thomas Macbride described it in 1895, has vanished. Cornelia Mutel’s passionate dedication to restoring this damaged landscape—and by extension the transformed landscape of the entire Corn Belt—invigorates her blend of natural history and human history. Believing that citizens who are knowledgeable about native species, communities, and ecological processes will better care for them, she gives us hope—and sound suggestions—for the future.
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1587297477
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
In The Emerald Horizon, Cornelia Mutel combines lyrical writing with meticulous scientific research to portray the environmental past, present, and future of Iowa. In doing so, she ties all of Iowa's natural features into one comprehensive whole. Since so much of the tallgrass state has been transformed into an agricultural landscape, Mutel focuses on understanding today’s natural environment by understanding yesterday’s changes. After summarizing the geological, archaeological, and ecological features that shaped Iowa’s modern landscape, she recreates the once-wild native communities that existed prior to Euroamerican settlement. Next she examines the dramatic changes that overtook native plant and animal communities as Iowa’s prairies, woodlands, and wetlands were transformed. Finally she presents realistic techniques for restoring native species and ecological processes as well as a broad variety of ways in which Iowans can reconnect with the natural world. Throughout, in addition to the many illustrations commissioned for this book, she offers careful scientific exposition, a strong sense of respect for the land, and encouragement to protect the future by learning from the past. The “emerald prairie” that “gleamed and shone to the horizon’s edge,” as botanist Thomas Macbride described it in 1895, has vanished. Cornelia Mutel’s passionate dedication to restoring this damaged landscape—and by extension the transformed landscape of the entire Corn Belt—invigorates her blend of natural history and human history. Believing that citizens who are knowledgeable about native species, communities, and ecological processes will better care for them, she gives us hope—and sound suggestions—for the future.
The Epistle
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Languages : en
Pages : 796
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Languages : en
Pages : 796
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Name Index of the Year Books of the Old Settlers' Association of Johnson County, Iowa, 1866-1925
Author: Aletha B. Redman
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Category : Johnson County (Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 173
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Category : Johnson County (Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 173
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Old Capitol
Author: Margaret N. Keyes
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Built between 1839 and 1842, the domed structure of Iowa City's Old Capitol served as the third territorial capitol and the first state capitol of Iowa. In 1857, when the state government was moved to Des Moines, Old Capitol became the first building of the new University of Iowa. It remains today the centerpiece of this handsome campus. The story of its history and restoration, told in this elegantly illustrated book, is an intriguing account of historical architectural detection. Using primary sources, including manuscripts, vouchers, account books, newspaper stories, correspondence, and documents from the National Archives and Iowa repositories, Margaret Keyes portrays the major events of the total history of Old Capitol since its site was determined.
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Built between 1839 and 1842, the domed structure of Iowa City's Old Capitol served as the third territorial capitol and the first state capitol of Iowa. In 1857, when the state government was moved to Des Moines, Old Capitol became the first building of the new University of Iowa. It remains today the centerpiece of this handsome campus. The story of its history and restoration, told in this elegantly illustrated book, is an intriguing account of historical architectural detection. Using primary sources, including manuscripts, vouchers, account books, newspaper stories, correspondence, and documents from the National Archives and Iowa repositories, Margaret Keyes portrays the major events of the total history of Old Capitol since its site was determined.
Serials Catalog: Titles, O-Z; and Corporate body index
Author: Iowa State University. Library
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 878
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 878
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The Researcher
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Category : Registers of births, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 532
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Category : Registers of births, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 532
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Library Catalog
Author: Daughters of the American Revolution. Library
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
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National Union Catalog
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 744
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Includes entries for maps and atlases.
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 744
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Includes entries for maps and atlases.
The National Union Catalogs, 1963-
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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