George W. Clarke, twenty-first Governor of Iowa, in the Des Moines Plain Talk, August 12, 1926.

The historic shrine of Old Vincennes, in the Glenwood Opinion, August 12, 1926.

Pioneer days of Iowa, in the Odebolt Chronicle, August 12, 1926.

Evolution of the Maquoketa schools, in the Jackson Sentinel, August 13, 1926.

A trip over a plank road in 1855, in the Keokuk Citizen, August 13, 1926, and the Burlington Post, August 14, 1926.

The famous steamboat race between the Robert E. Lee and the Natchez, in the Davenport Democrat, August 15, 1926.

Campaigning with General Alfred Sully, by Gertrude Henderson, in the Sioux City Journal, August 15, 1926.

Cass County men in the Spanish-American War, in the Atlantic News-Telegraph, August 16, 1926.

Newburg's famous saloons, in the Grinnell Herald, August 17, 1926.

The story of early days near Jefferson, in the Jefferson Bee, August 18, 1926.

Old Fort Atkinson and its guardian, by Karl Von Lackum, in the Waterloo Courier, August 18, 1926.

History of Center Township, Henry County, in the Mount Pleasant News, August 18, 1926.

Dubuque as described in an old railroad directory of 1869, in the Dubuque Times-Journal, August 19, 1926.

William L. Harding, twenty-second Governor of Iowa, in the Rockwell City Republican, August 19, 1926.

A Revolutionary War veteran buried at Albia, in the Albia UnionRepublican, August 19, 1926.

Thomas Nicholson, first settler at Hopkinton, in the Hopkinton Leader, August 19, 1926.

Early history of banking in Bremer County, in the Waverly Independent-Republican, August 19, 1926.

When grasshoppers stopped trains in northwest Iowa, by H. C. Harper, in the Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune, August 19, 1926. Sketch of the life of Rebecca Ann Lock, a resident of Davis County for eighty years, in the Bloomfield Democrat, August 19, 1926. Story of the settlement of Cherokee County, in the Cherokee Times, August 20, 1926.

The battle of Athens, in the Keokuk Citizen, August 20, 1926.

Memoirs of Captain Sam R. Van Sant, in the Burlington Post, August 21, 28, 1926.

Sioux City and the Black Hills gold rush in 1874, by Gertrude Henderson, in the Sioux City Journal, August 22, 1926.

A trip to Iowa in 1853, by Hattie M. Rice, in the Dewitt Observer, August 26, 1926.

The story of the Dewitt courthouse bell, by Helen Latham Dahn, in the Dewitt Observer, August 26, 1926.

Nate E. Kendall, twenty-third Governor of Iowa, in the Rockwell City Republican, August 26, 1926.

Early settlement of Black Hawk County, in the Waterloo Courier, August 26, 1926.

Reminiscences of George T. Loy, a resident of Page County for seventy years, in the Clarinda Herald, August 30, 1926.

History of Garden Prairie Church, in the Oelwein Daily Register, August 30, 1926.

A short history of the town of Newbern, in the Chariton Leader, August 30, 1926.

HISTORICAL ACTIVITIES

The State Historical Society of Wisconsin has recently issued the Proceedings of the Society at Its Seventy-third Annual Meeting. This was held at Madison on October 15, 1925.

Doane Robinson, formerly superintendent of the Department of History of South Dakota, has published an Encyclopedia of South Dakota. This is an alphabetically arranged collection of information concerning the leaders, history, literature, geography, and science of South Dakota.

The Missouri Historical Society of St. Louis has recently published a Year Book for 1926. This is an attractively bound volume of some two hundred pages and contains valuable information concerning the Society, its members, and its work.

The fifth annual "historic tour" sponsored by the Minnesota Historical Society occurred on June 16, 1926. The group left St. Paul, visiting Sibley House at Mendota, Castle Rock, Northfield, Faribault, Madison Lake, and Mankato. At Castle Rock Frank E. Balmer gave a talk on "The Farmer and Minnesota History". The program at Mankato on June 17th included the following papers and addresses: "Pioneers of Southwestern Minnesota: The Story of My Grand Parents", by Fern Johnson, a high school pupil; "Some Experiences of a Soldier in the Sibley Expedition: From the Journal of Henry J. Hagadorn", by John P. Prichett; "The Historical Backgrounds of Mankato and Its Vicinity", by Thomas Hughes; "Southern Minnesota: How Manuscripts Tell Its Story", by Grace Lee Nute; and "Progress and Politics: A View of Minnesota in the Early Seventies", by William Watts Folwell. There was a luncheon conference on the promotion of local historical work in Minnesota, Judge Lorin Cray presiding.

IOWA

The Lion's Club of Charles City sponsored a pageant of the

early history of the region. This was given on August 24 and 25, 1926.

H. S. Jones of Spencer, Iowa, is at work on two volumes relating to Iowa history. One is a collection of personal reminiscences; the other a history of Clay County.

A boulder marking the birthplace of William L. Harding, former Governor of Iowa, was put in place on July 12, 1926, in the corner of the Harding lawn in Goewey Township, Osceola County.

Balliet Chapter, D. A. R., of Mount Vernon held services on June 30, 1926, at the city hall of that place. Markers were placed upon the graves of Jerusha Nelson Witter and Mary Ide Mason.

On June 20, 1926, the Daughters of the American Revolution dedicated a monument marking the grave of Joanna Matthews Bond, a daughter of a Revolutionary soldier, who is buried at Richland. Mrs. Daise Schipfer gave the address.

The Hawkeye Natives and Auxiliary held their annual picnic at Crapo Park, Burlington, on September 15, 1926. Alex Miller was the principal speaker. This was the twenty-first anniversary of this organization of pioneers.

The second annual meeting of the Wyoming Historical Society was held on August 5, 1926. John Morse was elected president for the ensuing year; Fannie Franks, recording secretary; Mrs. Mae Johnson Peck, corresponding secretary; and Emma A. Alden, treasurer.

Winneshiek County staged a pageant showing episodes of local history on July 4 and 5, 1926. The picture begins with a village of the Winnebago Indians and ends with the return of the Winneshiek County soldiers at the close of the World War.

Old settlers of Mills, Fremont, and Pottawattamie Counties held their annual picnic at Glenwood on August 20, 1926. Henry Smith of Macedonia was named president for next year, and Mrs. H. K. Dye secretary. The meeting in 1927 will be held at Macedonia. The meeting this year is the fortieth annual reunion of the pioneers of this region.

The Okamanpedan Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution at Estherville provided a marker in the Okamanpedan Park locating the spot on the Mankato - Sioux City military trail where T. W. Sherman, a major in the United States army, camped in 1858, on his way from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Ridgeley, Minnesota.

A pageant of Black Hawk County history, prepared under the auspices of the Cedar Falls Woman's Club, was given at Cedar Falls on July 5 and 6, 1926. One episode dealt with the Indian chief Black Hawk. The second episode presented pictures of early white settlements, the third the settlement of Cedar Falls. A quilting bee, the coming of the Danes, beginning of the Civil War, and somewhere in France were other scenes depicted.

The Ida County Farm Bureau was in charge of the historical pageant of Ida County given at Ida Grove on July 2 and 3, 1926. The Indians and the pioneers were represented in the earlier episodes and various historical events of the county were depicted. Representatives from various townships were in charge of these scenes which included a spectacular reproduction of a World War attack in which several hundred men took part, using flares and bombs.

The Dallas County Farm Bureau was the sponsor of the historical pageant given at Adel on August 19, 1926. Indians from the reservation at Tama presented the first scene. A reproduction of Blashfield's mural painting "Westward" and a treaty with the Indians made up the second scene. Seven townships gave the remaining scenes, each furnishing a dramatic representation of some events in the history of Dallas County.

An historical pageant depicting the events in Clayton County was given at Elkader on July 15 and 16, 1926. It was under the direction of Mrs. B. L. Thurston of Chicago and the cast included some four hundred persons. A Winnebago village scene, the first settlement on Turkey River, recruiting during the Civil War, and scenes representing the departure and return of the soldiers of the World War were features of the pageant. The proceeds went to the Elkader fair association.