The blizzard of 1873, by C. T. Harlan, in the Mason City GlobeGazette, January 12, 1926.

Sketch of the life of Captain William R. Tibbals, pioneer river man, in the Clinton Herald, January 12, 1926, and the Burlington Post, January 15, 1926.

Origin of the word "blizzard", in the Estherville Vindicator, January 13, 1926.

The history of Monona County, Lincoln Township, in the Ute Independent, January 14, 1926.

When corn in Iowa was used for fuel, in the Elkader Register, January 14, 1926.

Sketch of the life of Captain George Phillips, Civil War veteran, in the Brooklyn Chronicle, January 14, 1926.

Robert Lucas, first Governor of Iowa Territory, by R. B. Fisher, in the Des Moines Plain Talk, January 14, 1926, and the Rockwell City Republican, January 21, 1926.

Mark Twain set type in Keokuk directory, in the Council Bluffs Nonpareil, January 16, 1926, and the Keokuk Gate City, January 20, 1926.

The early settlement of Spencer, by Adelaide Knight, in the Sioux City Journal, January 17, 1926.

Incidents of pioneer life near Mapleton, in the Mapleton Press, January 21, 1926.

The first telephone call from Keokuk, in the Keokuk Citizen, January 22, 1926.

Sketch of the life of Captain George Winans, a veteran river navigator, by Captain Fred A. Bill, in the Burlington Post, January 23, 1926.

The Mormon exodus across Iowa, by Andrew Jenson, in the Centerville Iowegian, January 26, 1926.

History of pioneers in Davis County, the Pollard family, in the Bloomfield Democrat, January 28, February 4, 1926.

John Chambers, second Governor of Iowa, by R. B. Fisher, in the Rockwell City Republican, January 28, 1926.

James Clarke, third Governor of Iowa, by R. B. Fisher, in the Des Moines Plain Talk, January 28, 1926.

Steamboats on the Upper Missouri River, by Cora Pederson, in the Sioux City Journal, January 31, 1926.

History of Jefferson banks, in the Jefferson Bee, February 3, 1926. Early days in Hardin County District Court, by Charles L. Hays, in the Eldora Herald, February 4, 1926.

Ansel Briggs, first Governor of the State of Iowa, by R. B. Fisher, in the Rockwell City Republican, February 4, 1926.

Sketch of the life of Mrs. Margaret Morlan, Hawarden's oldest resident, in the Hawarden Chronicle, February 4, 1926.

The horrors of Libby prison and the Salisbury prison, by G. W. Palmer, in the Sioux City Tribune, February 4, 1926.

First through train from St. Paul to Sioux City, in the Sioux City Tribune, February 5, 1926.

Incidents of frontier days, in the Glenwood Tribune, February 8, 1926.

History of pioneers in Davis County, autobiography of B. F. Carroll, in the Bloomfield Democrat, February 11, 1926.

Stephen Hempstead, second Governor of the State of Iowa, by R. B. Fisher, in the Rockwell City Republican, February 11, 1926. The history of Monona County, Belvidere Township, in the Soldier Sentinel, February 11, 1926.

Reflections of pioneer life in Dickinson County, in the Spirit Lake Beacon, February 11, 1926.

Anna Souder, pioneer of Clio, recalls Lincoln's splitting rails, in the Des Moines Capital, February 12, 1926.

When steamboats were numerous, in the Keokuk Citizen, February 12, 1926.

Old newspaper shows how Cedar Rapids mourned Lincoln's death, in the Cedar Rapids Republican, February 12, 1926.

The first Congregational church in Iowa, in the Logan Observer, February 18, 1926.

Sketch of the life of George W. Schee, in the Primghar Bell, February 18, 1926.

Life of Poweshiek, in the Montezuma Republican, February 18, 1926.

James W. Grimes, third Governor of the State of Iowa, by R. B. Fisher, in the Des Moines Plain Talk, February 18, 1926.

History of pioneers in Davis County, Governor George W. Clarke, in the Bloomfield Democrat, February 18, 1926.

Monticello's first mayor, Samuel Yaman Bradstreet, in the Monticello Express, February 18, 1926.

Peterson was once a fort, in the Peterson Patriot, February 18, 1926.

Early history of Dubuque as told by William Coughlin, one hundred year old pioneer, in the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, February 21, 1926.

Sketch of the life of Michael Netley, one hundred and five year old resident of Iowa, in the Waterloo Courier, February 24, 1926. Sketch of the career of Eli Myers, veteran educator, in the West Union Gazette, February 24, 1926.

Toolesboro in early days, in the Oakville Sentinel, February 25, 1926.

History of pioneers in Davis County, Judge H. C. Traverse and Judge Frank W. Eichelberger, in the Bloomfield Democrat, February 25, 1926.

The history of Monona County, Center Township, in the Soldier Sentinel, February 25, 1926.

Sketch of the life of Captain A. M. Clark, Civil War veteran, in the Knoxville Express, February 25, 1926.

Ralph P. Lowe, fourth Governor of the State of Iowa, by R. B. Fisher, in the Des Moines Plain Talk, February 26, 1926.

Burlington at the age of twenty years, in the Burlington Gazette, February 27, 1926.

Sketch of the life of Judge William J. Springer, in the New Hampton Tribune, March 3, 1926.

Iowa political sketches, by David Brant, in the Cedar Rapids Republican, March 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 1926.

When grasshoppers held up trains, in the Waterloo Courier, March 8, 1926.

Early days at Le Mars, reprinted from the Sioux City Journal, in the Le Mars Sentinel, March 9, 1926.

D. A. R. in Iowa marking historic spots, in the Cherokee Times, March 10, 1926.

The telephone in Cresco fifty years ago, in the Howard County Times, March 10, 1926.

Samuel Jordan Kirkwood, fifth Governor of the State of Iowa, by R. B. Fisher, in the Des Moines Plain Talk, March 11, 1926. The Little Brown Church in the Vale, in the Waterloo Tribune, March 14, 1926.

Early days at Marshalltown, in the Marshalltown Times-Republican, March 18, 1926.

The cow ordinance fight at Ft. Dodge, by Charles Rubenstein, in the Des Moines Register, March 21, 1926.

Some early Iowa history, by Frank P. Clarkson, in the Cedar Rapids Republican, March 21, 1926.

Exploration of the Big Sioux River by Captain James Allen, in the Sioux City Journal, March 24, 1926.

HISTORICAL ACTIVITIES

The seventh annual Indiana History Conference was held at Indianapolis on December 11-12, 1925.

The annual meeting of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association for 1926 will be held at Springfield, Illinois, on May 6-8. The program will include an automobile trip to Salem where a luncheon will be served.

The fifth Minnesota State historical convention is to be held at Mankato on June 17, 18, 1926. An "historic tour", including Northfield and Faribault, will again be a feature of the meeting.

The Louisiana Historical Society will hold its monthly meeting on March 23, 1926. The original manuscript of "Destruction and Reconstruction", by Richard Taylor, a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army, will be presented by Andre Lafargue. The acceptance will be made by Henry P. Dart.

The Committee on Handbook of the Conference of Historical Societies has prepared a Handbook of American Historical Societies. This compilation was first projected in 1920 and is the work of a committee on which were George N. Fuller, Solon J. Buck, John C. Parish, and Joseph Schafer, who was chairman.

Dr. Solon J. Buck, superintendent of the Minnesota Historical Society, has been chosen executive secretary of the Committee on Endowment of the American Historical Association. The work assigned to this committee is the raising of a million dollars as a permanent fund for the Association. Dr. Buck's headquarters will be in New York, probably until September.

The State Historical and Natural History Society of Colorado which had suffered from the fact that no State funds were available to meet the appropriations of the legislature for the Society, has recently been financially assisted by the City and County of Denver. Although Dr. James H. Baker, editor-in-chief of the three