Riding Along With Cole The Cornstar - The Lucas Countyan

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Riding along with Cole the Cornstar

I have my favorite vloggers, too --- and as Iowa's harvest season has commenced the YouTube product of a young man from central Iowa who styles himself "Cole the Cornstar" has helped to entertain (and inform) me twice weekly. Cole is kind of a YouTube phenomenon, having picked up more than 100,000 subscribers to his channel in somewhat more than a year of vlogging. He's a recent graduate of the University of Northern Iowa who farms 1,700 of land, some owned by his family and some rented, with his father, who calls himself "Daddy Cornstar," and younger brother, Cooper. All make regular appearances in the vlog. His mom's there, too, as well as an older sister --- but they avoid the camera. The farming operation is located in the general vicinity of Marshalltown. Cole himself lives on a farmstead acquired by his great-grandparents during the 1930s and in a house occupied by his grandfather until his fairly recent death. During his grandfather's lifetime, that farmstead earned the reputation as the messiest place in the region. An ongoing theme of the vlogs is the determination of his grandson, somewhat obsessive about neatness, to clean it up. I grew up in a farming operation, mixed livestock and grain, less than a sixth the size of the Cornstar operation, but not unusual at the time. Farming has changed considerably --- and this young man's light-hearted product I've found to be an entertaining way to catch up a little on the ins and outs of family farming in Iowa in the 21st century. Recent blog posts have focused on the hard work involved in maintaining and preparing for the harvest season the equipment needed, from combine to augers, to get the soybeans and corn out of the field and into the bins before snow flies. So if you're interested in family farming --- and if you live in Iowa especially you should be --- the posts you find here are well worth the investment of a few minutes twice a week. Here's a link to the channel. Posted by Frank D. Myers at 7:11 AM

3 comments:

H Thomas said...

Great description and explanation of the Cornstar Family. I found Cole a couple of weeks ago and have been catching up on his vlogs. The one that first caught my attention was the one about the "First cleaning of the farmhouse in 40 years". They are entertaining and educational for us city folk.

12:08 PM RA KIRK said...

We have been watching for a while now. It's a great watch. I love the Family values they impart along with a hard work ethic of all of them. Farming is a hard way of life... a 24/7 venture. They seem to be a remarkable Family and we look forward to seeing what they are up to next.A Kirk from Lampasas Tx

3:25 PM Donna said...

My husband & I found your channel a few months ago & we never knew the extent of hard work & determination a family farm takes. We just both appreciate the "all in" attitude of the family (we are in New York). Keep up the great work ... we are looking forward to seeing you reach your goals of more bushels with all your equipment improvements. Scott/Donna

6:25 PM

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Chariton's historic buildings, developed for the Lucas County Historical Society and Chariton Historic Preservation Commission.

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Coal Mining in Lucas County

• 1. Black Diamonds, Part 1
• 2. Black Diamonds, Part 2 (William Haven)
• 3. Black Diamonds, Part 3
• 4. Coal mining, Cleveland launched (1877)
• 5. Two Days in Old Cleveland (1887)
• 6. Black Diamonds, Part 4
• 7. Visit to New Cleveland & Whitebreast No. 4
• Gray, Thomas (1880)

Death in the Mines

• Baux, Jacob (1918)
• Davies, Roger (1876)
• Fry, Shadrack (1880)
• Gardiner, James (1937)
• Jukes, William (1880)
• Lancey, David (1923)
• Reese, John (1888)
• Rennie, Robert (1879)
• Roberts, Robert (1888)

Black Lives Matter

Theopolis Gibson

• Baker, Frederick: County's black Civil War loss
• Carter, Eliza Ann (Life & Times)
• Gibson, Theopolis (LIfe & Times)
• Iowa Bystander correspondents
• Juneteenth vs. Emancipation Day
• Kay, John (Cemetery Heritage Tour)
• Kay, John, & the Jeffers Family Part 1
• Kay, John, & the Jeffers Family Part 2
• Kay, John, & the Jeffers Family Part 3
• Martin, William (Benjamin Alexander)
• Martin, William (G.A.R. flag holder for)
• Mason, Anderson: County's first black voter
• Mathis, Dudley (Slave or Free?)
• Owsley, Jane, Dallas, Martha & Henry
• Rhinehart, Charles & Newton
• Wright Family (Farmers & Miners)

The Richmonds

• 1. Romulus R. Richmond's photograph
• 2. Meet Aunt Lillie Richmond
• 3. Lillie Richmond & children at rest

George Todd

• Part 1: From Slavery to Chariton
• Part 2: Enslaved in Missouri
• Part 3: Encounters With the Media

The Underground Railroad

• Barnes, A.C., & Coker F. Clarkson
• Barnes, A.C., & his Washington hand press
• Underground Railroad at Melrose, Part 1
• Underground Railroad at Melrose, Part 2

The Ku Klux Klan in Lucas and Wayne Counties, Iowa

• The Klan in Lucas County (Part 1)
• The Klan in Lucas County (Part 2)
• Chariton's Ku Klux Klan headquarters building
• The Klan in Lucas County: Loose Ends
• The Klan in Lucas County: Updates
• About those Ku Klux Klan snapshots
• The Ku Klux Klan in Wayne County (Part 1)
• The Ku Klux Klan in Wayne County (Part 2)
• The Ku Klux Klan in Wayne County (Part 3)

Chariton and Klondike Gold

• 1. Klondike Gold: Prelude
• 2. Klondike Gold: John Bentley's demise
• 3. Klondike Gold: Starling Riggins' hard luck
• 4. Klondike Gold: Charley Rose comes home

Strong Women

• Branner, Virginia M.
• Lewis, Sarah Lucretia
• McAfee, Dr. Dora Wyland
• Talboy, Capt. Helen Mahony

Henry T. Hiester, Master Photographer

• 1. Henry T. Hiester: Chariton's minor role
• 2. Henry T. Hiester: New Mexico, 1870-80
• 3. Henry T. Hiester: Chariton years, 1884-6
• 4. Henry T. Hiester: Death & Texas, 1886-95
• 5. Henry T. Hiester: Loose ends

The Charitone

• 01. Good news for the Charitone
• 02. Chariton's modern new hotel
• 03. The Charitone WILL rise again
• 04. Charitone memories and barbers
• 05. Inside looking out
• 06. The Elbow Room and more
• 07. A little Annex analysis
• 08. Jay Leno and the Hotel Charitone
• 09. The sign comes down
• 10. Inside the Charitone: Looking out
• 11. Charitone updates: Seeing sky
• 12. January 2013 update: Top to Bottom
• 13. A new restaurant for the Charitone
• 14. Congress comes to the Charitone
• 15. June 2013: Plumbing, heating & electrical
• 16. August 2013: Windows for the Charitone
• 17. October 2013: Rooms with a view
• 18. November 2013: Charitone relighted
• 19. December 2013: Checking it twice
• 20. January 2014: Bright lights, neon nights
• 21. January 2014: Charitone Market Grille
• 22. February 2014: Getting in at ground level

Charitone-related

• Charitone Annex
• That old Charitone corner (Part 1)
• That old Charitone corner (Part 2)
• That old Charitone corner (Part 3)
• That old Charitone corner (Part 4)

Lucas County history

• Alfred Goodwin's Russell
• Alphonso Burt vanishes (1872)
• Becoming Lucas County
• Blue Grass Road (Part 1)
• Blue Grass Road (Part 2)
• Brief History of Chariton
• Centennial Box
• Centennial Box photos
• Chariton Is a Rich Town (1903)
• First National Bank, 1899 remodel
• Herald-Patriot, 110th birthday
• John Faith and "The Chariton Democrat"
• July 4, 1876, and the big storm
• Kirkwood, Dodge collide (1859)
• Ku Kluk Klan, Part 1
• Ku Klux Klan, Part 2
• Let Us Entertain (& Elevate) You
• President McKinley comes to town
• Rocks of Ages: The Mormon Trace
• Rosemary Evans: 20 Things She Remembered
• Sin Creeps In: Prostitutes from Des Moines
• Swede Hollow, The Healing Waters of ...
• The Circus Comes to Town (1915)
• Thomas Brandon's Memoir (1843 onward)
• Vanished Archaeological Treasure
• William W. Demaree, His Enigmatic Death

Lakes Ellis & Morris

• In Honor of Lyle Morris: Dedicating the Sign
• Face to Face with a Hero: Lyle Morris
• Near Sunset at Lake Morris

Lucas County Courthouse

• The Civil War Cannons (1916-1942)
• The Courthouse Clock (1894)
• The Courthouse Clock Rededicated (2017)
• The Courthouse Clock Restored (2016)
• The Courthouse Loses its Spire (1954)
• The Old Log Courthouse (1850)
• The Second Courthouse (1858)
• The Third Courthouse (1892-94)

Lucas County: In their own words

• Badger, Ellen Berry (1853 onward)
• Best, Elizabeth (1855 onward)
• Braden, Joseph (1853 onward)
• Braden, Joseph (Part Two)
• Brandon, Thomas (1843 onward)
• Custer, Susannah Millan (1848 onward)
• Shepperd, John W. (1851 onward)
• Threlkeld, Isaac N. (1855 onward)

English Township

• Breckenridge, Duncan
• Brenaman, Abram
• Cain, Isaac C.
• Davis, Edmund
• Dunshee, Thomas M.
• Graves, Isaac
• Hall, Thomas
• Howard, Joseph
• Karn, Henry
• Kinsey, Isaac
• Presbyterian Church of English
• Stout, James
• Vickroy, Joseph
• Williby, John

Lincoln Township

• Elizabeth Creighton Best Memoir
• Oxford Cemetery (First Burials)
• Oxford Cemetery (Memorial Day 2011)
• Oxford Cemetery (Tillis Miller)
• Oxford Cemetery (Tombstone Art)

Pleasant Township

• Coal Glen Cemetery
• Strong Cemetery 1: Overview
• Strong Cemetery 2: The Hon. H.L. Byers
• Strong Cemetery 3: James Irons (War of 1812)

Warren Township

• Champlin Store (May Crossroads)
• May Baptist Church
• William DeForrest Gay (Part 1)
• William DeForrest Gay (Part 2)
• William DeForrest Gay (Part 3)
• William DeForrest Gay (Part 4)
• William DeForrest Gay (Part 5)
• William DeForrest Gay (The Epilogue)

Lucas County Byways

• Evening & a morning at Olmitz
• Russell Sportsman's Cabin
• Secret gardens & fall color (Greenbelt)
• Stephens State Forest: What's in a name
• Swede Holler to Poverty Ridge
• Williamson Pond

Pioneers who got away

• Searcy, Beverly and Rhoda

Douglass Pioneer Cemetery

• Bethel, Part 1 (Introduction, Nelson Lowder)
• Bethel, Part 2 (McDermott)
• Bethel, Part 3 (Rhea-Etheredge-Sargent)
• Bethel, Part 4 (Rhea-Etheredge-Sargent)
• Brownlee (English, 2005 visit)
• Brownlee (English, revisited 2011)
• Clair/Clear Pioneer (Pleasant)
• Coal Glen (Pleasant Township)
• Douglass Cemetery (Chariton)
• Douglass Cemetery (Oliver Coffman)
• Douglass Cemetery: The Walthalls
• Fletcher (Otter Creek Township)
• Greenville (Washington)
• Last Chance (General history, Mabry family)
• Last Chance (Graveyard Communications)
• Last Chance (Graveyard Dogs)
• Last Chance (Lonesome Windmill's Song)
• Last Chance (Spridgen)
• Last Chance (Westfall family)
• Mount Zion (Liberty Township)
• Newbern (Liberty)
• Oxford (English, first burials)
• Oxford (English, tombstone art)
• Prather-Roland Pioneer (Cedar)
• Stoneking (Pleasant Township)

The "Bates lady"

Buried In the Chariton Cemetery

• Bates, Benjamin Franklin et. al.
• Beardsley, Sam and Edith
• Bown, Thomas A.
• Coles, Robert and family
• Copeland, Anna Gibbon
• Copeland, Howard Darlington
• Corbett, Maggie (Unquiet grave)
• Crozier, Mary
• Finley, Mary and Harry
• Ford, Rachel (died 1873)
• General Cemetery History
• Gibbon, Leonard
• Gibson, Theopolis "Buster"
• Goodale, Solomon (Prince of caterers)
• Granger, Frank
• Johnson, Bonnie B.
• Jones, Byron Kirk
• Jones, Carl
• Lewis, Pearl (Perley) A.
• Lewis, Sarah Lucretia
• Lyman, Sheriff Gaylord (the murder of)
• Massee-Granger, Margaret Frances
• McAfee, Dr. Dora Wyland
• McGaughey, Rev. Johnson
• Noble, Warren Weston
• Plympton, Rebecca Hobson Bell
• Rinehart, John (Part One)
• Rinehart, John (Part Two)
• Scott, John (Who was he?)
• Spiker, Henry M.
• Stanton Vault (Part 1)
• Stanton Vault (Part 2)
• Stanton Vault (Part 3)
• Talboy, Capt. Helen Mahony
• Temple, Edward Ames
• Thayer, Deming Jarves
• Van Meter, Alexander (1844-1863)
• Van Nice, William H. and family
• Walthall, Samuel, Rebecca & Nancy
• Waynick, Eva Leona
• Wilkerson, Joseph W. and Maria

In Potter's Field

• Gomez, Domito
• Jones, Carl
• Olson, Ole, 1871-1911
• Vincent, Ruth, 1902-1902

Chariton Cemetery Heritage Tour 2013

• Caviness, Carl L., 1896-1918
• Corbett, Maggie, 1850-1887
• Julien, Rene, 1783-1861
• Vucucic, Marko "Chicago Mike," 1894-1928

Chariton Cemetery Heritage Tour 2014

• Clark, Orliff A. & the Charitone family
• Crips, Lizzie, 1854-1934
• McCollough, Henry F., 1891-1980
• St. John, Samuel B., 1831-1905

Chariton Cemetery Heritage Tour 2015

• Kirk, Minnie Day, 1866-1896
• Perry, Prof. John W., 1836-1887
• Stanton, Dr. James Eddington (1828-1908)
• Swan, Andrew, 1826-1903
• Thayer, Jessie Mallory, 1863-1923

Chariton Cemetery Heritage Tour 2016

• Carter, Eliza Ann, 1821-1923
• Hallensleben, William, 1806-1867
• Jones, Carl, 1911-1932
• Never-identified vagabonds, died 1909, 1915
• Sandahl, Anna, 1862-1904
• Stanton, Gertrude Aughey (Introduction)

Chariton Cemetery Heritage Tour, 2017

• Martin, William (Ben Alexander), 1846-1929
• Oppenheimer, Freda (Simon), 1864-1943
• Percifield, Templeton (1861-1929)
• Talboy, Helen Malony (1907-1969)
• Youtsey, Forrest D., 1893-1917

Chariton Cemetery Heritage Tour 2018

• Larimer, Margaret Stanton (1895-1968)
• McGaughey, Rev. Johnston
• Crozier, Mary (1896-1988)
• Bown, Thomas A. (1859-1922)
• Plympton, Rebecca Hobson Bell (1826-1913)

Chariton Cemetery Heritage Tour 2019

• Badger, Ellen Berry (1840-1934)
• Branner, Virginia M. (1852-1921)
• Cramer, Jeanette Sterett (1882-1966)
• Kay, John (1845-1906)
• Sanders, Fred B. (1922-1966)
• Van Meter, Alexander (1844-1863)

Chariton Cemetery Heritage Tour 2021

• Finley, Mary Stanberry (1834-1857)
• Gasser, Mae Glenn (1884-1969)
• Richmond, Booker T., 1904-1957
• Rose, Charles Wesley, 1854-1917
• Thayer, Deming Jarves (1852-1898)

Daniel McDermott's grave

Buried Elsewhere in Lucas County

• Byram, "Doc" (Brief, Spring Hill)
• Byram, "Doc" (Profile, Spring Hill)
• Clark, John (Old Davis City)
• Coffman, Oliver W. (Douglass)
• Crocker, Frank R (Minneapolis)
• Drake, Francis Marion (Centerville Oakland)
• Fouts, Michael (Bethel)
• Fox, Levi's family (New York)
• Hainer, Ignace (Old Davis City)
• Huddleson, Johnny (Freedom)
• Lilly, Arthur (Freedom), Part 1
• Lilly, Arthur (Freedom), Part 2
• Lowder, Nelson (Bethel)
• Mason, Amos (Jefferson Barracks)
• Mathis, Dudley (Pleasanton; Slave, or free?)
• McDermott, Daniel (Bethel)
• McDermott, William and Nancy (Bethel)
• McKinnis, Henry and sons (Mount Zion)
• Miller, Tillis (Oxford Cemetery)
• Ramsey, Sheriff William B. shot and killed
• Ratcliffe, Boswell, Hart (Hogue)
• Shockley, Hannah (Brownlee)
• Shockley, Hannah (cause of death)
• Smith, Josiah and Sarah's family (Salem)
• Sullivan, Ivan L. (Waynick; hanged for murder)
• Wadlington, Spencer F. "Squire" (Appanoose)
• West, John's family (Spring Hill)
• White, Roy's family (Spring Hill)

Cemeteries Elsewhere

• Aspen Grove (Burlington)
• Davis City (Decatur County)
• Hart-Woods (Wayne County)
• Iowa Veterans (Van Meter)
• Pleasanton (Decatur County)
• Rush (Wayne County)
• Squire Wadlington (Appanoose)
• Stringtown (Adams County)

Keokuk National Cemetery

• The "White Chief's" travels in life & death
• Behind the "White Chief's" mask
• The vanishing Fort Des Moines Post Cemetery
• Sitting Bull & Keokuk National Cemetery
• About Keokuk National Cemetery

E. E. Sargent

All in the Family

• Brown Family History
• Brown, Jessie and Ida (photo only)
• Brown/Love/McCorkle
• Christmas Desk
• Clair, Alvin Erastus
• Clair, William (Tombstone)
• Clair, William, Mary and family
• Columbia Girls (Brown, et. al.)
• Davis, Aquilla Jones
• Greer, William H.H.
• Miller home place
• Miller, Joseph Cyrus family (photo)
• Miller, South Dakota (Ida Rogers Brown)
• Mount Carmel Church
• Redlingshafer Barn
• Redlingshafer, John G.
• Rhea, James M.
• Rhea-Etheredge-Sargent (Part 1)
• Rhea-Etheredge-Sargent (Part 2)
• Sargent, Edward Ebenezer
• Sunnyside School scholars (photo)
• Travels with my bureau

Die Familie Redlingshafer

Doratha Redlingshafer, the matriarch

• No. 1: Anna Margaret Redlingshafer Rosa/Wulf
• No. 1a: John W. Rosa
• No. 7: John Lot Redlingshafer

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall

Long time passing ...

• Cesar, Richard Allen (Vietnam)
• Chariton's Civil War Memorial
• Coffman, Oliver W. (Civil War)
• Crouch, Albert B. (Vietnam)
• Don Hawkins' Letter Home from Vietnam
• Evans Cemetery Civil War memorial
• Hatfield, U.S. Army PFC Ellis
• Jones, Byron Kirk (World War I)
• Lucas County's Civil War dead
• Lucas County's Korean War dead
• Lucas County's Vietnam War dead
• Lucas County's World War I dead
• Lucas County's World War II dead
• Morgan, Air Force Lt. Col. George C.
• Nussbaum, U.S. Marine PFC Loren E.
• Owning the Dead

Evans Cemetery monument detail

Civil War Related

• Alexander, George W. (Confederate)
• Baker, Frederick (U.S. Colored Troops)
• Civil War Memorial (Chariton)
• Civil War Memorial (Evans Cemetery)
• Coffman, Oliver: The Dry Bones Effect
• Coffman, Oliver's Diary (January 1863)
• Coffman, Oliver's grave (Douglass Cemetery)
• Farewell to the boys of Company B
• Gosport Forty
• Iseminger, Daniel
• Kay, John (U.S. Colored Troops)
• Lucas County's Civil War Dead
• Martin, William (U.S. Colored Troops)
• Morgan, Elijah H. (Confederate)
• Rhea, James M.'s Letter Home
• Scott, John (Who was he?)
• Smith, Josiah (Confederate)
• Stanley, James's Remarkable Tombstone

The Southern Iowa Border Brigade

• 1. Chariton and the Border Brigade
• 2. John Edwards and the Border Brigade
• 3. Iowa Border Warfare & the Summer of 1861
• 4. The end of "Honest John" Edwards

Veterans of the War of 1812

Samuel Walthall's Tombstone

• Callahan, Jeremiah (Grimes)
• Cook, Solomon (Bethel)
• Howard, Joseph (Newbern)
• Irons, James (Strong)
• Kendall, Aaron Moore (Greenville)
• Kimberlin, Nathaniel (Cambria)
• Musselman, Daniel (Mount Zion)
• Proctor, Caleb (Chariton)
• Tracy, Benjamin (Goshen)
• Walthall, Samuel (Chariton)
• Younkin, Henry (Chariton)

The World War I Dead

• Caviness, Carl L. (1)
• Caviness, Carl L. (2)
• Culbertson, Fred
• Johnson, Henry Rudolph
• Strain, Oshea
• Todd, Charles N. (1)
• Todd, Charles N. (2)

The Korean War Dead

• Halferty, Donald Lee
• Musick, George
• Parker, Jerry W.
• Rowe, Elmer A.
• Shelton, Lyle R.
• Spoon, Manuel

Chariton Specifically

Chariton City Hall

Barnett/Meyer Law Firm Building

• 1. Building Bio: Bread to Briefs
• 2. Deconstruction, Reconstruction
• 3. Brick & Mortar & Pattern

ALSO ABOUT CHARITON

• Bates House hotel (from beginning to end)
• California gold passes through
• Chariton Choral Society
• Chariton City Hall (W.L. Perkins)
• Chariton's Cecilians, 1936-1937
• Civil War Cannons Join World War II Effort
• Court Avenue "Subway"
• Gates House (W.L. Perkins)
• Library's 1889 May Party (a vision in calico)
• Mortimer E. Wilson's Chariton Military Band
• Nazarenes redeem the Levee
• North side of square, ca. 1885-90
• Oppenheimer Block
• Sin Creeps In from Des Moines
• William G. Barber House (W.L. Perkins)

Yocom Park

• 1. From Lake Como to Yocom Park
• 2. A Walk in Yocom Park
• 3. East Park Begins to Rise from Lake Como

Chariton more generally

Old Betsy in a 4th of July parade

• First CHS mens basketball team
• Old Betsy, Part 1
• Old Betsy, Part 2
• What it was was football (Noxall Club)

Destinations: Iowa & Otherwise

Confederate Cemetery, Higginsville, Mo.

Destinations, Iowa & otherwise

• Bloomfield in bloom (Davis County)
• Bob White State Park (Wayne County)
• Civil War Battle of Athens (Iowa/Missouri)
• Confederate Cemetery (Higginsville, Missouri)
• Dakota City, Iowa
• Lamoni and Liberty Hall
• Lewelling Quaker Museum (Henry County)
• Mount Pisgah (Union County)
• Red Oak (Depot Hill Historic District)
• Red Oak (Montgomery County Courthouse)
• Red Oake (Grand Parade)
• Remarkable Walnut, iowa
• Round Barn site (Wayne County)
• Stalking the Prairie Gentian
• Swedesburg (Henry County)
• Voyage to Icaria (Adams County, Iowa)

Chief Black Hawk

Iowaville

• Beach, John
• Black Hawk's Bones
• Caldwell, Van
• Davis, Andrew Jackson
• Hinkle, Miss Lora
• Jordan, James H. (Part 1)
• Jordan, James H. (Part 2)
• McClain, Lucinda Betterton
• Tolman, John

Also Van Buren County

• Abandoned house near Keosauqua, Cantril
• Kneeland, Abner
• Prentiss family

Mormon-related

• Far West (A Visit)
• Far West Cultural Center (Non Extant)
• Garden Grove (With the Gunzenhausers)
• Nauvoo (Day Trip To)
• Sarah Gabbott & Grave Hollow 1
• Sarah Gabbott & Grave Hollow 2
• Sarah Gabbott & Grave Hollow 3

Refrigerator bran muffins

The Food Channel

• Apple Crisp
• Broccoli Salad
• Cavatini
• Chili (Midwestern style)
• Green Magic Salad
• Irish Soda Bread
• Peach Pie (Dorothy Johnson's)
• Refrigerator Bran Muffin Mix
• Scalloped Corn (Corn Pudding)
• Simple Chicken Sausage Soup
• Skillet cornbread
• Vegetable-Beef Soup

Sacred Heart Church

Altar detail

• Christmastide at Sacred Heart Church
• Father O'Connor & His Nephew, Jack
• Happy birthdays, Sacred Heart!
• Sacred Heart History & Photos Part 1
• Sacred Heart History & Photos Part 2
• Sacred Heart History & Photos Part 3
• Sacred Heart History & Photos Part 4

First United Methodist Church

The great south window

• Andrew Carnegie & the mighty Pilcher
• Old Glory: First United Methodist
• The Little Organ that Could
• United Methodist Glass 1 (South)
• United Methodist Glass 2 (West)
• United Methodist Glass 3 (Rose)

Other Memorable Churches

Prebyterian Church, Bentonsport

• Burlington First United Methodist 2007
• Burlington First United Methodist 2011
• Burlington First United Methodist 2013
• Chapel of St. Anthony of Padua (Festina)
• Chariton First Presbyterian
• Chariton First United Methodist
• Floris Christian Church (Davis County)
• Franklin Baptist Church (Appanoose County)
• Loving Chapel (Leon)
• Lucas Presbyterian
• May Baptist Church (Warren Township)
• Mount Carmel (Benton Twp.)
• Mount Zion Primitive Baptist (Liberty Twp.)
• Ottumwa Heights
• Pleasanton Methodist Chapel (Decatur Co.)
• Russell First Baptist
• Smyrna Friends Church (Clarke County)
• St. John's Episcopal (Mason City)
• St. Luke's Episcopal (Fort Madison)
• St. Patrick's (Georgetown)
• Temple B'nai Israel (Centerville)
• Trinity Episcopal (Ottumwa)
• Union Church (Davis City, Decatur County)

Montauk

Memorable houses

• Barrows House (Davenport)
• Bartholomew Fenton House (Centerville)
• Bill & Elgin Stuart House (Chariton)
• Clifton Hill & Clifton Place (Davenport)
• Gibbon-Copeland House (Chariton)
• Harper House (Chariton)
• Henry Kubitshek's House (Chariton)
• Hultz/Culbertson (Chariton)
• Montauk (Clermont)
• Storie House (Chariton)

Modestly Radical Gay Agenda

Raising the rainbow flag

• Brother Ted and Brother Mike
• Dispatches from the Holy Wars; 10/17
• Dispatches from the Holy Wars: 10/02
• Dispatches from the Holy Wars: 10/09
• Do Tell: Two Gay Heroes
• Episcopalian, please; not "Christian"
• Gay marriage and goldfinches
• Gay Scouts and Legislative Buffoons
• Hate & Intolerance Slightly Refocused
• Honored by association
• How to Survive a Plague
• Iowa boys play "Hide/Seek"
• Irony and Marriage Equality
• Jodie Foster's uncomfortable coming out
• Maid-Rites for the masses
• Mamas, hide your babies!
• More of Zach Wahls
• Move Over, Mother Teresa (Kim Davis)
• Pete Buttigieg: Does he walk on water?
• Politics of Hope (January 2013)
• Prayers for Tyler Clementi
• Richard Blanco & Role Models (Jan. 2013)
• Richard Blanco's "One Today" (Jan. 2013)
• Sunday-go-to-meeting when you're LGBTQ
• Testify! (Faith and Life)
• Thank God, sort of, for Fred Phelps
• The bend toward justice
• The Perfect Gay Storm (Jason Collins)
• Who's welcome in God's locker room?

LGBTQ+ Stories

• Chariton's "Huntress" (Harry Hemphill), Part 1
• Chariton's "Huntress" (Harry Hemphill), Part 2
• Chariton's "Huntress" (Harry Hemphill), Part 3
• Chariton's "Huntress" (Harry Hemphill), Part 4
• Chariton's "Huntress" (Harry Hemphill), Part 5
• Chariton's "Huntress" (Harry Hemphill), Part 6
• Ed and Cliff: Longtime Companions
• Ed and Cliff: Twin hearts & 45 years
• Ellen/Edgar Wales Burnham (Part 1)
• Ellen/Edgar Wales Burnham (Part 2)

LGBTQ+ Iowa history

• Catt, Carrie Chapman
• Cline, Morgan E.
• Crews, Bill
• Duffy, Laura
• Endean, Stephen $.
• Eychaner, Rich
• Halston
• Maxwell, Elsa
• McCoy, Matt (straight ally)
• Miller, Merle
• Sabin, Steven P.
• Shilts, Randy
• Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
• Smith, Warren Allen
• Van Vechten, Carl
• Varnum, Kate and Trish
• Williams, Tennessee
• Wockner, Rex
• Wood, Grant

Prairie Remnants

• Prairie Purple & Gold (August 2015)

Lucas County's Tallgrass Prairie Plants

Butterfly Milkweed

• Blue Flag
• Blue Vervain
• Bottle Gentian
• Butterfly Milkweed
• Buttonbush
• Compass Plant
• Culver's Root
• Foxglove Beard Tongue
• Hairy Wild Petunia
• Jewel Weed
• Michigan Lily
• Mountain Mint
• Prairie (or Downy) Gentian
• Prairie Clover (White)
• Rattlesnake Master
• Showy Tick Trefoil
• Spiderwort (Common)
• Starry Campion
• Thistle (Pasture)
• Wild White Indigo

Ramblings

• Jan. 2018: The "Tombstone House" story
• Jan. 2018: Brave & beautiful people of Haiti
• Sep. 2015: Keep off my beach!
• Aug. 2015: Sacred Spaces & Robert Taylor
• Aug. 2015: Fear, Loathing, the Knoxville Cross
• Aug. 2015: Gone to Graveyards Every One
• Aug. 2015: Transitions: Colors & Computers
• Aug. 2015: Mountains, Molehills & Coffee

Music

• The Lord of Sea and Sky

Iowa Blogs

• Walking There (Paul Deaton) Book Review: This House of Sky 7 hours ago
• Simple Pleasures Halloween 2024 Junk Journal Flip Through 5 months ago
• The roused bear Butterfly Big Year AAR 3 years ago
• Larry Stone's Iowa Happy 2019 7 years ago

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