The story of Alfred Lawson's utopian, non-profit university is one of the stranger episodes in the history of the Midwest.

The 81 acre lot to the west of Des Moines that would become Greenwood Park had begun to be developed as a private park by the original owner, T.E. Brown – believing that the location and the landscape…

Everyone in America were riding bicycles in 1896, and the people of Des Moines were no exception.

For over 85 years, DMPL has brought services to the community with the help of outreach vehicles

The "flood of the century" caused great damage to the city of Des Moines, and no one who lived through it was untouched.

On January 4, 1904 the Capitol Building caught fire. According to an article in the Des Moines Register and Leader the House Legislative Chamber and adjacent rooms were gutted by the fire. The cause…

Much debate has been held over where the first night professional baseball game was played. In the late 1920s, minor league baseball attendance was slowly declining and night baseball was viewed as a…

In 1870 the Iowa Board of Immigration published "Iowa: The Home for Immigrants..." This 96-page guide was printed in English, German, Norwegian, Swedish, and Dutch and included statistics and other…

The Dart D-Line downtown shuttle is just the latest chapter in the history of public transportation in Des Moines. Here's a timeline of past events:1867 - The Des Moines Street Railway is established…

Were your ancestors so amazing that they lived in two different states in the same house? Probably not, it’s more likely the culprit of changing land boundaries.Between 1836 and 1855 most all 99 Iowa…