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Rita Whitmer
Summary: This children's book is in poetry form, and is based on real events when a mountain lion walked down from the mountains near Santa Fe, New Mexico and strolled through the historic Santa Fe Plaza.
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Call #: ARCHIVES E WHITMER 2017
Location: Archives
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Summary: "The Iowa DOT, in partnership with the Cities of Urbandale, Grimes, and Johnston, Iowa, located in the Des Moines Metropolitan Area, is proposing to construct improvements in the Interstate 35...
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Call #: ARCHIVES 625.7 INT 2016
Location: Archives
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Summary: "Polk County in coordination with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is proposing to replace Kempton Bridge over the Des Moines River, reconstruct and widen NW 66th Avenue from NW Beaver Drive...
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Call #: ARCHIVES 624.2 FED 2014
Location: Archives
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by
Ashley Rullestad
Summary: A brief history of Johnston, Iowa from the 1846 Beaver Creek Settlement to the present.
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Call #: ARCHIVES 977.758 RUL 2009
Location: Archives
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Mary L Jones
(9)
Summary: Using images from Iowa Gold Star Military Museum, depicts history and content encompassing a century at Camp Dodge and its immediate vicinity.
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Call #: ARCHIVES 355.7 JON 2009
Locations: Iowa Collection, Archives
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Summary: "Polk 2030 is Polk County's Comprehensive Plan, intended to provide the citizens of Polk County with a vision of the future of their County and their neighborhoods. Based on this vision, the plan...
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Call #: ARCHIVES 977.758 POL 2006
Location: Archives
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Summary: Comprised of 12 stories by World War II veterans. These detailed and compelling stories bring a critical time in our history back to life. Editor Jane Cox helps these veterans tell their stories in...
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Call #: ARCHIVES 940.54 HER 2002
Locations: Iowa Collection, Archives
copies in: 2 of 2
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BOOK
Call #: ARCHIVES 627.8 ENV 2001
Location: Archives
copies in: 1 of 1
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Call #: ARCHIVES 625.7 FED 1999
Location: Archives
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Summary: Draft for public review prior to a public hearing slated to be held in 1999. The document summarizes the background of the project, the alternatives which were considered, and the environmental impacts of the recommended alignment
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Call #: ARCHIVES 625.7 FED 1998
Location: Archives
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Summary: An affectionate look, combining historic photographs and recent footage, at the people and places of Iowa, past and present. Produced to commemorate the state's sesquicentennial.
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Call #: ARCHIVES 977.7 IOW
Location: Archives
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by
Mary Kay Shanley
(4)
Summary: The box, fashioned from wood salvaged from the house where her father grew up, held treasures. A lion penny bank, an old wooden spoon, a dog collar. Memories that define who you are. The Memory Box...
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Call #: ARCHIVES F SHANLEY
Location: Archives
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by
Duane A Schmidt
Summary: You've heard of Norman Borlaug, Simon Estes, Ann Landers, Dan Gable, and Fred Maytag -- exceptional Iowans who have done exceptional things. But what about Mildred Wirt Benson, Sam Blanc, Beulah...
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Call #: ARCHIVES 977.7 SCH 1996
Location: Archives
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Doug Stewart
Summary: Article from January 1996 issue of Smithsonian. In the patriotic fervor of World War I, Arthur Mole commanded thousands of troops to produce "living symbols" from his unique perspective. Includes a...
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Call #: ARCHIVES 355.7 HOW 1996
Location: Archives
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Summary: "The City of Johnston has grown over the last 30 years to a population of 6,000 residents. The next 20 years could see the population increase as much as three times to 18,000 residents. The demand...
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Call #: ARCHIVES 307.74 SPA 1996
Location: Archives
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cartographer Veenstra & Kimm
Summary: Map shows the Johnston corporate limits as of November, 1996.
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Call #: ARCHIVES 977.758 JOH 1996
Location: Archives
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by
Jodi Chapman
Summary: Contains 150 "moments" originally aired on WHO Radio in celebration of Iowa's 150th anniversary as a state.
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Call #: ARCHIVES 977.7 CHA 1996
Location: Archives
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Call #: ARCHIVES 977.7 IOW
Location: Archives
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Call #: ARCHIVES 977.7 DES
Locations: Iowa Collection, Archives
copies in: 2 of 2
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Summary: This cassette tape gives the major broadcasts of WHO radio during the floods of 1993, including the complete interview with President Bill Clinton.
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Call #: ARCHIVES 977.7 FLO
Location: Archives
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Summary: The true test of a community is how well it responds during a time of crisis. In the summer of 1993, the people of central Iowa worked together to fight back against the worst flood ever recorded....
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Call #: ARCHIVES VIDEO 977.7 FLO
Location: Archives
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cartographer Veenstra & Kimm
Summary: Map shows the Johnston corporate limits as of October, 1993.
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Call #: ARCHIVES 977.758 JOH 1993
Location: Archives
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by
Joe Romedahl
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Call #: ARCHIVES 940.4144 ROM
Location: Archives
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cartographer Veenstra & Kimm
Summary: Includes zones for: A-R (Agricultural Reserve), A-1 (Agricultural District), R-1 (One Family Dwelling District), R-1A (Modified One Family Dwelling District), R-2 (One and Two Family Dwelling...
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Call #: ARCHIVES 977.758 ZON 1992
Location: Archives
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Summary: March of 1990 will be remembered by central Iowans as one of the most bizarre months of extreme weather on record. Within one week, the state experienced a devastating ice storm, flooding, severe...
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Call #: ARCHIVES 551.55 MAR 1990
Location: Archives
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cartographer Veenstra & Kimm
Summary: Includes zones for: A-1 (Agricultural District), R-1 (One Family Dwelling District), R-1A (Modified One Family Dwelling District), R-2 (One and Two Family Dwelling District), R-3 (Multiple Family...
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Call #: ARCHIVES 977.758 ZON 1989
Location: Archives
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William H Thompson
Summary: "This book traces the development of transportation in Iowa from territorial days to the 1980s. It shows the evolution of the transportation systems; how they originated, progressed and functioned;...
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Call #: ARCHIVES 338 THO
Location: Archives
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
(44)
Summary: Maudie, one of a large family growing up in Iowa in the early 1900s, seems to attract nothing but trouble when all she wants is to be noticed for herself; and when a crisis hits the family she finally accomplishes this in the best way possible.
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Call #: ARCHIVES J F NAYLOR
Location: Archives
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cartographer Veenstra & Kimm
Summary: Map shows the Johnston corporate limits as of July 21, 1988.
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Call #: ARCHIVES 977.758 JOH 1988
Location: Archives
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cartographer Veenstra & Kimm
Summary: Map shows the Johnston corporate limits as of December, 1988.
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Call #: ARCHIVES 977.758 JOH 1988
Location: Archives
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Tom Welch
Summary: "Why are ghost stories so irresistible? Why are we so compellingly drawn to tales of those who have departed this earth and yet, in some form, remain? For most of recorded history in all parts of the...
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Call #: ARCHIVES 133.1 WEL 1988
Location: Archives
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Call #: ARCHIVES B RAY
Location: Archives
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