By Casey Jarmes It was August, 1986. Seven letters, two-feet high and formed by black spray paint, had been emblazoned across Iowa Highway 149. “TRADERS,”
Category: Opinion
The Historical Viewpoint: The Hedrick Foxes and the Granny Game
By Casey Jarmes Currently, there are three school districts located in this county: Sigourney, Keota and Tri-County, as well as Pekin, English Valleys and EBF,
The Historical Viewpoint: One Year: 1977
By Casey Jarmes In the back of the News-Review office, there is a shelf covered in large books containing old newspapers. I decided this week
The Historical Viewpoint: Ethel Beatrix Lewis and the Memorial Fountain
By Casey Jarmes Last fall, I moved to an apartment on the Sigourney square. The past month, I have enjoyed walking past the Lewis Memorial
The Historical Viewpoint: Jacob Wimer and Boundary Lines
By Casey Jarmes As previously discussed in this column, the 1832 Black Hawk War ended with the Sauk and Meskwaki forces being crushed. As part
Jacob Geier and the Talleyrand Shooting
By Casey Jarmes The year was 1873. Crawford Walker, a man from the Liberty Township with a bad reputation, robbed the Lee & Johnson store
Talleyrand and Population Decline
By Casey Jarmes Keokuk County, like many a rural Iowa county, is speckled with ghost towns. Atwood, White Pigeon, Pekin, Hinkletown, Lancaster, all once the
The Historical Viewpoint: William Walker and the Filibuster War
By Casey Jarmes Manifest Destiny was a common ideology during the 19th-century, the semi-religious belief that white Americans had been chosen by God to conquer
