Histories, Legends, Myths and Traditions

Many families have a skeleton in the closet, still others have histories that include grand heroes and heroines, men or women of uncommon strength and valor. If you have families histories and or, you would like to share, please Contribute them here. (No Brick Walls please!) The only restriction on submissions is that they must have an Iowa connection.

Title	Family	Submitter
Thomas Nelson	Thomas Nelson & Sarah A. Montgomery McIntosh	Margaret McIntosh LaFollette
Cornelius McIntosh & Sarah (Montgomery) McIntosh Nelson	Children & Grandchildren of Cornelius McIntosh & Sarah A. Montgomery McIntosh Nelson	Margaret McIntosh LaFollette
The Cobeen Family	Joseph Cobeen	Karen K. Cobeen
She Fought Back	Ann Noah LaMoure.	LeAnn Write
Hardy Pioneers	Bauman family	Sharon Workman
Andrew Jackson’s Walking Stick	Workman Family	Sharon Workman
The Face in the Marble Stone	Heinrich and Olga Schultz	Elaine Rathmann
Engineers on the Underground Railroad	Joseph Martin Kilgore & Daughter Olga	Arlene Christensen
Buffalo Bill, Chocolate, & Scottish Aristocracy		Frances Hansen
River Rescuer and Movie Stars		May Lanigan
Vision Reveals Money	Michael Conley	Sharyl Ferrall
George Washington Kern	George Washington Kern	Patricia J. Maher
Immortalized Cousins	Ralph Knowlton Crane & Mabel Crane Whiting	Cathy Labath
The Ghost of Whipple Cemetery	Whipple Cemetery	Dennis L. Sasse
The Myth and Mystery of Andrew Hansen	Andrew Hansen	Robert Jenkins
Railroad Bridge Engineer	C. Nelson Brodrick	Harry Brodrick,
A Tale of Bigamy		Sandy
He Took It To The Grave	Cornelius M. Bell	Elaine Rathmann

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