Human and mortal though we are, we are,
nevertheless, not mere insulated beings, without
relation to the past or future. Neither the point in
time nor the spot of earth in which we physically live
bounds our rational and intellectual enjoyments. We live
in the past by the knowledge of its history, and in the
future by the hope and anticipation. By ascending to an
association with our ancestors: by contemplating their
example, and studying their character; by partaking of
their sediments and imbibing their spirit; by
accompanying them in their toils; by sympathizing in
their sufferings and rejoicing in their successes and
their triumphs—we mingle our own existence with theirs
and seem to belong to their age. We become their
contemporaries, live the lives which they lived, endure
what they endured, and partake in the rewards they
enjoyed.
 -Daniel
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Didyou
know that the State of Iowa was part of the Louisiana
Purchase?
Thomas Jefferson
purchased this vast region from France in 1803, it came
with a price tag of 15,000 million dollars.
Doyou
know how the town of Badger received her name?
A group of soldiers
stationed 10 miles south at Fort Dodge in the early
1850's, were crossing a creek with their dogs when they
came across a badger. They quickly commanded the dogs to
attack this strange creature. To their surprise the
outcome of this fight was, dogs 0, badger 2. They shot
the badger, and carried it back to the Fort. This
incident gave the creek its name, and later the town was
named for the creek which flows west of it.
The Fort was
originally named Fort Clarke, but in the spring of 1851,
the name was changed to Fort Dodge, in honor of General
Grenville Dodge.
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