ELBERT’S BACKSTORIES

Warren Dickinson, left, designed more than 100 Iowa golf courses, including a nine-hole game ...

admin 05/28/2025

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Crowds gathered at the Iowa State Capitol in 1921 to pay tribute to Capt. ...

admin 05/21/2025

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A vintage postcard shows St. Gabriel’s Passionist Monastery, which was built in the 1920s ...

admin 04/30/2025

Part of the new “Joy Walk” project in the skywalk includes cloud-inspired artwork on ...

admin 04/09/2025

The Cardiff Giant was carved out of Iowa gypsum, buried in New York and ...

admin 04/02/2025

Often working behind the scenes, Des Moines’ booster group helped shape the city.

admin 06/26/2018

New downtown development visions to rival past achievements.

admin 05/31/2018

Written by Dave Elbert Photos by Duane Tinkey The 104-year-old building across from Moulton ...

admin 10/26/2015

The Progress and the Promise Written by David Elbert Downtown Des Moines’ redevelopment began ...

admin 03/25/2013

Golf enthusiast David Elbert creates a fantasy course made up of Central Iowa’s most ...

admin 09/25/2012