ELBERT’S BACKSTORIES
Street cred: How Des Moines named its roads
Street names reflect who we are, or at least who we think we are.
Before the gold dome, a ‘pile of bricks’
The original Brick Capitol, left, housed the Iowa Legislature from 1858 to 1884. This ...
Two storylines, one World Food Prize
Before the World Food Prize Foundation moved into the former public library (left), plans ...
Grant’s speech in Des Moines sparked a debate
President Ulysses S. Grant and the Des Moines Public School at Ninth and Mulberry ...
Des Moines Art Center’s enigmatic benefactor
The Krause Gateway Center hosts the Des Moines Art Center’s annual fundraising event on ...
Back then, a few ‘cars of the future’ were really cool
Aviation engineer William Stout used aircraft technology to design his “car of the future,” ...
Remember Seniom Sed? It’s older than you think.
On Monday evening, Sept. 13, 1897, President William McKinley pushed “an electronic button at ...
Stage names: A history of performance venues in three acts
Two components of the 20-year-old Iowa Events Center were renamed this week. As of Tuesday, ...
100 years ago, Des Moines received its first airmail
Charles Lindbergh, center, helped dedicate greater Des Moines’ second airfield in 1927. By Dave ...
The house that hosiery built
The stately Rollins Mansion was built a century ago at 2801 Fleur Drive. Photo: ...
