The Zearing Heritage Room is welcoming a Civil War reenactor for a free program at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Performer and historian O.J. Fargo will present “Just Before the Battle, Mother — A Visit ...

After the war, Billy returned to Clarke County only to serve his community further. He assumed the role of sheriff in 1885 ...

Iowa had the highest per capita number of soldiers in the Civil War. Nearly 80,000 freedom-loving Iowans enlisted in the Union army, with 13,000 fatalities. Iowa’s earliest settlers participated ...