Category Archives: History

Iowa Elections

Posted on February 3, 2020 by vanbraman

Tonight marks the beginning of the election season with the caucuses in Iowa. This made my mind wander to the Iowa elections that my father participated in when I was young. Years ago my father was a member of the … Continue reading →

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Kansas Statehood

Posted on January 29, 2020 by vanbraman

Today is the anniversary of Kansas statehood, so I thought I would check to see if I had ancestors living in Kansas at that time. I knew that I had several branches of my family that were early settlers in … Continue reading →

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