According to the maps I find online, the lake in Lake Macbride State Park is Lake McBride. Are they named after the same person? Or did Macbride get the park and Macbride Hall at UI named after him, and McBride basically didn’t get anything other than me, years later, doubting his existence? —Matt, Iowa City […]
“I really want to know why no one ever canoes on the Iowa River. Is it because it’s too dirty?” If you’ve never seen people canoeing on the Iowa River, it’s possible you’ve been looking in the wrong places […]
Bald eagles aren’t the only fish-loving raptors roaming the Iowa skies. Thanks to a successful reintroduction program initiated in 1997 by the Iowa Raptor Project (formerly the Macbride Raptor Center) and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the osprey is back and looking for nesting grounds. This Saturday, June 4 from 11 a.m. – 3 […]
5th Annual IC Culinary Ride New Pioneer Co-op — Sunday, Sep. 20 at 8 a.m. This Sunday I’ll be wearing bike shorts all day, eating honest food, drinking local brews and peddling down bucolic Iowa roads. Why? Because it’s the 5th Annual Iowa City Culinary Ride. The Iowa City Culinary ride brings together cyclists, local […]
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