The paths in Hickory Hill Park were covered in leaves, and Oakland Cemetery was full of deer — whole families, plodding in the grass, lying down — when my wife and I began our search. We’ve walked through there so many times, but coming with a mission, it seemed that we’d hardly seen any of […]
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The history of Iowa City’s Lucas Farms neighborhood is long, colorful, sometimes ‘outlandish’ — and the subject of this weekend’s festivities
This weekend, one of Iowa City’s oldest neighborhoods is celebrating its history as the Lucas Farms Neighborhood Association holds its annual History Days. “Our neighborhood is absolutely loaded with history,” Judy Nyren, one of the organizers of History Days, told Little Village. Nyren has lived in the neighborhood for over 40 years and has extensively dug […]
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Get a taste of heirloom tomatoes and Iowa history
Fans of heirloom tomatoes can get a taste of history at Iowa City’s oldest house when Johnson County Master Gardeners host their 6th annual “Taste of Heirloom Tomatoes” at the Plum Grove Historical Site on Sunday. Several varieties of heirloom tomatoes will be featured during the two hour event’s titular tasting, including Slanders, Jefferson Giant, Abe Lincoln, German Lunchbox and the German Red Strawberry.
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Gardens, bikes and pony rides this weekend at Lucas Farms
Plum Grove, the 1844 home of the first territorial governor of Iowa Robert Lucas and his wife Friendly, still anchors the neighborhood of Lucas Farms in Iowa City. The Lucas Farms Neighborhood Association invites the community in to explore the neighborhood’s past and present at the third annual Lucas Farms History Days.
