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Le Mars Trilogy: Part 3 – Maybelle Trow Knox

Posted on September 1, 2017 by author

During desperate times some people are forced to do desperate things. The trick is to not get caught. Let’s just say that Maybelle Trow Knox was not very good at that last part. An interesting story that involves a speakeasy raid, double identities, forged documents, a missing mom, and more…

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Le Mars Trilogy: Part 2 – Farmers in Revolt

Posted on July 7, 2017 by author

Steve Silverman

The Great Depression was an awful time for farmers in Iowa. It culminated with the near hanging of a judge in Le Mars. It just happens that the farm involved was owned by the T.M. Zink estate, the same man who left his savings for the establishment of a womanless library. Continue Reading

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Le Mars Trilogy: Part 1 – T.M. Zink’s Library

Posted on June 10, 2017 by author

Steve Silverman

The first of a 3-part series on Le Mars, Iowa from the 1930’s. Le Mars was thrust into the national spotlight by the actions of just one man: a successful lawyer named T.M. Zink, who left nearly his entire estate for the establishment of a very unusual library. Was Zink was truly mad or was he simply playing a good practical joke on the world?

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