Under the radar connections to Iowa

[madguy30]

Never knew this.

 

[Dowwmeow]

Beautiful actress Jean Seberg was born and raised in Marshalltown. She has a fascinating, and tragic, life story.

 

[BCClone]

He wanted the moon, and then made CR look 'bad'. He did offer to relocate current employees of GD to the AZ offices tho. I guess some did.

I think a thread with your favorite go daddy commercials would be a good one.

 

[OWLCITYCYFAN]

Mike Boddicker pitched for the Orioles for a while in the 80's. probably from Norway Iowa definitely the C.R. area.

Tiny little Norway, Iowa has produced a total of three MLB players, Hal Trotsky, Bruce Kimm and Mike Boddicker.

 

[OWLCITYCYFAN]

I haven't read every entry in this thread, but I see no mention of the modern digital computer's inventor(s), ISU's own John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford Berry.

 

[CRcyclone6]

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Lisa Baur who played Shelly in Animal House grew up in Atlantic, IA.

And can you get three dates for my friends?

 

[cytor]

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Lisa Baur who played Shelly in Animal House grew up in Atlantic, IA.

She had a nice rack, too!

 

[Clone83]

Jesse James visited some, including Corydon, Iowa, on June 3, 1871, 152 years ago today.

 

[ClonerJams]

Moe Cason is from and still lives in Des Moines. He's a big name in the BBQ scene.

 

[Jar_Lar]

Herbert McNary, of Britt, owned oldest surviving car sold (the third ever) by the Ford Motor Company from July 1903 to sometime in 1950.

E.A. (Edward Arthur) Mellinger (Nov. 7, 1872 – Oct. 3, 1933), of Morning Sun, had several patents (maybe a dozen?) for the telephone. His gravestone reads: "An able engineer whose life and labors contributed greatly to the advancement of automatic telephony."

Presently, Mellinger's legacy lives on through a scholarship foundation.

I'm almost certain these two men played for Iowa State football together, as quarterback and right halfback respectively, in 1893. Mellinger also played in 1894 and earned his lone letter in 1895.

According to the I.A.C. Student printed Oct. 1, 1895, in the game against Northwestern that gave the team their "Cyclones" name, Mellinger went 6/6 on point after touchdowns (PATs).

 

[KnappShack]

Herbert McNary, of Britt, owned oldest surviving car sold (the third ever) by the Ford Motor Company from July 1903 to sometime in 1950.

E.A. (Edward Arthur) Mellinger (Nov. 7, 1872 – Oct. 3, 1933), of Morning Sun, had several patents (maybe a dozen?) for the telephone. His gravestone reads: "An able engineer whose life and labors contributed greatly to the advancement of automatic telephony."

Presently, Mellinger's legacy lives on through a scholarship foundation.

I'm almost certain these two men played for Iowa State football together, as quarterback and right halfback respectively, in 1893. Mellinger also played in 1894 and earned his lone letter in 1895.

According to the I.A.C. Student printed Oct. 1, 1895, in the game against Northwestern that gave the team their "Cyclones" name, Mellinger went 6/6 on point after touchdowns (PATs).

Sounds like we should've been the ISU Mellingers

 

[BCClone]

The only person that I know that thinks she went to East is Ross Peterson. Maybe she looks like someone that went there. Her real initials are J.B.

She graduated in 1993, flunked out of ISU her 1st year and eventually graduated from Grand View.

Did she graduate from GV? Know a guy who went there and he said she was there 1-2 semesters.

 

[BCClone]

Herbert McNary, of Britt, owned oldest surviving car sold (the third ever) by the Ford Motor Company from July 1903 to sometime in 1950.

E.A. (Edward Arthur) Mellinger (Nov. 7, 1872 – Oct. 3, 1933), of Morning Sun, had several patents (maybe a dozen?) for the telephone. His gravestone reads: "An able engineer whose life and labors contributed greatly to the advancement of automatic telephony."

Presently, Mellinger's legacy lives on through a scholarship foundation.

I'm almost certain these two men played for Iowa State football together, as quarterback and right halfback respectively, in 1893. Mellinger also played in 1894 and earned his lone letter in 1895.

According to the I.A.C. Student printed Oct. 1, 1895, in the game against Northwestern that gave the team their "Cyclones" name, Mellinger went 6/6 on point after touchdowns (PATs).

Did McNary murder anyone? That’s kinda Britt people’s thing.

 

[NWICY]

His sister lived near me. Could see their pasture area very clearly. One Saturday dozens of tents appeared. (This was a month after RR). Turned out to be a scout retreat

Bet you wondered for a minute.

 

[JRE1975]

George Gallup, the developer of the Gallup poll in the 1950's was born and raised in Jefferson.

 

[Cig 'em]

It’s the area where Farm Progress show is held. There is a coop location and a house or two where the town used to sit. Calling it a town may be a stretch as I don’t believe population was ever above 30.

My dad was at the fertilizer shed that is now a Nutrien location when it hit. Been awhile since we’ve talked about it but said it was scary.

Just down the road from the Shrine.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

And can you get three dates for my friends?

You mind...if we dance...wif yo dates?

 

[Cyismymonkey]

I batted against Boddicker in Little League. Well, maybe I should say I saw three pitches. He pitched the first inning, threw nine pitches/strikes. They brought another pitcher in the second inning.

He walked me in a Legion State tournament game. They beat us, he was easily the best player on the field.

 

[CycloneDaddy]

Did she graduate from GV? Know a guy who went there and he said she was there 1-2 semesters.

Not 100 but pretty sure she did get her degree from GV.

 

[Clone83]

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