The Reason Fireworks Were Banned For Almost 80 Years In Iowa
Those kids were rowdy in Spencer, IA.
Jeff Stein
First Successful Appendectomy In U.S. Was Performed In Eastern Iowa 137 Years Ago
Dr. William West Grant performed the first successful appendectomy in the U.S. on a 22-year-old school teacher. The procedure happened on January 4th, 1885.