Hoover Blacksmith Shop

Hoover's father worked as a blacksmith until he died when Hoover and his brother and sister were quite young. Hoover's mother died soon after, leaving them orphans at a young age.

Iowa City and the Amana Colonies

June 3rd 2010
Friday, June 4th We visit the Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa and find out about Herbert Hoover’s Shaker heritage and his early career as a mining engineer and businessman and his later career as President and as a humanitarian in two world wars. We visit the very modest Hoover family home and the Shaker meeting house preserved on the grounds of the Library. We then drive t ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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