Name: Insights into Iowa’s Transportation History with Research Panel
Start: 2026-05-01T14:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-05-01T16:00:00-05:00
Location: Ames Public Library

$Insights into Iowa\u2019s Transportation History with Research Panel$

Join Bill Whittaker, Brennan Dolan, Ray Werner, and Libby Wielenga for insights into Iowa’s transportation history—covering pre-settlement roads, early Highway Commission history, the Good Roads Movement, and key innovations.
Together these researchers will share significant transportation insights, milestones and context that continue to shape transportation in Iowa today.
This presentation is open to the public and is sponsored by the Iowa Department of Transportation in honor of the semiquincentennial anniversary of the United States of America (A250) activities in 2026.
****Following the presentations organized by the Iowa DOT, Ames: A Glimpse Inside is sponsoring a presentation by Ames History Museum on railroad history in lowa.” from 4-5 p.m.****
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