Investing in Iowa
2014-07-19T12:45:21-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMGE3XC8yMDE0MDcxOTEyNDkxOTAwMl9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==William Friedricks talked about his book, Investing in Iowa: The Life and Times of F.M. Hubbell, in which he chronicles the life of F.M. Hubbell, who was instrumental in the development of Iowa in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. F.M. Hubbell built the 110-mile Des Moines North Western Railway and founded the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa, the first life insurance company west of the Mississippi.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2014 LCV Cities Tour” in Des Moines, Iowa, from June 22-26 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Mediacom cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments aired on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments aired on BookTV on C-SPAN2.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2014 LCV Cities Tour” in Des Moines, Iowa, from June 22-26 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Mediacom cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments aired on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments aired on BookTV on C-SPAN2.
William Friedricks talked about his book, Investing in Iowa: The Life and Times of F.M. Hubbell, in which he chronicles the life of F.M. Hub… read more
William Friedricks talked about his book, Investing in Iowa: The Life and Times of F.M. Hubbell, in which he chronicles the life of F.M. Hubbell, who was instrumental in the development of Iowa in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. F.M. Hubbell built the 110-mile Des Moines North Western Railway and founded the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa, the first life insurance company west of the Mississippi.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2014 LCV Cities Tour” in Des Moines, Iowa, from June 22-26 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Mediacom cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments aired on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments aired on BookTV on C-SPAN2. close
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