The "first rough draft" of Iowa's history has been recorded in the pages of our community newspapers for over 180 years, and documented by those who witnessed it. We can see through their eyes the way certain events impacted North English how those in Iowa County reacted to those events. When you read the stories in the days and weeks before and after a “moment” it can place that moment in context. The articles, ads, and editorials from that day, can provide new perspective . This is “history as it happened” and by reading people’s accounts using their own words, terminology, phrasing, and verbiage of the time, we can better understand our past, and connect with it in a very meaningful way.