HIS 281 - Local History

3.0 Credit(s)
Lecture 3
Lab/Clinical 0
Local History offers the opportunity to examine and learn more about the history of the Southwest Iowa/Council Bluffs area. Field trips to area sites to study artifacts and meet with local experts and historians are featured. The course follows a chronological development and includes such topics as the area before white settlers, Lewis and Clark, the Mormons, Union Pacific, Victorian era architecture, minority contributions, and others. An additional component of the course is original research using primary sources.