WEST BRANCH, Iowa — The Hoover Presidential Foundation announced that the traveling exhibit "Hoover on the Road" will be part of the 2025 Hoover's Hometown Days on August 9 in West Branch. This ...

WEST BRANCH, Iowa (KCRG) - The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum gets an average of 30,000 to 35,000 visitors each year. But for the next year and a half, it won’t be getting any visitors ...

Born in 1924, Jimmy Carter is the longest-living U.S. president in history. As of 2025, he is 98 years old and still holds the record for presidential longevity. Carter, who served as the 39th ...

Part I. The rise and fall of Herbert Hoover -- He did not choose -- A political diptych -- Flashpoints, and a landslide -- "Hoover the silent" -- Bright with hope -- The Wall Street Frankenstein -- ...

Part I. Before the crash -- To the White House : Herbert Hoover, August 1927-March 1929 / Donald R. McCoy -- Before the crash : Hoover's first eight months in the Presidency / David B. Bruner -- Part ...

On Sept. 30, 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dedicated the Hoover Dam, only he wouldn’t use that name for the dedication.

President Hoover had an opportunity last week to bring into play his intense interest in child welfare and happiness. Not since the romping Roosevelts has the White House had such a Christmas ...

Happy birthday to the only Iowa native to become President of the United States! Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), the 31st president, was born in West Branch August 10, 1874. Flanked by two Omaha ...

There are few magazines on the left more respected than Harper's, and few editorial pages more sympathetic to conservatism than that of the Wall Street Journal. One publishes poetry and abstract art, ...