FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Next up is “The Great Humanitarian” - Herbert Hoover. Before becoming the 31st president - Hoover was the son of a blacksmith. His father died when he was six and his ...

In 1860, Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected 16th president of the United States. In 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected ...

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 ...

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 ...

This Week In History: Herbert Hoover, 31st president of the United States, dies October 20, 1964. Here, President Hoover recognizes Columbus native and World War I ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Former President Herbert Hoover described the federal government as having “the instincts of a vegetable ...

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, ...