A History of Iowa Wine: Vines on the Prairie

by John Peragine

Book Overview

Iowa has a history with grapevines that goes back more than a century. New York lawyer Hiram Barney obtained a tract of land in southeast Iowa as part of the Half-Breed program following the American Indian Wars and created the White Elk Winery. German settlers in Amana tended community vineyards for communal wines. Before Prohibition, the Council Bluffs Grape Growers Association grew grapes and shipped them eastward by the ton. In the early 1900s,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467141089
• ISBN13: 9781467141086
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"