American History TV in Des Moines, Iowa

C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2014 LCV Cities Tour” in Des Moines, Iowa, from June 22-26 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Mediacom cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments aired on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments aired on BookTV on C-SPAN2.

Programs included in the American History TV segment were:

Iowa State Capitol 320286-1

History of Fort Des Moines 320290-1

History of the Iowa State Fair 320288-1

Governor Terry Branstad on Iowa History and Politics 320291-1

History of the Iowa Caucuses 320289-1

Great Flood of 1993 320285-1

Henry A. Wallace 320287-1 close