This Is the Route of My Forefathers: The 1837 Ioway Map | Chicago, IL promotional image

This Is the Route of My Forefathers: The 1837 Ioway Map | Chicago, IL

Thursday, September 17, 2026 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Virtual
Join University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist adjunct research associate and former Iowa State Archaeologist, William Green, for a book discussion and meet the author event for his new title, This is the Route of My Forefathers: The 1837 Ioway Map. This event is organized by Chicago Map Society, and it will be held in person in at the Newberry Library in Chicago and on Zoom. Register for the Zoom webinar at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bbvOInEoQ_-NdeOf4BuQEw#/registration
This Is the Route of My Forefathers: The 1837 Ioway Map | White Cloud, KS promotional image

This Is the Route of My Forefathers: The 1837 Ioway Map | White Cloud, KS

Friday, September 18, 2026 4:00pm
George Ogden Building
Join University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist adjunct research associate and former Iowa State Archaeologist, William Green, for a book discussion and meet the author event for his new title, This is the Route of My Forefathers: The 1837 Ioway Map. This event is hosted by the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska takes place in person on the eve of the Baxoje Fall Encampment. It is open to the public.
Mastodon Exhibit Ribbon Cutting at Prairie Trails Museum | Corydon, IA promotional image

Mastodon Exhibit Ribbon Cutting at Prairie Trails Museum | Corydon, IA

Saturday, September 26, 2026 10:00am
Prairie Trails Museum of Wayne County
The Prairie Trails Museum of Wayne County in Corydon, IA, is hosting a ribbon cutting for their new mastodon exhibit during their Fall Pioneer Festival on September 26. The ribbon cutting is at noon, but festivities start at 10am.
This Is the Route of My Forefathers: The 1837 Ioway Map | Effigy Mounds National Monument promotional image

This Is the Route of My Forefathers: The 1837 Ioway Map | Effigy Mounds National Monument

Sunday, October 4, 2026 1:00pm
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Join University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist adjunct research associate and former Iowa State Archaeologist, William Green, for a book discussion and meet the author event for his new title, This is the Route of My Forefathers: The 1837 Ioway Map. This event is hosted by Effigy Mounds National Monument at their Visitor Center. It is free and open to the public.
This Is the Route of My Forefathers: The 1837 Ioway Map | Luther College, Decorah promotional image

This Is the Route of My Forefathers: The 1837 Ioway Map | Luther College, Decorah

Monday, October 5, 2026 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Luther College
Join University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist adjunct research associate and former Iowa State Archaeologist, William Green, for a book discussion and meet the author event for his new title, This is the Route of My Forefathers: The 1837 Ioway Map. Luther College archaeologist, Colin Betts, will join Green to discuss the roles of Native mapmaking and oral traditions, historical documents, and archaeology in documenting the deep connections of the Iowa Tribe to the Midwest generally, and northeast Iowa in particular.
Ice Age Iowa at Grimes Farm and Conservation Center | Marshalltown promotional image

Ice Age Iowa at Grimes Farm and Conservation Center | Marshalltown

Tuesday, October 6, 2026 11:30am to 12:30pm
Grimes Farm and Conservation Center
Join Cherie Haury-Artz from the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist to journey back more than 13,000 years to the end of the last Ice Age, on Tuesday, October 6 at 11:30am for the Brown Bag Bunch at Grimes Farm and Conservation Center in Marshalltown.
This Is the Route of My Forefathers: The 1837 Ioway Map | Austin, MN promotional image

This Is the Route of My Forefathers: The 1837 Ioway Map | Austin, MN

Thursday, October 8, 2026 12:00pm
Mower County Historical Society – Pioneer Building
The Mower County Historical Society's Lunchbox History presents a special BONUS Lunchbox History presentation – The 1837 Ioway Map with historian and author William Green. Mr. Green will discuss his book, This is the Route of My Forefathers.

This is a FREE Event. Doors open at 11:30am with the speaker stating promptly at 12:00 Noon.

This event is free and open to the public.