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EPISODE · Jun 1, 2026 · 17 MIN

What’s the deal with Iowa?

from Roz's Random Ramblings

This episode looks at the answers to two questions: How did Madrid, Iowa, get its name? and How did Kossuth, Humboldt, and Webster counties get their shapes? Both have entertaining answers about how the wild west... well, maybe madcap midwest is more accurate... was settled, and some of the characters that left their mark on history. No shootouts or wagon trains or anything like that, but adventurous nonetheless.

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This episode looks at the answers to two questions: How did Madrid, Iowa, get its name? and How did Kossuth, Humboldt, and Webster counties get their shapes? Both have entertaining answers about how the wild west... well, maybe madcap midwest is...

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