About the diary writer
- Barbara McDowell Whitt
- Kansas City, Missouri, Alexandria, Virginia, United States
- ~ About: A 1961-65 Park College Diary ~ As a high school girl and then a college coed in the first half of the 1960s, I wrote nightly entries on the pages of one-year diaries. In January 2010 I began transcribing the entries into a blog and gave each one a title. I grew up on three farms within 30 miles of Iowa City and the University of Iowa with its Iowa Writers' Workshop. As the oldest of four daughters, in my diaries I sometimes referred to my sisters as "the kids" or "the girls." We helped our parents, but we also had good, wholesome fun - a characteristic I took with me to Park. Park is 300 miles southwest of West Chester, Iowa, in Parkville, Missouri, on the Missouri River 10 miles northwest of Kansas City, Missouri, and across the river from Kansas City, Kansas. In 2000 Park College became Park University. Today Park's flagship campus is in Parkville and there are an additional 41 campus centers across the nation. Park was one of the first educational institutions in the United States to offer online learning. My last post was on May 22, 2018. I may be followed on Twitter @BarbaraMcDWhitt.
Tropical Fish, First Governor's House - Sunday, June 21, 1964
There is a full moon tonight after the longest day of the year. This afternoon we drove to Iowa City to see an aquarium show of tropical fish on display at a greenhouse. We ate dinner at McDonald's. After looking at all the pretty fish, we went to Plum Grove, the home of Robert Lucas, Iowa's first territorial governor. The proprietor showed us through the house. This evening we went down to where we're keeping some cows and calves on Cuddebacks' other farm while Daddy counted them. We stopped at Cuddebacks on the way back.
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You know we live about 6 blocks from Plum Grove. They have tours and special events. This weekend was an heirloom tomato tasting, I think. But I still have never been there. Isn't that the way; closer to home and ignored.
I imagine Plum Grove offers more special events than it did 50 years ago.
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