The Iowan | January/February 2014 vol.62 | no.3

You can buy a box of lightbulbs at New Providence Hardware, but these carriage bolts are still sold by the piece the old-fashioned way.

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The Iowan | January/February 2014 vol.62 | no.3

Published on Jan 2, 2014

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Iowa’s Best Old-Fashioned Hardware Stores by Barb Hall Your source for know-how, vintage ambience, and nails by the pound. The Basketball Blizzard of ‘65 by Kay Jordan Whitham I had to get to town — but how? Spas: The Exotic Winter Getaway Next Door by Amber Dawn Barz A soothing, rejuvenating weekend may be closer to home than you think. Climbing the World’s Tallest Icicle by Dan Weeks Don Briggs invented a new winter extreme sport — and made Cedar Falls it’s capital. Departments from the editor What’s Special About Iowa? letters Bad Hog! travel Day Trips and Seasonal Celebrations food Cozy Winter Drinks garden Bring the Tropics Indoors home Feather Your Nest flashback: 1954 Reddy Kilowatt, miracle starch, and more escapades Paper Blizzard

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