Corn Growers Convention in Iowa

In 1909, Bill moved into a boarding house in St. Louis with Lissy Herbert and her three daughters. The eldest of these was an 18-year-old redhead named Nelly. A courtship blossomed and the couple were soon engaged. He then traveled to Iowa that spring to help build the Des Moines Coliseum. It would rise four stories high and hold up to 10,000 people. Overlook at the Des Moines River, it in ensuing decades would host tractor shows, corn growers conventions and speeches by four US presidents.