Did you know President Hoover's wife was a Mining Engineer?

The drive from Iowa City to Chicago was boring drive on interstate 80. We drove with hundreds of other trucks, the bigger ones carrying the wind mill blades. It seems like lots of Wind Energy is getting generated in America’s farm land

We did stop at West Branch, a little town outside Iowa City. This is the birth place of America’s 31^st President, Herbert Hoover. They have recreated a part of the town, with his birth home, his father’s black smith shop, one room school  and the Quaker meeting place. The Presidential library and the visitor center have all sorts of information on his life . I find that this is the best way for me to learn American History. I should make a goal to visit all of them.

Anyways I am sure you know are about depression and Hoover Dam and so on but did you know:

1)      Hoover was a mining Engineer, A Stanford Graduate and an Orphan at the age of 7?

2)      Did you know his wife Luo Henry was also a Stanford Graduate, Mining Engineer and the only woman in that dept for 25 more years to come?

3)      Hoover went to Australia to work on Gold Mines and was the highest salaried person in the world. He made $30,000 a year?

4)      He and his family traveled all over the world fixing sick mines? He was the “sick mines Doctor”?

5)      Hoover fed Belgium, fed hungry children and was known for his generosity and humanitarian work before he even got into politics?

Many more stories like this make the presidents more human 9 at least for me). Anyway Hilton is very nice but no internet in the room. Someone need to teach them business  manners or something.  I will blog from the lobby for from Star bucks but it will be a day late….sorry about that, but I will keep you undated.  We are staying at Oak brook, which is about 15 miles from the down town.  Good night…

 A Doctor's at the time of Hoover's childhood

 President Hoover's home, outhouse and Dad's black smith shop

 School President Hoover attended