February 2 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Des Moines Courier 2/2/1854: "Music hath charms"; Whig Convention; Bogus democracy; Cabinet, Chair, & Wheel Making, and Gun-Smithing; Married; Arrival of the Northern Light; The suspension bridge; Still progressing; Estray steer; Melancholy suicide.

Music:

Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"

Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"