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West Branch, IowaHerbert Hoover was born on Aug,10,1874.He was just a baby in this picture!!
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President Herbert Hoover's lifespan.
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December 13, 1880 Herbert's father, Jesse Hoover, a blacksmith and farm implement store owner, died.
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President Herbert Hoover's mom dies.:-( Her name was Hulda Hoover.
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November 10, 1885 Hoover left Iowa to live with his uncle John Minthorn in Newberg, Oregon, where he attended Friends Pacific Academy
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John Minthorn helped start the Oregon Land Company in Salem, Oregon where Hoover worked as an office boy while attending the Capital Business College. October 1, 1891.
Hoover entered Stanford University as a member of its pioneer class. May 26, 1895. -
Hoover graduated from Stanford with a degree in geology.
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February 10, 1899 Hoover married Lou Henry, his college sweetheart and fellow geology student, in the parlor of her parents' home in Monterey, California.
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On March 3, 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed a law that made "The Star-Spangled Banner," based on an 1814 poem by Francis Scott Key (1779-1843), America's national anthem.
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August 10, 1962 Hoover was joined by his friend Harry Truman and together they dedicated the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in West Branch, Iowa.
