I am Mark W Howe, I am the Ggrandson of Isaac Bridgman Howe, Supt. of the Iowa Div. of the C&NWRR during the 1860s and 70s. The family saved over 100 letters written by him and to him and other family members. I have transcribed and they have been published by the Iowa genweb.[1] I donated them to the CNW Historical Society which has recently published an article.[2] In Wikipedia I have noted the absense of a significant amount of historical material regarding the railroads in Iowa for that period and would like to help fill that gap. A close friend and associate of IB Howe was Dr. Edward H Williams. I have added a considerable amount of data to his wiki page using the 'source' provided in the article[3] but it has been rejected/reverted, I know not why. I am learning little by little each day.