Herbert Clark Hoover was born August 10, 1874 in a two room cottage in West Branch, Iowa. Parents were Jesse, a blacksmith and his mother Hulda, a Quaker minister. He attended Stanford University and studied mining. In 1899 he married Lou Henry and they had two sons, Herbert Jr. and Allan. He served as United States Food Administrator under President Woodrow Wilson. In 1921 he was appointed by President Warren G. Harding as United States Secretary of Commerce. On March 4, 1929 he was elected the Thirty-First president of the United States. He refused to accept a salary. The President died October 20, 1964 at the age of 90. His wife died January 7, 1944. The President and his wife are both buried on the grounds of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum. The Library displays memorabilia, documents, and photos of the Presidents life.

The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum is located in West Branch, Iowa.  It's an easy 40 minute drive from the hotel.

https://hoover.archives.gov/

USEFUL INFO FOR VISITING

 Tickets can be purchased in advance through the website which has a lot of excellent information on it. The museum and grounds are self-guided, but if we want a more 'behind the scenes' experience that needs to be arranged in advance. Example of 'behind the scenes' is access to the archives, blacksmith demo, and access to the papers of writer Laura Ingalls Wilder. I forgot to ask if there was an additional fee for those and actually just thought of it. In total it can be about a 2 - 2 1/2 hour visit depending on what a person wants to do/see.