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Category Archives: Geography
Jul
18
‘New’ pictures from southern Iowa
April 12, 2009: A sequential intersection in Missouri, MO 5 and MO 6 at Milan. At the time, Sullivan County was the nearest one to Iowa I had not visited. About a year ago, I announced my intent to extend … Continue reading
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Jul
06
Mall between two school districts
A not-particularly-trumpeted but governmentally significant thing happened July 1: The tax increment financing district for Coral Ridge Mall expired. The mall opened 20 years ago at the end of this month. The city of Coralville’s website explains: At that time, … Continue reading
May
16
Cedar Rapids annexes the rest of Business 151
May 31, 2017: Behind the camera is some land inside Cedar Rapids’ city limits. With a recently approved annexation, the city will pick up again in the middle of the Williams Boulevard bridges over US 30. For a few years … Continue reading
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Feb
27
I’ve been nowhere, man
April 26, 2017: Reconstructed Historic Dodge City, Kansas. Last week, the Washington Post found the middle of nowhere. Not surprisingly, it’s in northeast Montana. Kansans had something to say about six towns appearing on the three lists (of different population … Continue reading
Feb
19
Monowi, Nebraska, population 1
The BBC goes to the smallest town in America, a bit over 100 miles west of Sioux City. No town in Iowa has a population in the single digits, at least since Donnan, population 7, disincorporated in 1991.
Dec
18
Pinstripe still a southward bowl game, barely
This line from a rundown of bowl game watchability got me thinking. Most bowl games feature teams that got to go to a cool place. This does not—the game is played in Navy’s home stadium in Annapolis, and Virginia isn’t … Continue reading
Jul
01
Canada’s sesquicentennial
June 26, 2007: Inside Ottawa Parliament Hall, Ottawa, Canada. For anyone in the Great White North (or Great White Slightly Northeast, depending) who reads this blog, here’s a commemoration of the unified Dominion of Canada. Iowa exports $3.3 billion of … Continue reading
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Jun
29
A southward expansion of West Des Moines
West Des Moines has had its eyes on northeastern Madison and northwestern Warren counties for a while now, and the concept is taking a step into reality. The city intends to build a bridge over I-35 between the IA 5 … Continue reading
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Apr
03
Atlas Obscura finds the Sullivan Line
Another article about the Honey War? Sure! For a shorter story and more geographic nitty-gritty, there is my page on the Sullivan Line, but my photos were taken when the grass wasn’t green. Also, I visited the marker in “the … Continue reading
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Jan
13
Pilot Knob is not Iowa’s second-highest point. Or the third.
October 4, 2016: The view from the Pilot Knob observation tower, which is 30 feet tall. Enjoy it before I drop some earth-leveling news. While working on the page for IA 237, the old spur to Ocheyedan, I had a … Continue reading
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