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Category Archives: Iowa Miscellaneous
Jun
17
Gazette articles on railroads
Informative articles from the Cedar Rapids Gazette about the importance of the railroads in Iowa’s history and the network “representing arms of urban economic imperialism of Chicago”. Iowa’s past, future converge with railroads Union Station was hub of downtown Cedar … Continue reading
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Jun
16
Chief Wapello is down
December 18, 2006 Thunderstorms in Wapello County knocked down the statue on the courthouse in Ottumwa. The rain came the same week that the county was declared to be in a moderate drought.
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Jun
16
Madison County Courthouse
It’s not my best courthouse picture, but it’s a clear winter sunset in Winterset. January 10, 2012.
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Jun
08
Mor chikin
Cedar Rapids is getting a standalone Chick-Fil-A. It will be the second one in the state. The other is in Davenport and all other locations in Iowa are inside mall food courts.
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Jun
04
Cedar Rapids off the island
It’s been the case since the flood in 2008, but today it was official. The Cedar Rapids city government is now headquartered in the old federal courthouse. Before now (before 2008, that is), it was located on Mays Island. For … Continue reading
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May
08
Complete chronology of Iowa counties
Iowa at statehood, 1846 (Flickr) It seems like most of Iowa’s county histories are ever only organized by individual county. This provides good detail for each separately, but hurts when you are trying to think of the “big picture” of … Continue reading
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May
06
That would have been awkward
Davis County Iowa, along the Missouri border, was named in 1843 for Garret Davis, a U.S. representative from Kentucky. But if the luck of the draw had gone another way, it would have created historical confusion for generations to come. … Continue reading
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May
01
Mount Sterling must re-disincorporate
Kyle Munson explains the snag in the process.
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Apr
28
Aredale’s mayor on Tonight Show
Hulu has the interview, but does not have the segments about him in one clip. There is either the entire show for Friday (he’s the second guest, after Mel Gibson) or search for “18-year-old mayor.”
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Apr
15
Maquoketa Caves reopen
KWWL and the Quad-City Times have stories. Until 2003, the state park was the destination of IA 428, the highest signed non-900 designation in the Iowa highway system.
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