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Category Archives: Iowa Miscellaneous
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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Apr
10
945* (Update: Still 946)
Clip from the first state highway map (1919) When the Iowa highway system was created in 1920, Mount Sterling was important enough that it (or the Missouri border just south) was the south end of IA 11. That only lasted … Continue reading
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Apr
09
A Civil War clarification
In commemoration of the 105th anniversary of the Battle of Shiloh (April 6-7, 1862), in which many Iowa soldiers died, historian Timothy Walch corrects a statement that many people, including myself, had believed to be true. It’s reprinted here for … Continue reading
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