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Category Archives: Iowa Miscellaneous
Jan
12
Southern Benton County lost its newspaper
Publication of a newspaper dedicated to the interests of Belle Plaine and southern Benton County ceased at the end of 2023. The Belle Plaine Union had that name for the overwhelming majority of its life. The Blairstown Press and the Benton … Continue reading
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Jan
10
Update on Preston’s Station restoration
Last year, Preston’s Station in Belle Plaine marked its 100th year of existence and 95th year at its current location. The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2020. In the past few years, a concentrated … Continue reading
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Jan
08
Cedar Rapids turns 175
Cedar Rapids is officially the fourth-oldest incorporated community in Iowa, behind Farmington, Burlington, and Keokuk. (Note that incorporation is different from founding.) This week, the city is marking its 175th birthday with a ceremony and a time capsule. The city’s … Continue reading
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Dec
11
The last link in the Transcontinental Railroad
Did you know that when the (first) Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869, there was no connection between Omaha and Council Bluffs? A bridge wouldn’t be built for three years. The story of that bridge, and how it took a … Continue reading
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Dec
08
Cedar Rapids annexes one house
In September, the state’s City Development Board approved Cedar Rapids’ annexation of 3241 Blairs Ferry Rd. NE. One property, singular. Screencap via Linn County GIS website The long driveway in the middle goes to First Assembly of God Church, which … Continue reading
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Nov
22
Belle Plaine, Reinbeck churches in second wave of UMC disaffiliations
On New Year’s Day 2023, Grundy County had four United Methodist Churches. On New Year’s Eve 2023, it will have one. Two of the churches, in Conrad and Grundy Center, disaffiliated from the UMC in May (officially June 30) in … Continue reading
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Nov
13
Election Day and ballot silliness
My Substack post with a Tama County Election Day hook, that also took a look at the ballot structures for combined city/school elections, made Saturday’s display at the Iowa Capital Dispatch. If you like, please subscribe! (Better yet, chip in … Continue reading
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Nov
01
Earliest history of Iowa college football on TV
The first part of in-depth research into the real first time football teams from Iowa showed up on television — if not necessarily in Iowa — is live on my Substack.
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Sep
26
Ely community center would replace old school
Ely voters in November will be deciding on a $7 million bond issue to build a community center, KCRG reports. (Link includes autoplay video and no longer works in my version of Safari.) The bond does not cover the entire … Continue reading
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Sep
22
Annexation of entire towns: A history
In my latest Substack post, I write about some notable cases in Iowa history where one community was entirely subsumed by another. In one case, it was one community swallowing eight others. (I bet you can figure out what city … Continue reading
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