This 925-acre park along the Wapsipinicon River has long been admired for its scenic natural beauty. The hilly, heavily wooded area is divided by the river and home to many species of wildlife. Beginning as a rural picnic ground in the 1960s, Pinicon Ridge Park has been developed into a modern recreation area – a [...]
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Buffalo Creek Park
Nestled along Buffalo Creek in northeastern Linn County, rolling wooded knolls of oak and hickory combine with the open meadows adjacent to the stream valley to provide habitat for a unique variety of flora and fauna. Wild turkey, deer, nesting Canada geese, beaver and fox are but a few of the species of wildlife that [...]
Alamakee County, Iowa
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William ‘Bill’ Aird
AIRD, HUSE, FETT, SCHLITTER, MARTIN, DIXON, FLACK Posted By: Connie Ellis (email) Date: 10/17/2011 at 03:54:13 ISOLATED HOUSE, NO CONVENIENCES, DON’T STOP 92 YEAR OLD FROM LIVING ALONE William “Bill” Aird took a flashlight to show his dining room in the evening because there is little light in it once the sun goes down. A [...]
Jesup, Iowa History
1860-1870 No attempt was made to found a town in the area that was to become Jesup until word was spread that a survey had been made for a railroad and that it was pushing westward into the township. Reports of rich farmland being available also sparked the westward movement of the time. In 1858 [...]
Cedar Falls, Iowa History
William Sturgis The first residents of Iowa, including the Cedar Valley , were primarily Scandinavians, Slovaks, Hispanic, German, and Greek immigrants. The first permanent residents of Cedar Falls, or what was then called “Sturgis Falls”, were William Sturgis and his brother-in-law, Erasmus Adams. These settlers first came to Sturgis Falls in 1845 and were attracted [...]
Brief History of the City of Mount Vernon
This information is taken from the book “A Centennial History of Mount Vernon, Iowa:1847-1947″, prepared by the Centennial Committee, and in histories prepared by the Methodist, Catholic, and Presbyterian Churches. As a result of Chief Black Hawk’s war with settlers along the Mississippi River near Rock Island and his flight into Illinois and Wisconsin, a [...]
1966: ‘Ghost town’ of Quandahl auctioned for $15,330
Posted on 5 July 2012 by Eric A once-thriving village nestled into the Bear Creek valley, Quandahl’s history followed the path of so many other small country towns in the mid 20th century, except for how it ended: On an early October morning in 1966, the entire village went up for auction. Ladies of Waterloo Ridge [...]
Benton County Ghost Towns
BENTON. Former name of the present town of Garrison. BENTON CENTER. Near the southeast corner of Big Grove Township. Post office, 1869 BENTON CITY. IN the southwestern part of section 20, Benton Township, just south of the Cedar River. The plat was filed in 1856. The B.C.R.& N., built in 1869 missed it, after which [...]
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