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Sesquicentennial events listed for 1996 in Gazette
The Gazette lists most sesquicentennial events scheduled for 1996 with some dates pending. Highlights include December 28 debut at the Old Capitol Museum Iowa Memorial Union in Iowa City and January 12 to 17 Iowa Rural Water Association conference in Des Moines, plus January 13 to 14 winter events in Davenport and Lansing Ice Harvest.
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Iowa Sesquicentennial Commission
Iowa
Old Capitol Museum
Iowa Memorial Union
Iowa City
Lansing
Putnam
Davenport
Iowa Rural Water Association
Des Moines
Albia
Macksburg
Klemme
Storm Lake
Marathon
Ringsted
Manning
University of Okoboji
Iowa Great Lakes
Milford
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Brucemore
Adel
Col. Davenport House
Rock Island
Nauvoo
Ill
McCelland
Washington
Hanlontown
New Hampton
Ushers Ferry
Council Bluffs
Poweshiek
Poweshiek County
Corwith
Odebolt
Osceola County
Sibley
Churdan
Municipal
Mason City
Collins
Pleasant Prairie
Muscatine
Remsen
Ames
Cantril
National Mall
Washington, D.C
Winthrop
Fairbank
Cedar Basin
Cedar Falls
Edgewood
Olin
Hedrick
Melrose
Milton
Moravia
Richardson-Jakeway Park
Aurora
Oxford Junction
Bonaparte
Main Amana
New London
Clinton
Brooklyn
Otter Creek Park
Toledo
Burlington
Greenwood
Second Baptist Church
Marshalltown
Pulaski
Indianola
Guttenberg
Putnam Museum
Fort Atkinson
Hartman Reserve