Stagecoachs and towns fade yet revival lingers in rural Iowas borders
A historical reminiscence traces Stagecoachs and Civil War era killings, rusted towns like Forest Home and Tilton, and the Montezuma rail robbery. It notes the Montezuma Republican’s old print, a shifting rural landscape, shrinking farmsteads, highway expansion, and a community clinging to agriculture while towns grow outward.
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Montezuma
Forest Home
Carnforth
Ewart
Tilton
New Twenty Cent Piece Sparks Confusion in Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids Republican news item warns the new twenty cent pieces may annoy the public. The coins resemble the silver twenty-five cent pieces in size and appearance, making detection difficult and prompting scrutiny.
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Cedar Rapids
Worthless notes fetch high sums at New York auction
At a New York auction collectors paid 800 for a 20 shilling note printed in 1775 by New Hampshire and 380 for a Virginia 1781 two dollar bill. These notes were worthless during the Revolutionary War era.
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New York
New Hampshire
Virginia
Meaning of Iowa name tied to Indian tribe origins
The Iowa name also spelled Ioway derives from an Indian tribe. Claims about the word vary. Traditional Sioux based meaning is dusty faces or dust in the faces. Other interpretations include sleepy or drowsy, here is the place and beautiful land. The tribe mainly inhabited the Des Moines river valley.
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Iowa
Ioway
Des Moines River
Anamosa Preparations for Fourth of July Festivities
On July 3 1876 Anamosa plans a grand Fourth of July celebration inviting residents with no other plans to visit the city where visitors can view the State penitentiary and the state fish hatching house as notable attractions amid the holiday events.
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Anamosa
State Penitentiary
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Charivari
Chester Township
McCabe
Brooklyn
Robert Manatt
Old Highway 6
Monroe
G.W. Manatt
Jay Manatt
Nina
Ed Bartachek
Maresh
17Th Street
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Academy OF Dance
School of Dance
Theatre OF the Hemispheres
Edna Dieman
Julia Bennett
United States
National Endowment For the Arts
Iowa Arts Council
America
Midwest
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