Coggon Celebrates 125th Birthday in Linn County Iowa
The town of Coggon in Linn County marks its 125th birthday this July 29 to 31 despite uncertain founding dates. Its early history traces back to 1851 with settler Nathan Haight, the 1858 mill built by W J Bruce on Buffalo Creek, and a sequence of name changes from Manhattan Falls to Manhat tan to Green's Mill and Nugent's Grove before finalizing as Coggon in 1888.
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Wvazette News
Coggon
W.J. Bruce
Buffalo Creek
Coggan
Linn County
Nathan Haight
Haight
Manhattan Falls
Manhattan
N.Y
Bruce
William Henderson
Green
Nugent's Grove
T. Spaulding
England
Illinois Central Railroad
Clemens
Manchester
Main Street
Amos Green
William Haggard
Alfred F. Green
John Franklin
A.E. Nash
Clemons
Opera House
Coggon Development Improvement
Coggon Birthday Fest Highlights Local History Day
A long town history of Coggon Iowa is recounted with notes on rail expansion in 1888, Main Street changes, the Opera House now Comet Theater, the library budget battle of 1941, dairy industry evolution, and the 125th birthday celebration. Bonnie Beranek returns as shopper and restorer of Main Street.
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Opera House
Comet Theater
Coggan
City Hall
Coggon Creamery Co
United States
Fred Lehman
A.J. McAreavy
F. Anderson
O.C. Capper
Coggon
Bonnie Beranek
Main Street
Leo French
Beranek
French's Hardware
United Parish Church
Coggon celebrates quasquicentennial with Sheffield visitors
Rita Coggon Shireby great granddaughter of town namesake William Coggon and her husband Peter Shireby will travel from Sheffield England to attend Coggon 125th birthday events. They have maintained long correspondence with residents since 1946 and will stay with locals during the celebration.
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Rita Coggon
Peter Shireby
Sheffield
England
Coggon
Rita
William Coggon
Peter
Rita Coggon Shireby
T. Spaulding
Shireby
Marian
Coggan
Ruth Gater
Helen Kurth
Audrey
Ethel
London
Gary Rath
Maxine Betenbender
Arlington Days Planned With Parade And Contests
Arlington plans Arlington Days for July 16 17 featuring a 1 pm Saturday parade with Keep Arlington Beautiful as its theme. A tractor pull follows the parade and a volleyball contest and softball tournament are planned. An Almost Anything Goes contest is set for 7 45 pm Saturday. A Sunday worship service at 10 am in City Park concludes with a potluck dinner.
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Arlington
Arlington Beautiful
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Legion Hall
Bam — Legion Hall
Old Settler's
United Parish Fellowship Hall
Jerry Carr
WMT
Darialam
Presbyterian Church
Coggon High School
Coggon School
St Luke's Hospital
Fire Dept
Saloonan
KCRG
RAR
Kirk Dighton
The
Plainsmen
Legion
Hal
Nugent
Linn County Mutual Creamery Organization
Linn County Mutual Creamery
Coggon Creamery Inc
Meinertz Dry
Clear Lake
Arlington Days
Gcagette
L's
Klinger Ey
Ieee
Smulekoff's
Trak-Rak
Smulekoff’s
Alden
Armstrong
Bigelow
Capitol
Karastan
Milliken
Mohawk
Royal Scot World
Wanda
Sq. Yd
ALDON
Smulekoff
Sid Milliken
Antron
Saxony
1St Street
3Rd Avenue
Cedar Rapids
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