Coggon Celebrates 125th Birthday Amid_NamingHistory Revelations
The northeast Iowa town of Coggon marks its 125th birthday July 29 to 31 while tracing its origins from 1851 settlement attempts. Key milestones include 1858 mill on Buffalo Creek by W J Bruce, settlement renamed Manhattan Falls then Manhat Tan, Green family acquisition in 1865, and Nugent's Grove name shifts before formal naming.
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Coggan
Linn County
Nathan Haight
Buffalo Creek
Haight
Manhattan Falls
W.J. Bruce
Manhattan
N.Y
Bruce
William Henderson
Green
Coggon History Comes Alive At 125th Birthday Fest
A long summary of Coggan area history, noting the growth from a renamed Coggan to Coggon, rail arrivals, the Clemons House, Opera House now Comet Theater, a library battle, the dairy creamery history, electric plant independence, and Bonnie Beranek’s return and new gift shop as part of the 125th birthday celebration and town pride.
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Opera House
Comet Theater
Coggan
City Hall
Coggon
Coggon Creamery Co
United States
Fred Lehman
A.J. McAreavy
F. Anderson
O.C. Capper
Bonnie Beranek
Main Street
Leo French
Beranek
Coggon welcomes Rita Coggon Shireby and Peter Shir eby for quasquicentennial
Rita Coggon Shireby great granddaughter of Coggon’s namesake William Coggon and her husband Peter Shireby will travel from Sheffield England to attend Coggon’s 125th birthday celebration. Their prior correspondence and visits reflect long town ties dating to 1946 and include meetings in London.
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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
London
Gary Rath
Maxine Betenbender
Arlington Days plans announced for July events
Arlington schedules Arlington Days for July 16 17 with a 1 PM parade themed Keep Arlington Beautiful. A tractor pull follows, a volleyball tournament signup by July 14, a softball tournament, an Almost Anything Goes contest at 7 45 PM, and a Sunday worship service at 10 AM in City Park with a potluck afterward.
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Arlington
Arlington Beautiful
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Legion Hall
Old Settler's
United Parish Fellowship Hall
Presbyterian Church
Coggon High School
Coggon School
St Luke's Hospital
Coggon Fire Dept
R&r Saloon
KCRG
R&r
Kirk Dighton
The
Plainsmen
North Linn
Nugent
Illinois Central Railroad
Clemons House
Spaulding
Manchester
Amos Green
William Haggard
Alfred F. Green
John Franklin
A.E. Nash
Clemons
Coggon Development Improvement
Linn County Mutual Creamery Organization
Linn County Mutual Creamery
Coggon Creamery Inc
Meinertz
French's Hardware
United Parish Church
Clear Lake
Arlington Days
Klinger
N Smulekoff
Trak-Rak
Smulekoff’s
Alden
Armstrong
Bigelow
Capitol
Karastan Milliken
Mohawk
Royal Scot World
Wanda
Xere
Smulekoffs
Malibu
Milliken
Antron 1
Karastan
Saxony
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Cedar Rapids
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