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Riverside Park Emerges From Riverside Investment Deal
Cedar Rapids history records Riverside Park forming in 1894 after Riverside Investment Co sold 20 acres for a city park. The lineage traces to 1891 founders John Henderson and partners who once bought 70 acres west of the Cedar River and set aside river frontage for industry.
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Riverside Park
Tony Lentner
Cedar Rapids
Che City
11Th
16Th Avenues
Joseph Pitlik
Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette
Riverside Investment Co
John Henderson
L.J. Wilner
F.A. and
R.O. Simmons
M.J. Gates
N.W. Mcliver
May
Cedar River
Riverside Investment
West First and
C Streets
11Th and
13Th Avenues
Third Avenue
First Street
Iowa Log Rolling Association
Greene Square
Parks Commission
Riverside
16Th Avenue