Red Rock Reservoir and Plans for Iowa Flood Control
In 1948 a large meeting at Memorial Hall, Knoxville discussed Red Rock and Howell surveys showing 800 000 acre feet at Red Rock would be inadequate. Engineers proposed a larger pool at Red Rock with a 725 foot crest, enabling about 89 000 acre feet storage and 9 000 surface acres.
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Memorial Hall
Knoxville
Des Moines
Mississippi
Missouri
Col
W. N. Leaf
Army Engineers
Red Rock
Howell
Red Rock Reservoir
Ottumwa
Saylorville
Iowa Natural Resources
Chief of Engineers
Drouth
Iowa
Red Rock dam project advances toward 1965 stage goals
The 80 million Red Rock dam in Iowa progresses with Stage II concrete work on the spillway and main monoliths. Stage III, involves bedrock excavation and grouting before clay core construction, slated to start soon and finish by late 1968. About 200,000 cubic yards of concrete will be used for the spillway portion, with total costs covering land, railroad and bridge relocations.
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Red Rock
Des Moines
Pella
Ing
Chronicle News
River and Harbors Committee
Congress
Red Rock Dam Proposed for 1949 Budget
The Pella Chronicle notes an error cost estimate of $15 million and reports that in early 1948 Representative Engel released a list of War Department civil projects for the 1949 fiscal year. Red Rock Dam appears with a $1 million appropriation, with construction planned to start in 1949 and take about four years.
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Erroir
Representative Engel
Michigan
House Appropriations
War Department
Army Engineers
Red Rock
City Hall Built as Bank by Local Partners
The city hall was erected by Herman Rietveld for a bank ing business run with John Rhynaberger and B H Van Spanckeren, with The People's Savings Bank occupying the lower quarters. The building was bought by the city in 1915 and remodeled, and a first jail stood at West Market near the old water tower, now torn down.
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Herman Rietveld
People's Trust Co
John Rhynaberger
B. H. van Spanckeren
People's Savings Bank
West Market
Did Not Rely On Wife For Bacon Or Eggs
A Pelle Chronicle item from July 1 1937 discusses changes in work roles and unemployment, noting how automation and the advancing role of women in production challenge traditional male reliance on household provisioning. It reflects on shifts in labor and domestic expectations without endorsing a single solution.
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Pelle Chronicle
Rooster That Lays Eggs Baffles Fifield Residents
A Fifield anecdote sparks disbelief as Gerrit Smorenborg and Joe Shinn report Mrs. William Zegers owns a rooster that supposedly lays eggs. The tale notes the bird’s large comb and long tail and questions its gender before concluding with a humorous “Ain’t that somethin’?”
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Ripley
Pelly
Gerrit Smorenborg
Joe Shinn
William Zegers
Fifield
Murder near Leighton 1856 shocks Indiana travelers
In September 1856 A J and Nancy Casteel traveled from Lafayette Indiana to Boone County Iowa with four horses a covered wagon and $800 in gold. Their decomposed bodies were found in corn shacks nine and a half miles west of Montezuma on a Hall family farm after a wood chopper heard shots the morning after they left Leighton. Buried in Montezuma cemetery.
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Ighton
Lafayette
Ind
Boone County
Iowa
A. J
Nancy Casteel
Leighton
Joseph Hall
Montezuma
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Heinz
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Dorrell Shaeter
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