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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1920

Page

7

Hanna Family 1st Settlers Honored At Waterloo Anniversary

A 75th anniversary celebration for George W Hanna and Mary Hanna, Waterloo’s first settlers, recalled pioneer days at the future town site. Descendants from Waterloo and nearby towns attended, with speeches praising the Hannas, local history, and patriotism. A memorial marker idea was proposed, and a photo with a covered wagon followed the program.

George W Mary Hanna Black Hawk County Waterloo Emily George Fox Cabin Ridge Shehan Hrott Way Coombs Knapp Cedar Falls George Philpot George Clark A. Rowne J. A. Speer Mullan Virden Scott Hanna Laverne George W. Hanna George P. Beck Wm. Whitney Elizabeth Davison Charles America Mullan H. ©. Bernbrook F. W. Court Philip C. Hanna Bernbrock George Hanna Commonwealths First Methodist Episcopal Church of Philip Hanna Gen Home County Iowa Cedar Valley Here Big Woods Bremer County Moite Tiller Edith Knapp Phil Hanna

Highway Engineer Drowns While Surveying Near Independence

Cecil Case aged 23, one of eight Ames civil engineers surveying for county highway grading, drowned in the Wapsie river near Independence when his canoe overturned. Body recovered within 31 minutes after sinking. rescue efforts failed. Case, from Summersville Missouri, went on the river alone at 8 pm. he could not swim. The party is operating under the state highway commission at Ames.

Independence Cecil Case Ames Wapsie River State Highway Commission Armes Summersville

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