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.
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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.
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Independence
Cecil Case
Ames
Wapsie River
State Highway Commission
Armes
Summersville
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