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Schaller claims to be the "Popcorn Capital of the World" (along with five other towns in the US).
http://www.wyandotpopcornmus.com/History/Popcorn
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The Shrine of The Grotto of the Redemption in West Bend, Iowa, is the largest man-made Grotto in the world.
https://www.westbendgrotto.com/research/history/
https://www.westbendgrotto.com/research/history/
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This is the second time this topic has bubbled up on CF. I heard the same story as you about Nevada choosing to be the county seat.
Someone else heard Boone. Now Marshalltown is in the mix.
Anyone have the true historical record? You'd think someone would've documented the process
Nope. Westfield is still several miles east of the river. You do realize the Missouri River is not the border with South Dakota, right?
At least the Dirty B isn't Gulfport, Illinois which is just across the bridge....
Back in the day you'd never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
A place so bad that gawd wiped it off of the map with a great flood. Biblical ****.
Saw my first stripper there...a girl I went to school with
Titonka, Iowa is the home of a Silo House. The top floor is a penthouse overlooking corn and soybean fields.
Interesting, so Iowa State or the Iowa Agricultural College and Model farm actually pre-dates Ames?
The Missouri River runs from northwest to southeast, like most rivers in the western half of this country.
Westfield is east of the Missouri River, but it is west of Carter Lake due to the angle the river runs. La Crosse, WI is west of Davenport even though it's on the east side of the Mississippi and Davenport is on the west.
Westfield is east of the Missouri River, but it is west of Carter Lake due to the angle the river runs. La Crosse, WI is west of Davenport even though it's on the east side of the Mississippi and Davenport is on the west.
I remember a prof at ISU claiming this back in the day. We had some kind of ISU indoctrination class my freshman year where you learned about the history of the institution. Can't remember what it was called, but I remember that factoid.
Yep, that transition is quite something. Driving from just 20 miles west of Fayette/Decorah and coming into a spot where the land just kind of explodes is crazy.
WI has some fascinating geological stuff as well. The D. area, then the central 'sands' region as they call it, and then you get up north where there's iron and hardwoods, and sandstone along the Great Lakes.
The railroad that ran through my farm closed 60 years ago. The corn that grows where the tracks were is always stunted and anemic green. Those old cinders never break down
One of the best ways to really see it is to drive from west of Cresco towards Decorah and take the county black tops into Decorah. From the west side of Cresco to passing through town, you can see the transition almost immediately. It's really evident from the Pole Line Rd.
Early steam trains could only go roughly seven miles and then had to stop for more water. That is why many small towns in Iowa are six to seven miles apart (by rail) because the towns sprung up around the water depots when the railroads were built.
Almost all of North Des Moines was once mined for coal. Here is a map and a link to a very detailed document about mining in that area if you are interested.
