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West Bend got its start in the early 1880s, following the construction of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway through that territory. It was originally called Ives after the president of the railroad, but the townspeople had it changed to West Bend from the bend in the river. West Bend (aka Ives) was the first town in Palo Alto ...
Fish Farm Mounds State Preserve is a 3-acre (12,000 m 2) archaeological mound group containing Native American burials in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is located within the larger Fish Farms Mounds Wildlife area, a state owned hunting area a few miles south of New Albin , just inland from the Upper Mississippi River in Allamakee County .
There is also evidence of fish teeth and plates in the lower parts of the channel sequence. The preserve is the type locality for “State Quarry Limestone,” determined by Calvin, and only found in Johnson County, Iowa. [2] The quarry became a historical state preserve in 1969, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in ...
They established fish rescue program along the Mississippi River in 1903 and a research station at Fairport in 1910. The development of the lock and dam system in the 1930s brought the fish rescue operations to an end because they eliminated of the backwaters that trapped them. The fish hatchery was developed at that time.
First Presbyterian Church, also known as First United Presbyterian Church, Templar Lodge No. 514, and the West Bend Historical Museum, is a historic building located in West Bend, Iowa, United States. The first recorded Protestant services in town were led by a Presbyterian minister, the Rev. David S. McComb in 1851.
West Bend–Mallard Community School District (WBM) is a rural public school district headquartered in a single K-12 (all years) campus in West Bend, Iowa. [2] The district is mostly in Palo Alto and Kossuth counties, with sections in Pocahontas and Humboldt counties. In addition to West Bend, it serves Mallard and Rodman. [3]
Catfish Bend Casino is a casino located in Burlington, Iowa. It is part of the PZAZZ! Entertainment Complex owned by Great River Entertainment. History.
West Okoboji Lake (highlighted in purple), in the Iowa Great Lakes region. West Okoboji Lake (sometimes known as West Lake Okoboji) is a natural body of water, approximately 3,847 acres (15.57 km 2) in area, in Dickinson County in northwestern Iowa in the United States. It is part of the chain of lakes known as the Iowa Great Lakes.