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2. Amana Colonies - Wikipedia

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   The Amana Colonies are seven villages on 26,000 acres ... Kitchens typically had a large brick hearth stove, a wood- or coal-burning oven, and a 6-foot-long (1.8 m ...

3. List of American utopian communities - Wikipedia

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   Amana Colonies: Iowa Community of True Inspiration: 1850s 1932 The Amana villages were built one hour apart when traveling by ox cart. Each village had a church, a farm, multi-family residences, workshops and communal kitchens. The communal system continued until 1932. Modern Times: New York Josiah Warren and Stephen Pearl Andrews: 1851 1864

4. Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area - Wikipedia

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   Included in the area are the Amana Colonies, Living History Farms, and Brucemore, a few of Iowa's best known tourist attractions. [3] Silos & Smokestacks also includes several state-designated scenic byways and the nationally designated Great River Road along the west bank of the Mississippi River.

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6. List of museums in Iowa - Wikipedia

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   South Amana: Iowa: East: Agriculture: Tools and equipment used on Amana's communal farms, operated by the Amana Heritage Society [6] Communal Kitchen & Cooper Shop Museum: Middle Amana: Iowa: East: History: Restored 1932-era communal kitchen for the local Amana Colonies, operated by the Amana Heritage Society [6] Conrad Heritage Hall and Museum ...

7. Homestead, Iowa - Wikipedia

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   The Amana Colonies purchased the town from the Rock Island Railroad to use as a transportation hub. A meteorite struck the town in 1875.. In 1881, Homestead contained a train depot, hotel, post office, grain elevator, meeting house, schoolhouse, general store, lumber yard, and a large distributing warehouse.

8. Community of True Inspiration - Wikipedia

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   A meetinghouse of the Community of True Inspiration in the Amana Colonies. The Community of True Inspiration, also known as the True Inspiration Congregations, [1] Inspirationalists, and the Amana Church Society) is a Radical Pietist group of Christians descending from settlers of German, Swiss, and Austrian descent who settled in West Seneca, New York, after purchasing land from the Seneca ...

9. Amana German - Wikipedia

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   Amana German (German: Amana-Deutsch or Kolonie-Deutsch, lit. Colony German) is a regiolect [citation needed] based on West Central German that is still spoken by several hundred people in the Amana Colonies in Iowa. The Amana Colonies were founded in 1856 by Inspirationalists of German origin who came from West Seneca near Buffalo in New York.