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Pirate ship swinging ride. Replaced by Iowa Craft Beer Takeover. Happy Horses: 1974 1978 Adventureland's first carousel, replaced by the Hampton cars. Haunted House : 1980 1988 Funni-Frite Part of the Riverview area (now Dragon Island) and one of the attractions moved from Riverview Park in Des Moines. This attraction opened at Riverview 1975 ...
The town of Hampton was laid out by H. P. Allen, who was the county surveyor, in June 1856. The original plat was eight blocks by eight blocks in the shape of an "L". Near the center of the "L" was the two-block, or double, square. While many county seats in Iowa have a courthouse square, the double square is a rarity. [2]
May 30, 1974 (Des Moines: Polk: Training site for black officers in World War I. 8: George M. Verity: George M. Verity (towboat): December 20, 1989 (Keokuk: Lee: One of three surviving steam-powered towboats in the United States, this ship pioneered on upper Mississippi in a certain way, leading to large private industry.
South Yearling Road between Langley Avenue and Etna Road will come alive from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, when the Whitehall Food Truck and Fun Fest brings more than 35 trucks, 20-plus ...
Summer has arrived. Celebrate with the return of the annual Iowa City Downtown Block Party, more Pride Month celebrations and other free events
The third of six Cap City Festivals being presented by the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department is slated to take place from 3-7 p.m. Saturday at Barnett Park, 1184 Barnett Road.
They were able to buy options for 254 acres (103 ha) in 1933. The City of Hampton and several civic organizations bought the property the following year and presented it to the State of Iowa. The city requested that the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) develop a 258.68-acre (104.68 ha) park. The CCC worked from 1934 to 1938 developing the park.
The term "Hampton Roads" is a centuries-old designation that originated when the region was a struggling English outpost nearly four hundred years ago.. The word "Hampton" honors one of the founders of the Virginia Company of London and a great supporter of the colonization of Virginia, Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton.