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Sabula is the site of Iowa's only island city. The island has a beach and a campground, as well as a harbor with boat docks and storage sheds to store boats during the winter. Sabula is the northern terminus of U.S. Route 67 , a 1,560 mile (2,511 km) long north–south highway in the Central United States.
Description and history. Built sometime between 1850 and 1860, the 1½-story vernacular stone house features a symmetrical, three- bay -wide, facade on the eave side, and a single-story wing in the back. While one of the very few stone buildings in Sabula, it is an example of the common type of stone house found in Jackson County. [2]
August 27, 1999. Location. The Savanna–Sabula Bridge was a truss bridge and causeway crossing the Mississippi River that connected the city of Savanna, Illinois, with the island city of Sabula, Iowa. The bridge was put out of service on November 17, 2017, when its replacement, which lies a few dozen feet downstream, opened as the Dale Gardner ...
The Des Moines Register, literally born in a log cabin, became Iowa's leading newspaper. See a timeline, 50 photos from Register and Iowa history.
NRHP reference No. 82000409 [1] Added to NRHP. November 10, 1982. The Jeremiah Wood House is a historic residence located in Sabula, Iowa, United States. The house is associated with the settlement of Sabula, and the occupation of steamboat pilot. [2] Dr. Enoch A. Wood and his father James settled here in 1836 and platted the town the same year.
The Sabula Rail Bridge is a swing bridge that carries a single rail line across the Mississippi River between the island town of Sabula, Iowa and Savanna, Illinois.Originally built for the Milwaukee Road, and subsequently owned by the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad, the bridge is operational and is currently owned by Canadian Pacific Railway.
Marion station (Iowa) / 42.032664; -91.598670. Marion station was a railroad station in Marion, Iowa. It served passenger trains of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, commonly known as the Milwaukee Road. After passenger train service was discontinued, elements of the station were moved across the street to City Square Park ...
August 6, 2024 at 8:15 AM. The Maidens are back at the “Fountain of the Four Seasons,” an iconic public artwork at Iowa State University created by Danish-born artist Christian Petersen in ...