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Cresco is a city in Howard County, Iowa, United States. The population was 3,888 at the 2020 census , down from 3,905 at the 2000 census . [ 4 ] It is the county seat of Howard County .
Kellow House is a historic building located in Cresco, Iowa, United States.Kellow was a native of Cornwall in England who settled in Iowa in 1854. He established his own grocery and merchandise firm, and had this house built in 1880 for his new wife and future family. [2]
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The Howard County Courthouse in Cresco, Iowa, United States was built in 1880. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 as a part of the County Courthouses in Iowa Thematic Resource. [1] The courthouse is the third building the county has used for court functions and county administration.
The Northern Sugar Company plant in Mason City opened in November 1917 a few months after the U.S. entry into World War I. Its first sack of sugar was sold by auction to benefit the Red Cross.
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.
The Turkey River is a 153-mile-long (246 km) [3] tributary of the upper Mississippi River.Its main branch rises in Howard County, Iowa, near the city of Cresco.The other counties it or its tributaries cover are Chickasaw, Winneshiek, Fayette, Clayton, Delaware, and Dubuque.
The federal government established Iowa as a territory in 1838, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.Previously, the state wasn’t a distinct place and existed as part of the Louisiana Territory ...