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Illahe was the first of three post offices established in the late 19th and early 20th centuries along the canyon of the lower Rogue River between Marial and Agness. After the Rogue River Wars of 1855–56 and the forced removal of most of the Takelma and other native people who lived along the river, a small number of newcomers began to settle along or near the canyon.
University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History: Eugene: Lane: Willamette Valley: Natural history / History Oregon's landscapes, climate, and ecosystems, fossils, geology, cultures and ecosystems of the Arctic, culture through archaeological sites, Upper Rogue Historical Society Museum Trail: Jackson Southern History - Local
University of Northern Iowa Museum: Cedar Falls: Black Hawk: East: Natural history: website, exhibits on geology, biology, history, anthropology at the Rod Library Ushers Ferry Historic Village: Cedar Rapids: Linn: East: Living: website, 1908 historic village Van Buren Historical Society Museum: Keosauqua: Van Buren: East: Local history
The Grant Wood Cultural District is a historic district in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa that was certified in 2010 by the Iowa State Historical Society. [1]It includes Grant Wood's studio, the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, the Veterans Memorial Building, the U.S. Cellular Center, and numerous other points of interest.
The WCF & N Center Point Depot and Substation, also known as the Center Point Depot Museum, is a historic building located in Center Point, Iowa, United States.The Mission Revival building was constructed in 1914 by the Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railway, an interurban line that ran between the Waterloo – Cedar Falls area and Cedar Rapids.
Cedar Rapids was platted on the east bank of the Cedar River as Rapids City in 1841, and it was incorporated in 1849. Kingston was established on the west bank of the river in 1852, and it was annexed by Cedar Rapids in 1870. The streets were laid out parallel and perpendicular to the river, which flowed from the northwest to the southeast.
The Register marks its 175th birthday by celebrating groups like the Des Moines Women's Club, which boldly expanded women's role in city leadership.
To avoid difficult rapids, carriers delivered the mail by mule between Illahe and Marial, and after 1908 most mail traveling beyond Agness went by mule. The Illahe post office closed in 1943, [ 62 ] and when the Marial post office closed in 1954, "it was the last postal facility in the United States to still be served only by mule pack trains."