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The Bohemian Commercial Historic District, also known as New Bohemia, is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1] At the time of its nomination it consisted of 75 resources, which included 48 contributing buildings, and 27 non-contributing buildings. [2]
Cedar Rapids and Chicago Railroad: IC: 1886 1888 Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad: Cedar Rapids and Clinton Railway: RI: 1882 1902 Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway: Cedar Rapids, Garner and Northwestern Railway: RI: 1898 1900 Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway: Cedar Rapids, Iowa Falls and Northwestern Railway: RI: 1880 1902
The location of present-day Cedar Rapids was in the territory of the Meskwaki and Sauk peoples at the time of European American settlement.. The first settler on the site of the future city was Osgood Shepherd, who built a log cabin (which he called a tavern) in 1837 or 1838 next to the Cedar River (then known as the Red Cedar) at what is now the corner of First Avenue and First Street Northeast.
The Iowa Workforce Development provided the Des Moines Register data on long-term industry projections for the state through 2030. ... The 10 industries in Iowa expected to add the most jobs are ...
The Iowa State Fair was held in a different community every two years after it was first established. The first fair was held in Fairfield in 1854. The other towns that hosted the fair included Muscatine, Oskaloosa, Iowa City, Dubuque, Burlington, Clinton, Keokuk and Cedar Rapids. [2] The state fair moved to Des Moines permanently in 1878.
The west side of the site is alongside Cedar River, which provided the power. On the north and east sides, the site is bounded by Cedar Lake, train yards and other industrial sites. [7] The tallest section of the complex rises 13 floors and 190 feet (58 m) in height. [1] It is currently the 4th-tallest building in 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.
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