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Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Military installations in Iowa" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
The Madimbo Corridor, is a northern military base in the Limpopo Province that borders Zimbabwe in South Africa, and is contiguous with the Matshakatini Nature Reserve. [2] It is controlled by the South African National Defence Force and used as a military training zone [ 3 ] and a cordon sanitaire .
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.
State Liaison Officers, which later became known as State Historic Preservation Officers, were established to manage historic preservation grants for the National Park Service (NPS). In the 1970s, these SHPOs experienced a growth in power as they became more organized, efficient and professional, and clarified their relationships with NPS.
The Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School was a military base and training facility on the south side of Des Moines, Iowa.Established in 1901, the base trained African American officers for the U.S. Army during World War I and was where women first began training for US Army service in 1942 as part of the Women's Army Corps.
State Historical Society Building, Des Moines. The State Historical Society of Iowa (SHSI), a division of the Iowa Department of Administrative Affairs, [1] serves as the official historical repository for the State of Iowa and also provides grants, public education, and outreach about Iowa history and archaeology.
Fort Madison was founded as the location of the first U.S. military fort in the upper Mississippi region. [7] A replica of the fort stands along the river. [8] Sheaffer Pens were developed and made in Fort Madison for many years. The city is the location of the Iowa State Penitentiary—the state's maximum