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  2. Steamboat Rock, Iowa - Wikipedia

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    Steamboat Rock is located on the Iowa River, at a point where the river marks the east edge of the Altmont Moraine, the glacial moraine that marks the east border of the Des Moines Lobe of the Wisconsin Glaciation. The river valley here is a deep gorge through the sandstone bedrock underlying the moraine. Unlike most of Iowa, where prairie ...

  3. Folkert Mound Group - Wikipedia

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    March 17, 2009. The Folkert Mound Group of Hardin County, Iowa is a collection of 27 prehistoric mounds on the bluffs above the Iowa River, in a variety of shapes, including linear, compound, conical, and an enigmatic cruciform mound. The earliest map of the mounds was made by John Hotopp in 1974, [2] and the mound group was mapped in detail in ...

  4. Steamboat Rock Consolidated Schools Building - Wikipedia

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    March 31, 2004. Steamboat Rock Consolidated Schools Building, also known as the Steamboat Rock Community School, is a historic building located in Steamboat Rock, Iowa, United States. The first school in town was a one-room school that opened a year after the town was platted in 1855. A two-story brick school building was completed in 1869.

  5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Hardin ...

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    Iowa Falls: 29: Slayton Farms-Round Barn: Slayton Farms-Round Barn: July 7, 1999 : 20478 135th St. Iowa Falls: 30: Steamboat Rock Consolidated Schools Building: Steamboat Rock Consolidated Schools Building

  6. Jeremiah Wood House - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Hardin County, Iowa - Wikipedia

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    UTC−5 (CDT) Congressional district. 4th. Website. www.hardincountyia.gov. Hardin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,878. [1] The county seat is Eldora. [2] The county was named in honor of Col. John J. Hardin, of Illinois, who was killed in the Mexican–American War.

  8. Honey Creek Friends' Meetinghouse - Wikipedia

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    The Religious Society of Friends, who were originally from Yadkin County, North Carolina, organized the Honey Creek Monthly Meeting in 1852. [2] They were a party of 44 composed of members of the Reece family ranging in ages from 8 weeks to over 70 years. It took two months for the party to reach their destination of Salem, Iowa.

  9. Geography of Iowa - Wikipedia

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    The Jordan Aquifer is the largest source of groundwater, extending from northeast Iowa to south central Iowa, and is ultimately the source of much of Iowa's agricultural and industrial water. In addition to pollution threats, the aquifer is threatened by overuse in well-source irrigation, ethanol production, and the diminishment of resupply ...