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As of the census of 2020, [7] there were 90 people, 37 households, and 29 families residing in the city. The population density was 352.5 inhabitants per square mile (136.1/km 2).
The Iowa Derby is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles (8.5 furlongs) on the dirt annually at Prairie Meadows Racetrack in Altoona, Iowa. The purse of the event is US$250,000.
The written history of Iowa begins with the proto-historic accounts of Native Americans by explorers such as Marquette and Joliet in the 1680s. Until the early 19th century Iowa was occupied exclusively by Native Americans and a few European traders, with loose political control by France and Spain.
Tom Bentley Throckmorton (January 20, 1885, Derby, Iowa – 1961) was an American neurologist remembered for describing Throckmorton's reflex. He is also the namesake of the Throckmorton sign used in radiology .
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Quad City Rollers (QCR) is a roller derby league based in Davenport, Iowa. Founded in 2006, [1] the league currently consists of two adult teams, the All-Stars and the Mississippi Massacre, and a junior roller derby team, the Orphan Brigade. [2] Quad City is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). [3]
Lester Jesse ("L. J." or "Dick") Dickinson (October 29, 1873 – June 4, 1968) was a Republican United States Representative and Senator from Iowa.He was, in the words of Time magazine, "a big, friendly, white-thatched Iowa lawyer."
The Des Moines Derby Dames (D3) was a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Des Moines, Iowa. The league was founded in 2009 and was the second roller derby league in the Des Moines area. The Des Moines Derby Dames was a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). [1] The league ceased operations at the end of 2014.