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City Square Park is the contributing site. It was established in 1839, and the county courthouse was located across Sixth Avenue where the public library is now located. [ 2 ] The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (1914) and the Cannon Monument, both located in the park, are the contributing objects.
Wilbur Cannon is a member of one of the early families who settled Johnson County. He had this two-story, brick Italianate house built in 1884 in an area west of the Iowa River known as West Lucas. It was home to farmsteads and country estates that were located within a mile or two of the downtown area.
West Point Township covers an area of 36.11 square miles (93.5 km 2) and contains two incorporated settlements: Allison and Bristow. According to the USGS , it contains one cemetery, Jungling. References
West Point is home to Iowa's Largest Sweet Corn Festival. The first festival was in August 1958. There are nearly 25,000 visitors during the four-day event and over 17 tons of sweet corn. The festival includes free sweet corn and stage entertainment, arts and crafts, bingo, 5K and 10K run, queen crowning, tractor pull, city parade, and teen ...
Sculpted by Belgian native Auguste Puttemans , the statue originally decorated Hoover's home in Palo Alto, California. The Hoovers brought it to West Branch in 1939, located "contemplating the house" where Hoover was born. [14] The site also includes historic houses on Downey and Poplar Streets that belonged to significant West Branch residents.
The clock had just hit zeroes on No. 1 seed Iowa's hard-earned 64-54 win over No. 8 West Virginia in the women's NCAA Tournament, and she wanted to thank the fans. ... And, like at every home game ...
West Point Township is a township in Lee County, Iowa. [1] History. West Point Township was organized in 1841. [2] References
Carl K. Linge died in 1963 and his son, David E. Linge (the second generation) became president. David E. Linge had been working with his father for a number of years. David founded The Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Company in 1965 creating the first combination operation in the state of Iowa with a funeral home on the cemetery grounds.