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  2. Kalona, Iowa - Wikipedia

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    Kalona is the home of the Iowa Mennonite Archives, located at the Kalona Historical Village. [17] Noah Troyer (1831–1886), one of the two "sleeping preachers" among the Amish Mennonites, lived three miles north of Kalona. [18] The Iowa Mennonite School is located a few miles northwest of Kalona.

  3. St. John's Lutheran Church (Kalona, Iowa) - Wikipedia

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    St. John's Lutheran Church, also known as Evangelical St. John's German Lutheran Church, was a complex of historic buildings located north of Kalona, Iowa, United States. This Lutheran congregation was organized in 1870 by German immigrants who settled in southern Johnson County in the 1860s. [ 2 ]

  4. File:Kalona, Iowa.jpg - Wikipedia

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    Not far from Kalona is located one of the largest Amish settlements west of the Mississippi with 9 church districts and a population of roughly 1,200 people. It is the oldest in Iowa, founded in 1846. Kalona is the home of the Iowa Mennonite Archives, located at the Kalona Historical Village.

  5. Amana Colonies - Wikipedia

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    Each village had between forty and one hundred houses, a church, school, bakery, dairy, wine-cellar, post office, sawmill, and general store. Every able-bodied man was expected to serve in the fire department, and each village had its own fire department. Most houses were two stories and built with local sandstone, which has an unusual hue.

  6. List of museums in Iowa - Wikipedia

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    website, operated by the Van Buren County Historical Society for events Union County Historical Village: Creston: Union: Open air: Includes a schoolhouse, home, general store, printing shop, log cabin, church, blacksmith shop, depot and a museum [77] Union Pacific Railroad Museum: Council Bluffs: Pottawatamie: West: Railroad

  7. List of tourist attractions providing reenactment - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of tourist attractions, by country, that regularly use "living history" or historical reenactments either with professional actors or amateur groups. Most castles which open to the public use reenactment, even if not noted on this list.

  8. Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway - Wikipedia

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    Depot in Kalona, Iowa (relocated to Kalona Historic Village). [7] Depot, track and bridge in Rock Rapids, Iowa, listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lyon County, Iowa; Station in Vinton, Iowa, listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Benton County, Iowa; Depot in Walker, Iowa; Depot in Rockford, Iowa

  9. CBI Bank & Trust - Wikipedia

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    Freedom Security Bank was founded in 1899 as Farmers Savings Bank in Kalona, Iowa. It had a legacy of strong family leadership and commitment to the community through the Skola family, dating back to Fred Skola, Sr.’s employment with the bank in 1903.