Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A post office has been in operation in Mount Vernon since 1849. [5] The Iowa Conference (Methodist) Male and Female Seminary (which later became Cornell College ) was established in the town in 1853, and the Northwestern Railroad reached it in 1859, bringing new business to the town as its population expanded.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
The Col. John Q. and Rowena (Camp) Wilds House, also known as the James and Ruth (King) Smith House, is a historic building located in Mount Vernon, Iowa, United States.. It is significant with the settlement of the city that was influenced by the establishment of the Military Road, for being constructed of locally made brick and locally quarried limestone, and its vernacular architectural ...
The Daily Iowan announced that it has purchased two eastern Iowa newspapers in what is believed to be the first such move by a student publication.
The Sun Post was a weekly newspaper in California, owned and published by Carlon Perry and Cecelia Drake. The newspaper was published on Friday and delivered through the mail free of charge to 29,000 [ citation needed ] households of Manteca and Lathrop , California .
Mount Vernon Township covers an area of 31.68 square miles (82.1 km 2) and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS , it contains four cemeteries: East Janesville, Mount Vernon Evangelical, Saint Paul United Church of Christ and Saint Pauls.
The Methodist Episcopal Church of Vernon opened in 1856. [4] The Vernon post office opened in 1853. [5] By the 1870s, a hotel and blacksmith shop were also located in Vernon. [4] Vernon School District #5 was formed. [3] The population of Vernon was 386 in 1902. [6] The Vernon post office closed in 1903. [5] Vernon's population was 78 in 1925. [7]
The Dr. Luther L. and Susette E. (Baker) Pease House is a historic building located in Mount Vernon, Iowa, United States.It is significant for its association with the settlement of the city that was influenced by the establishment of the Military Road, its use of locally made brick and locally quarried limestone, and its vernacular architectural techniques. [2]