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Illahe was the first of three post offices established in the late 19th and early 20th centuries along the canyon of the lower Rogue River between Marial and Agness. After the Rogue River Wars of 1855–56 and the forced removal of most of the Takelma and other native people who lived along the river, a small number of newcomers began to settle along or near the canyon.
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To avoid difficult rapids, carriers delivered the mail by mule or horse between Illahe and Marial and after 1908 between Agness and both upriver communities. [14] Marial, at river mile (RM) 48 or river kilometer (RK) 77, is about 13 miles (21 km) from Illahe and 21 miles (34 km) from Agness by water. [15] The Marial post office closed in 1954. [13]
The Grant Wood Cultural District is a historic district in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa that was certified in 2010 by the Iowa State Historical Society. [1]It includes Grant Wood's studio, the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, the Veterans Memorial Building, the U.S. Cellular Center, and numerous other points of interest.
The WCF & N Center Point Depot and Substation, also known as the Center Point Depot Museum, is a historic building located in Center Point, Iowa, United States.The Mission Revival building was constructed in 1914 by the Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railway, an interurban line that ran between the Waterloo – Cedar Falls area and Cedar Rapids.
C.S.P.S. Hall (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) Calder Houses; Cedar Rapids 2nd Avenue SE. Automobile Row Historic District; Cedar Rapids Central Business District Commercial Historic District; Cedar Rapids Central Fire Station; Cedar Rapids Milk Condensing Company; Cedar Rapids Post Office and Public Building; Cedar Rapids Pump Company Factory and Warehouse
To avoid difficult rapids, carriers delivered the mail by mule between Illahe and Marial, and after 1908 most mail traveling beyond Agness went by mule. The Illahe post office closed in 1943, [ 62 ] and when the Marial post office closed in 1954, "it was the last postal facility in the United States to still be served only by mule pack trains."
After arriving in Oregon from New York in 1847, the Monteith brothers completed the first frame house in Albany in 1849, which now serves as a museum and is said to be the most authentically restored Pioneer Era home in Oregon. [2] Much of the earlier history centers around the Monteith House. [3] The Monteith district contains a number of ...