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Missouri Valley was formally laid out in 1867 when the Chicago and North Western Railway was extended to that point. [ 10 ] [ 8 ] Missouri Valley was a true railroad town in the late 1800s. The Sioux City and Pacific's headquarters was there and with it came the associated repair and machine shops, blacksmith, round house, etc.
Bradley. Location of MVC members: full member departing member affiliate member. The Missouri Valley Conference (also called MVC or simply " The Valley ") is the fourth-oldest collegiate athletic conference in the United States. The conference's members are primarily located in the Midwest.
Wilson Island State Recreation Area is a 544-acre (220 ha) state recreation area in Harrison County, Iowa, United States, near the city of Missouri Valley. The park, which is named for Iowa governor George A. Wilson, encompasses a forested area along the Missouri River . The recreation area includes a boat ramp and fishing sites along the river.
Missouri River Valley. The Missouri River Valley outlines the journey of the Missouri River from its headwaters where the Madison, Jefferson and Gallatin Rivers flow together in Montana to its confluence with the Mississippi River in the State of Missouri. At 2,300 miles (3,700 km) long the valley drains one-sixth of the United States, [1] and ...
The Missouri River is a river in the Central and Mountain West regions of the United States.The nation's longest, [13] it rises in the eastern Centennial Mountains of the Bitterroot Range of the Rocky Mountains of southwestern Montana, then flows east and south for 2,341 miles (3,767 km) [9] before entering the Mississippi River north of St. Louis, Missouri.
Council Bluffs is a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. [5] Its population was 62,799 as of the 2020 census, making it the state's tenth most populous city, [6] and the most populous city in Southwest Iowa. The Omaha metropolitan region of which Council Bluffs is a part, is the 58th largest in the United ...
Missouri Valley Conference (MVC): A long-established conference, in existence since 1907, that sponsored football until 1985. In its last years as a football conference, it was a hybrid league that included teams in NCAA Divisions I-A (today's FBS) and I-AA (now FCS). Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (Gateway): A women's sports conference ...
The Rock River is a tributary of the Big Sioux River, about 144 miles (232 km) long, [3] in southwestern Minnesota and northwestern Iowa in the United States. Via the Big Sioux and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The river's name comes from a prominent rocky outcrop about 175 feet high (designated "The ...