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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Iowa |
 | | The first Mass celebrated within the limits of Iowa was said in the year 1833, by the Rev. C.P. Fitzmorris, of Galena, Illinois, in the home of Patrick Quigley in the city of Dubuque, and the first Catholic church in the state was built at Dubuque by the celebrated Dominican missionary, Samuel Mazzuchelli, in 1836. | | | In 1902, at the instance of the archbishop, twenty-four counties in the north-western part of the state were separated from the archdiocese and formed into the Diocese of Sioux City. | | | The State University, the head of the public school system is located at Iowa City. |
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| | IOWA NEWS IOWA NEWS SOURCES HavenWorks.com/iowacentric ;-) IOWA NEWS INDEX. IOWA capital: Des Moines |
| | "[Along with Pensacola, Florida] Other cities with Mother's Day Women Build projects are Atlanta [Georgia]; Austin, Texas; Chicago [Illinois]; Des Moines, Iowa; Hartford, Conn. [Connecticut]; Oklahoma City [Oklahoma]; Olympia, Wash. [Washington]; Omaha, Neb. [Nebraska]; Phoenix [Arizona]; Richmond, Va [Virginia].; San Francisco [California]; Salt Lake City [Utah]; Tacoma, Wash. [Washington]; and Winston-Salem, N.C. [North Carolina]" - | | | UTexas - Iowa Topographic City Maps, Historical City Maps, National Monument and State Park Maps, + | | | For Senator John Edwards of North Carolina, his extensive campaigning in tiny rural towns, especially in western Iowa, must pay off with bodies at caucuses." - |
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| | Des Moines, Iowa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | (Originally, the capital of Iowa was in Iowa City) It was incorporated on September 22, 1851 as Fort Des Moines, until it was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857. | | | U.S. Highway 65 and Iowa Highway 5 form a freeway loop to the east and south of the city. | | | Des Moines's public transit system, operated by the Des Moines Metropolitan Transit Authority, consists entirely of buses, including regular in-city routes and express and commuter buses to outlying suburban areas. |
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| | Calhoun County, Iowa IA, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk |
| | Libraries in Calhoun County include Farnhamville Public Library, J.J. Hands Library, Lake City Public Library, Manson Public Library, Pomeroy Public Library, Rockwell City Public Library, Somers Public Library... | | | Cemeteries in Calhoun County include Cedar Cemetery, Cottonwood Cemetery, Crown Hill Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Garfield Cemetery, Hope Cemetery, Lake City Cemetery, Lake Creek Cemetery, Leith Cemetery... | | | Communities in Calhoun County include Farnhamville, Jolley, Knierim, Lake City, Lohrville, Manson, Pomeroy, Rinard, Rockwell City, Somers... |
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| | Iowa City/Coralville Area Nearby Attractions |
| | Iowa City was also the end of the line for the Mississippi and Missouri Railway, and Johnson County was the point of departure for seven Mormon handcart expeditions. | | | Iowa City was designated the Territorial Capital and a newly formed Iowa Territorial Legislature moved the county seat to Iowa City. | | | The "Old Capitol" building in Iowa City was donated to the University of Iowa and is maintained as a museum of state history. |
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| | Chapter 13 |
| | Parvin in his article says that prior to the appointment of William B. Conway to the office of secretary of the territory of Iowa, in 1838, he was editing a small political paper in the city of Pittsburg which supported Genreal Jackson during his candidacy for the presidence. | | | Resolved, by the council and house of representatives of the territory of Iowa that the postmaster of Davenport, Scott county, Iowa, be and he is hereby authorized to have the mail from Davenport to Dubuque conveyed in two-hourse post coaches during the present session of the legislative assembly. | | | Parvin writes, "The 'Iowa Minstrel' was one of Nature's poets, and had he lived would have left more numberous proofs of his claims to the proud title which has so justly been awarded him. |
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| | U.S. Navy Battleships - USS Iowa (BB 61) |
| | In the fall, Iowa carried President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Casablanca, French Morocco, on the first leg of his journey to the Teheran Conference in November. | | | After serving as Admiral William F. Halsey's flagship for the surrender ceremony, 2 September 1945, Iowa departed Tokyo Bay 20 September 1945 for the United States. | | | Iowa, as part of the Reserve Fleet, was berthed at the Naval Education and Training Center in Newport, R.I., from 24 September 1998 to 8 March 2001 when she began her journey, under tow, to San Francisco. |
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| | Grant |
| | Grant, Iowa Grant is a city located in 2000 census, the city had a total population of 102. | | | James Grant (of Iowa) James Grant (Davenport, Iowa. | | | James was born on his family's plantation near University of North C... |
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| | Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division |
| | The Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division transfers all profits and revenue generated back into the state& coffers to support city, county and state programs. | | | The funds were used for substance abuse treatment programs ($11.1 million) and local programs at the city and county level ($2.7 million). | | | The Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division is a unique state agency in that it generates substantial revenue to state and local governments. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Iowa |
| | In 1834 that part of the Louisiana Purchase now included in the State of Iowa was made a part of the Territory of Michigan; in 1836 it was attached to, and made a part of, the new Territory of Wisconsin, and in 1838 was established separately as the Territory of Iowa. | | | Iowa is one of the North Central States of the American Union, and is about midway between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. | | | Although this was not the first concession of territory in Iowa by the Indians, it was the first which opened any portion of the land for settlement by the whites. |
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| | The University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist -- Historic Period |
| | A new territorial capitol was established in Iowa City in 1839, and when statehood was announced in 1846 it became the first state capitol; ``Old Capitol'' is now a National Historic Landmark. | | | Archaeological excavations at Plum Grove in Iowa City, the 1844 home of the first Governor of the Territory of Iowa, Robert Lucas, have aided the restoration of that Greek Revival building. | | | It wasn not until June 1, 1833, under the terms of the Treaty known as the Black Hawk Purchase, that legal non-Indian settlement in the Iowa Territory began in earnest. |
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| | Panorama and Encyclopaedia of the US |
| | IOWA CITY, the first capital of the stare of Iowa, is on the left bank of Iowas River, in Johnson county, 55 miles from Davenport, by the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad, in the midst of one of the most beautiful and thriving of agricultural regions. | | | When the seat of government was removed to Des Moines, the state house in Iowa City was given by the legislature to the State University, together with the 10 acres of land on which it stands. | | | The constitution for Iowa extended the right of suffrage to every free white male citizen of the United States who had resided six months in the state, and one month in the county, previous to his application for the right of voting. |
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| | Calhoun County, Iowa |
| | It was the main line of the Iowa Falls and Sioux City road and the towns of Manson and Pomeroy were built upon it. | | | For many years in the early history of the county Charles Amy was its treasurer and by honest and economical management of the officials the warrants of the county were always kept at par and no debt was incurred, a condition of affairs rare among the counties of northwestern Iowa. | | | The county-seat was located by a vote of the people in April, 1856, and Charles Amy was employed to survey and plat a town which was named Lake City. |
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| | Iowa Caucus - Gazette Online |
| | IOWA CITY -- Patch Adams, the physician whose compassion and outrageous humor were brought to the big screen by Robin Williams, voiced love for humanity and contempt for President Bush in a Wednesday appearance for Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich. | | | DES MOINES -- The head of the Republican National Committee moved Friday to counter the Democratic blitz in Iowa, launching new television commercials and arguing that clear differences are emerging. | | | Gephardt aide: Dean to import non-Iowans for caucuses |
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| | How the Iowa caucuses work - Politics - MSNBC.com |
| | IOWA CITY, Iowa - Pat Kennedy expects the coffee to be hot and the passions to be strong when she opens her home to Democrats eager to caucus and begin choosing a nominee for president. | | | Iowans of both major parties will gather Jan. 19 in church basements, town halls and homes to nominate their candidates for president— and help shape American politics for the next four years. | | | because if you want to vote for an underdog, your voice is heard,” said Kristin Scuderi, spokeswoman for the Iowa Republican Party. |
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| | 700000 people connected with European Royalty |
| | Christened: Feb 1934 - Carroll County, Iowa;Linn County, Iowa;Carroll Colake City, Calhoun County, Iowa | | | Died: May 3, 1938 - Lake City, Calhoun County, Iowa | | | Christened: - Lake City, Calhoun County, Iowa;Rose Creek, Mower County, Minnesotta(May 1949, 51) |
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| | Merrill as Place Name - Merrill.family |
| | Merrill, the County seat of Lincoln County, Wis., is a thriving city having, according to the census of 1920, a population of 8068. | | | The township received the name of Merrill Plantation at its organization in 1876, and was incorporated as a town in 1911. | | | W.-W. Merrill, and his sons George and Henry, were, he said, successful lawyers in Carrollton many years ago. |
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| | Johnson |
| | Richard Donald Johnson, born January 16, 1943 in Sac City, Iowa. | | | Johnson, born March 11, 1841 in Ireland; died January 17, 1905 in Lake City, Iowa. | | | ) was born March 11, 1841 in Ireland, and died January 17, 1905 in Lake City, Iowa. |
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| | Chapter 6, pgs. 90-100 Woodbury - Plymouth Counties, Iowa 1890-91 |
| | Judicial.—Marshall F. Moore, of Sioux City, was elected judge of the Twelfth judicial district of Iowa in April, 1857. | | | Asahel W. Hubbard was elected to the office of judge of the Fourth judicial district in October, 1858, and was succeeded in 1862, by Isaac Pendleton. | | | Upon the canvass of the vote in Woodbury county, the returns showed that thirteen were in favor of prohibition and eighteen as being opposed to it. |
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| | Iowa News |
| | LE MARS, Iowa -- New York City's recent 26.9-inch snowfall nearly buried a dream for three Le Mars women and their black Cairn terrier show dog, Watson. | | | A former Iowa juvenile court officer has pleaded guilty to charges of accepting bribes from a family counseling agency. | | | The fight for organized labor's backing in the Democratic campaign for Iowa governor took on new urgency at a union conference in Altoona on Monday, with support from the state's largest union organization in... |
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| | Articles - Iowa Territory |
| | Burlington was the stop-gap capital; Iowa City was designated as the official territorial capital in 1841. | | | Iowa Territory was an organized territory of the United States from July 4, 1838 until December 28, 1846 when it became Iowa, the 29th state. | | | The Iowa Territory was the "Iowa District" of western Wisconsin Territory--the region west of the Mississippi River. |
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| | Office of Governor Tom Vilsack and Lt. Governor Sally Pederson |
| | The Governor and Lt. Governor have proposed anti-bullying legislation to ensure every member of the school community is treated with dignity and respect, in turn allowing schools to focus on providing a high quality education and allowing students to focus on learning and developing. | | | The Board is composed of seven members, five of which are interior designers who are registered under this chapter, and who have been in the active practice of interior design for at least five years, the last two of which shall have been in Iowa; and two members who represent the general public. | | | DES MOINES &; Governor Tom Vilsack and Lt. Governor Sally Pederson made appointments today to the first Iowa Interior Design Examination Board. |
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| | Calhoun County, Iowa |
| | When the Illinois Central Railroad was built in 1870, the counties northern towns of Manson and Pomeroy had grown and become rivals of Lake City for the county seat. | | | Before Calhoun County was organized, residents paid taxes to Greene County. | | | In 1851, when the western half of Iowa was organized, the name of Fox was given to the county. |
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| | U.S. state - RSCI, The Science Classification Index |
| | Iowa City, Iowa was the first state capital of Iowa but the capital was later moved to Des Moines, Iowa. | | | The name "New York" can refer to any one of three geographical levels: a state, a city in that state, or a county (coterminous with the borough of Manhattan) in that city. | | | Only two states have state capitals named for the state (however, such name-sharing occurs commonly with states and provinces in some other countries, where the state or province actually often takes its name from a capital city): Oklahoma, with capital Oklahoma City, and Indiana, with capital Indianapolis (which means Indiana City). |
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| | As caucuses near, Iowa still up for grabs - News - MSNBC.com |
| | Mason City lawyer Tim Lapointe, chairman of the Cerro Gordo County Democratic Party, who is very much leaning toward Dean, predicted that “Dean is going to win Iowa and New Hampshire and gain momentum going into South Carolina (which holds its primary on Feb. 3) and take a lot of momentum away from Edwards. | | | DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 21 - With eight weeks to go until the first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses here in Iowa, polls and interviews with rank-and-file Democrats suggest that about a third of those likely to participate in the caucuses have not yet found a candidate to support. | | | Ken Mertes, president of the Communications Workers of America Local No. 7103 in western Iowa, says Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich is a great champion of organized labor, but Mertes will support either Dean, Edwards or Kerry in the Jan. 19 Iowa caucuses. |
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| | pgs. 174 - 182 - Washington County Iowa, 1880 |
| | The first legislative act in Iowa designed to promote immigration, was passed in March, 1860. | | | Such is a brief account of the humble beginning, and first exhibition of the Iowa State Agricultural Society, which has since grown to be one of the important institutions of the State, attracting to its annual exhibits many thousands of people, not only from all parts of Iowa, but from other States. | | | Many thousands of copies of a pamphlet entitled "Iowa: The Home for Immigrants," were printed in the several languages named, and distributed throughout the East and in European countries. |
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| | Iowa gubernatorial election, 2006 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Bob Vander Plaats, a Sioux City businessman and 2002 candidate for the nomination announced on February 22, 2006 that he is withdrawing from the race to run as Nussle's lieutenant governor. | | | State agriculture secretary Patty Judge withdrew from the race for the Democratic nomination for Governor on February 15, 2006, instead choosing to be Secretary of State Chet Culver's running mate. | | | The Iowa gubernatorial election of 2006 will be held on November 7, 2006. |
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| | GazetteOnline - Home |
| | Iowa's Mike Henderson drives to the hoop against Penn State's Ben Luber (3) and David Jackson (32) Wednesday night in Iowa City. | | | WILLIAMSBURG, IA- After hearing three hours of testimony, 12 jurors in a common law court announced Wednesday that two Iowa County men had been wrongfully deprived of their land. | | | Hog manure, which has increased 50 percent in value during the past two years, is a key component in the expansion of Iowa's hog industry and the boom in the construction of hog confinement buildings, experts say. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Iowa |
| | The first Mass celebrated within the limits of Iowa was said in the year 1833, by the Rev. C.P. Fitzmorris, of Galena, Illinois, in the home of Patrick Quigley in the city of Dubuque, and the first Catholic church in the state was built at Dubuque by the celebrated Dominican missionary, Samuel Mazzuchelli, in 1836. | | | In 1834 that part of the Louisiana Purchase now included in the State of Iowa was made a part of the Territory of Michigan; in 1836 it was attached to, and made a part of, the new Territory of Wisconsin, and in 1838 was established separately as the Territory of Iowa. | | | Iowa is one of the North Central States of the American Union, and is about midway between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. |
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