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Did you know that the United States Navy had a large pilot-training school here in Iowa City during World War II? Meet two young men from Michigan – Sterry B. Williams and William G. Parfet. Thanks to a digitized version of a rare Kodak 8mm color movie, we can enjoy a quick trip to Iowa City in July 1943. Family records indicate that these two pilots-to-be started their three-month assignments in Iowa City on May 6, 1943, and completed their work on July 27, 1943.

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The Mississippi & Missouri – Iowa’s First Railway System.
July 19, 1855 – The 25-ton Antoine Le Claire – the first locomotive to cross the Mississippi River – is transported to Davenport, Iowa via flatboat. The Le Claire cost $12,000 and was highly decorated with red wheels, and a bronze bust of Antoine Le Claire in base relief on the sand box with his name inscribed in gold letters.

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Marty & Sandy Boller – July 12, 1975 – 51 years of wedded bliss!

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