1976-Bicentennial Iowa City – Section F – Pages 9-12

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Page F9 – Judy Becker offers an overview of University Schools – including University High and University Elementary schools – both of which opened in the fall of 1915.
Page F9 – John R. Munson gives us an overview of Johnson County’s one-room school houses.

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The Boller Children & Johnson County Schools.
Page F9 – Here John R. Munson discusses Iver Opstad – Iowa City school superintendent for 32 years (1920-1952) and his work in getting City High School which opened in 1939.

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Iowa City’s Historic Skyscrapers.
Page F10 – John F. Cloyed gives us a short overview of the many churches that were a part of the early history of Iowa City.

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Rev. W.W. Woods – Bringing The Gospel To Iowa City.
The Bells Of Iowa City.
1846 – A Glimpse Of Iowa City – J. B. Newhall.
Iowa City’s Hum-Dinger of A Bell Story.
Josias & Christiana Ritter – Iowa City Church Planters.
Johann F. Doescher – Breaking Down Walls That Divide.
Heinrich Wehrs – Iowa City’s Frontier Pastor.
A Penny From Heaven – Rev. Fred L. Penny.
Page F11 – William Eginton offers an overview of Iowa City’s streets and how they got their names.

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1839 – The Twenty-Four Streets Of Iowa City.
1839 Iowa City – One Square Mile That Lives On.

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Kudos to the amazing resources below for the many quotes, photographs, etc. used on this page.

Teachers learned, too, at University schools, Judy Becker, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 53

Johnson County once had 137 one-room schools, John R. Munson, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 53

Opstad saw City High built, education change, John R. Munson, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 53

Religion played important part in pioneer life, John F. Cloyed, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 54

How the street where you live was named, William Eginton, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 55