Look for this logo and associated links throughout Our Iowa Heritage website. It will tell you that there’s a story or two, or a Fred Kent photograph taken from this 1976 Press-Citizen Bicentennial edition.
You can read more about farming with steam engines here: Growing Up In Mt. Pleasant – Old Threshers.
You can read more here:
Clinton Street – Iowa City’s Center Of Commerce. Iowa City’s Grocery Stores – The First 60 Years.
1840’s-1890’s – Iowa City’s Classic Hotels.
Iowa City’s Banking Corner.
The 1870’s In Iowa City.
The 1880’s In Iowa City.
The 1890’s In Iowa City.
40 Turn-Of-The-Century Leaders Who Shaped Iowa City.
You can read more here:
The Mississippi & Missouri Railroad – Volume I – 1845-1855. The Mississippi & Missouri – Iowa’s First Railway System. 1853 – The $50,000 Investment In Iowa City’s Future. The Mississippi & Missouri Railroad – Volume II – 1856-1866. Railroading & The Winter Of 1855/56.
Let The City-Wide Celebration Begin: 1856. Iowa City’s Railroad Depot – Grand Central Station.
Look for this logo and associated links throughout Our Iowa Heritage website. It will tell you that there’s a story or two, or a Fred Kent photograph taken from this 1976 Press-Citizen Bicentennial edition.
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Kudos to the amazing resources below for the many quotes, photographs, etc. used on this page.
When muscle and steam ran the farm, Claren F. Dale, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 70
The day the railroad came to Iowa City, William Eginton, Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 1, 1976, p 72