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2. Community of True Inspiration - Wikipedia

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   A meetinghouse of the Community of True Inspiration in the Amana Colonies. The Community of True Inspiration, also known as the True Inspiration Congregations, [1] Inspirationalists, and the Amana Church Society) is a Radical Pietist group of Christians descending from settlers of German, Swiss, and Austrian descent who settled in West Seneca, New York, after purchasing land from the Seneca ...

3. Amana Colonies - Wikipedia

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   The Amana Colonies are seven villages on 26,000 acres (110 km 2) located in Iowa County in east-central Iowa, United States: Amana (or Main Amana, German: Haupt-Amana), East Amana, High Amana, Middle Amana, South Amana, West Amana, and Homestead.

4. List of American utopian communities - Wikipedia

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   Egalitarian communities based on the French utopian movement founded by Cabet, after his followers emigrated to the US. Amana Colonies: Iowa Community of True Inspiration: 1850s 1932 The Amana villages were built one hour apart when traveling by ox cart. Each village had a church, a farm, multi-family residences, workshops and communal kitchens.

5. History of Iowa - Wikipedia

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   Utopians came to Iowa in the 1850s to start the communistic colonies of Icaria, Amana, and New Buda, where property was held in common. [68] Icaria was a French colony settled near Corning, Iowa, in 1858. The goal of the Icarian settlers was to live in accordance with the ideas of Etienne Cabet as a purely socialist community. [69]

6. Amana Corporation - Wikipedia

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   The Amana Corporation is an American brand of household appliances. It was founded in 1934 by George Foerstner as the Electrical Equipment Co. in Middle Amana, Iowa , to manufacture commercial walk-in coolers.

7. Iowa Highway 220 - Wikipedia

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   Iowa 220 was created in the early 1930s as a spur route from West Amana to Amana. [3] By 1947, Iowa 220 ran from South Amana to Amana along the current extent of the route. However, the route continued east for 1.5 miles (2.4 km) where it ended at East Amana and south for 1 mile (1.6 km) to Upper South Amana. [ 4 ]