Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The stretch of track winds through the Des Moines River Valley and across a 156-foot (47.5 m) tall bridge spanning Bass Point Creek, a tributary of the Des Moines River. The line runs from Boone, through the old coal mining town of Fraser, and ends at the site of the former junction with the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway at Wolf.
Boone (/ ˈbuːn / BOON) is a city in Des Moines Township, and county seat of Boone County, Iowa, United States. [2] It is the principal city of the Boone, Iowa Micropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Boone County. This micropolitan statistical area, along with the Ames, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area comprise the larger ...
November 17, 1978. Location. The Kate Shelley High Bridge, officially called the Boone Viaduct when it was completed in 1901, is one of the highest and longest double-track railroad bridges in the United States. It is located approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Boone, Iowa. It was nicknamed after the Iowa railroad heroine, Catherine Carroll ...
Let Wooly's be. Wooly’s, a live music venue on East Locust in downtown Des Moines, has been a cornerstone of the Des Moines’ live music scene for 12 years and has directly contributed to the ...
342.1/sq mi (132.1/km 2) FIPS code. 19-90969 [2] GNIS feature ID. 0467705. Des Moines Township is one of seventeen townships in Boone County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 13,758.
June 25, 1998. Boone Bridge 2, also known as the Wagon Wheel Bridge, was a historic structure that was located west of Boone, Iowa, United States. It spanned the Des Moines River for 703 feet (214 m). [ 2] The Boone Commercial Association and the Boone County Board of Supervisors disagreed over the location of a new wagon bridge over the river.
Ledges State Park. / 41.99083°N 93.88333°W / 41.99083; -93.88333. Ledges State Park is a state park in Boone County, Iowa, United States, located approximately four miles (6.4 km) south of the city of Boone. The park contains a sandstone gorge carved by Pea's Creek, a tributary of the Des Moines River. The gorge is 100 feet (30 m ...
Des Moines (/ dəˈmɔɪn / ⓘ də-MOYN) is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is the county seat of Polk County with parts extending into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857. [6] It is located on, and named after, the Des Moines ...