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Albia continues to follow this plan to the present. [2] The 1858 brick county courthouse was built on the square and the early buildings surrounding the square were largely frame structures with "boom town" facades. Most were one- or two-story structures. The railroad arrived in Albia 1866 and Clinton Street connected the depot with the square.
Albia was incorporated as a town in 1856. [6] The town was named after Albia, New York, the former home of an early settler. [7] Main Street, 1890. On Feb. 14, 1893, there was a coal mine explosion in the Chicago and Iowa mine, about 2.5 miles west of Albia. This room and pillar mine had opened around 1877.
This list of museums in Iowa is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Albia: 2: Brick Gothic House: April 14, 1994 : 1.25 miles south of Albia, 0.75 miles east of Iowa Highway 5, and 0.5 miles west of County Road T35: Albia: 3: Buxton Historic Townsite: Buxton Historic Townsite
The Northern Sugar Company plant in Mason City opened in November 1917 a few months after the U.S. entry into World War I. Its first sack of sugar was sold by auction to benefit the Red Cross.
From 1909 to 1913 he served the United States House of Representatives representing Iowa's 6th congressional district. Due to health concerns, he pulled out of the 1912 race and returned to Albia to practice law. He and his wife Belle bought his house in 1916. Kendall was then elected the 23rd Governor of Iowa in 1920, and served two terms. Ill ...
Iowa became the 29th state in 1846 during James K. Polk's presidency. A year before, a proposed northern border went as far as St. Paul, Minnesota.
March is Iowa History Month. To celebrate Iowa History Month, the Register has published weekly essays from leading state historians. This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: ...