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Aurelia was founded in 1873 as a stop along the Illinois Central Railroad branch connecting Sioux City, Iowa, to Chicago, Illinois. This was the only railroad connecting the two Midwestern hubs and so gave birth to many railroad towns. Aurelia was named for the youngest daughter of the owner of the railroad, John Insley Blair, who died in 1866. [3]
The Aurelia Star was the local weekly newspaper of Aurelia and Alta in Iowa. It was first published in March 1881 as the Aurelia Sentinel and had changed ownership at least 11 times in its history. It ceased on Feb. 1, 2025.
Aurelia Community School District was a school district headquartered in Aurelia, Iowa.It was mostly in Cherokee County, with a section in Buena Vista County. [1]In 1989, it began a whole grade-sharing arrangement, in which one district sends certain grade levels to another district's schools, with the Alta Community School District.
The sweet smile of an elderly Kathryn Bartosky mixing donuts in her kitchen greets you on page 131 of Tom Schulein’s just-released book covering 185 years of Iowa City history.
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.
Aurelia High School was the senior high school of Aurelia Community School. It is located in Aurelia, Iowa , a town in Cherokee County, Iowa , United States. Following the 2011-12 school year, Aurelia was one of the smallest schools in the state, with a 9-12 enrollment of around 90 students.
Future First Lady Lou Henry was born in Waterloo in 1874 and spent her first 10 years there and Shell Rock. In 1884, her parents, Florence Ida Weed Henry and Charles Delano Henry, moved the family ...
However this agreement ended in 1996, and the Iowa Association of School Boards stated that the previous arrangement and its outcome resulted in "some community members [being] offended". [2] In 2010, Alta and Aurelia resumed sharing athletic teams. [3] A new grade-sharing arrangement with Aurelia began in 2011. [2]