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Merle Hay memorial boulder in Des Moines, Iowa. Merle David Hay (July 20, 1896 – November 3, 1917) was the first Iowa serviceman and perhaps the first American serviceman to die in World War I, along with Corporal James Bethel Gresham of Evansville, Indiana and Thomas Enright of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Merle Hay Mall is an enclosed super-regional shopping mall in Des Moines, Iowa, in the United States.Opened in 1959, it is the second oldest regional shopping center in Iowa, and was the largest mall in Iowa in terms of gross leasable area before the 2004 opening of Jordan Creek Town Center in neighboring West Des Moines.
In 1959 Merle Hay Plaza, a 47-acre shopping center, was built on the northwest corner of Merle Hay and Douglas roads on the Des Moines-Urbandale border. In 1972, the plaza was enclosed and became ...
In November 1978, a fire broke out in the Younkers store in the Merle Hay Mall in Des Moines, killing 11 people. [7] To date, it is the most devastating fire in Des Moines' history, and destroyed the original Younkers at the mall. It is also the third deadliest department store fire in US history.
As the Des Moines Register marks its 175th year, today's historic front page is from Nov. 5, 1917: Merle Hay is among first US soldiers to die in WWI Historic front page from the Des Moines ...
But she commutes to Des Moines two to three times per month, leaving well before dawn for the 5 1/2-hour drive. She wants to see Merle Hay Mall thrive and continue her grandfather's legacy.