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Website. www.pioneer.com. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. is a U.S.-based producer of seeds for agriculture. They are a major producer of genetically modified crops with insect and herbicide resistance. As of 2019, Pioneer is a wholly owned subsidiary of Corteva Agriscience.
www.cascadeiowa.org. Population history of Cascade, Iowa (1940-2006). Cascade is a city in Dubuque and Jones counties, Iowa, United States. The Dubuque County portion is part of Dubuque Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Jones County section is part of Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,386 at the 2020 census ...
The written history of Iowa begins with the proto-historic accounts of Native Americans by explorers such as Marquette and Joliet in the 1680s. Until the early 19th century Iowa was occupied exclusively by Native Americans and a few European traders, with loose political control by France and Spain. [1][2] Iowa became part of the United States ...
Oregon Trail pioneer Ezra Meeker erected this boulder near Pacific Springs on Wyoming's South Pass in 1906. [1] The historic 2,170-mile (3,490 km) [2] Oregon Trail connected various towns along the Missouri River to Oregon's Willamette Valley. It was used during the 19th century by Great Plains pioneers who were seeking fertile land in the West ...
The Dubuque County Courthouse is an example of Beaux-Arts architecture. Dubuque County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 99,266, [1] making it the eighth-most populous county in Iowa. The county seat is Dubuque. [2] The county is named for Julien Dubuque, the first European settler of Iowa ...
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Narrow Gauge Depot-LaMotte is a historic building formerly located in La Motte, Iowa, United States. The Chicago, Bellevue, Cascade & Western Railroad was incorporated in August 1877, to build a narrow-gauge railway from Bellevue to Cascade. Narrow-gauge was chosen because it was cheaper to build, and it could ...
August 20, 1879. near Waterloo, Iowa. Died. February 2, 1962. (1962-02-02) (aged 82) Santa Barbara, California, Ralph Budd (August 20, 1879 – February 2, 1962) was an American railroad executive who was the president of the Great Northern Railway from 1919 up until 1932, when he served as president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy ...
Julie Hosch (born December 7, 1939) was an American farmer and politician. Born in Manchester, Iowa, Hosch went to Kirkwood and Northeast Iowa Community Colleges. Hosch was a farmer and cattle dealer in Cascade, Iowa. From 2003 to 2005, Hosch served in the Iowa State Senate and was a Republican. [1] [2]