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C.S.P.S. Hall (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) Camp Wapsie; Cedar Memorial; Cedar Rapids Post Office and Public Building; Cedar Rapids Pump Company Factory and Warehouse; Cedar Rapids Scottish Rite Temple; Cedar Rapids YMCA
Camp Wapsie; YMCA Camp Wanakita; Wu Kwai Sha Youth Village This page was last edited on 4 August 2020, at 16:17 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
In 1885, the YMCA founded Camp Baldhead (later known as Camp Dudley). Established by G.A. Sanford and Sumner F. Dudley on Orange Lake in New Jersey, it was first residential camp in North America. [18] The camp later moved to Lake Champlain near Westport, New York. [8] In 1915, Camp Copneconic was established by the YMCA of Greater Flint. [19]
The Wapsipinicon River (/ w ɒ p s ɪ ˈ p ɪ n ɪ k ɒ n,-k ən /, [4] locally known as the Wapsi) is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 300 miles (480 km) long, [5] starting near the southeastern border of Minnesota and running through northeastern Iowa in the United States.
Wapsie in Bremer County, Iowa, in 1903. Wapsie was founded one mile west of the banks of the Wapsipinicon River. The Wapsie post office opened on October 10, 1890, and closed on January 14, 1905. [3] Wapsie's population was 25 in 1887, [4] was 27 in 1902, [5] and was 21 in 1917. [6]
A post office called Wapsie was established in Section 22 in January 1883, but was discontinued in 1887. [ 3 ] Bailey was platted on November 26, 1886, by Isaac Carter and J. Austin Bailey, [ 4 ] following construction of the Winona and Southwestern Railroad (later part of the Chicago Great Western Railway) through the area. [ 2 ]