The former Oskaloosa Post Office is a historic building located in Oskaloosa, Iowa, United States. Completed in 1902, the Italian Renaissance Revival...
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Oskaloosa is a city in, and the county seat of, Mahaska County, Iowa. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Oskaloosa was a national center...
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the city was 1,110. Oskaloosa was founded in 1856. It was named after the city of Oskaloosa, Iowa. The first post office in Oskaloosa was established in...
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east. A post office called Oskaloosa was established in 1894, and remained in operation until 1953. The community was named after Oskaloosa, Iowa, the...
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This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted December 20, 2024. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates...
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Harry H. Laughlin (category People from Oskaloosa, Iowa)
sterilization legislation. Harry Hamilton Laughlin was born March 11, 1880, in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He graduated from the First District Normal School (now Truman...
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Frank Friday Fletcher (category People from Oskaloosa, Iowa)
Midway during World War II. Fletcher was born on November 23, 1855, in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He was the uncle of World War II Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher. He...
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railroad linkage from Clinton and Oskaloosa fell through, the population began to decline. Indianapolis contained a post office from 1850 until 1902. Indianapolis...
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Iowa flood of 2008 (section Oskaloosa)
realized such efforts would be futile. Resources were then diverted to Oskaloosa, on the Skunk River. Fredonia and parts of Columbus Junction and Columbus...
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Cecil W. Stoughton (category People from Oskaloosa, Iowa)
Johnson being sworn in as the next President. Stoughton was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, on January 18, 1920. During World War II, he was assigned to the...
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Smith won the mayoral election of Oskaloosa, Iowa, after being nominated as a "joke", but she declined to hold office. Following the adoption of the Nineteenth...
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E. F. Heisler & Co., 1874), p. 31. Untitled letter, The Independent (Oskaloosa), August 15, 1863, p. 2; Connelley, pp. 315-6; Capt. Charles F. Coleman...
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its competitor, the Iowa Central Railway built parallel tracks toward Oskaloosa. The Burlington and Western arrived in the fall of 1883 and was widened...
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(February 18, 1984). "Five Lorton Inmates Get Life in Stabbing". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved March 6, 2023. "Former Fugitive Sentenced to Life"...
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Bernard A. Clarey (category People from Oskaloosa, Iowa)
born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, on May 4, 1912, son of Mrs. S. B. (Jennie A. O'Hearn) Clarey and the late Mr. Clarey. He was graduated from Oskaloosa High School...
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centuries. It connected Burlington, Iowa with branches to Washington and Oskaloosa, Iowa. Incorporated in 1875 as the Burlington and Northwestern Narrow...
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Christian college located in University Park, Iowa, located just outside of Oskaloosa, Iowa. It was announced on Nov. 12, 2008 that the college would close...
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Rachel Brand (category United States assistant attorneys general for the Office of Legal Policy)
friends comment on Rachel Brand nomination for associate attorney general". Oskaloosa Herald. The Pella Chronicle. Retrieved February 15, 2017. Cohen, Kelly...
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Winchester was laid out in 1857. It was named after Winchester, Virginia. A post office in Winchester was established in March 1858 and closed in 2021. The county...
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1873. It was named for L. Norton, Jr., a railroad employee. The first post office in Nortonville was established in May 1873. In the 1900s, Nortonville...
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The Wassonville ferry served a major territorial road from Iowa City to Oskaloosa and the western frontier. A roadhouse had been constructed by 1850 and...
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John D. Perry, the President of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. The first post office in Perry was established in October 1866. Perry is located at 39°4′32″N...
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Iowa, in 1853, where Wilson attended primary school. He enrolled at Oskaloosa High School in 1857. His family moved near New Virginia in 1860, and Wilson...
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The Vicksburg Post. Retrieved August 19, 2022. Hawk, Emily (April 14, 2022). "Sand: 'I'm interested in public service.'". Oskaloosa Herald. Retrieved...
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The Vicksburg Post. Retrieved August 19, 2022. Hawk, Emily (April 14, 2022). "Sand: 'I'm interested in public service.'". Oskaloosa Herald. Retrieved...
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which later became part of the Rock Island Railroad between Ottumwa and Oskaloosa generally on what is known as Sixth Street, and by a spur of the Milwaukee...
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named for Amos McLouth, the original owner of the town site. The first post office in McLouth was established in May 1882. Since 1957, McLouth has been...
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Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area. EF2 SE of Kinmundy to SSE of Oskaloosa Marion, Clay IL 38°42′29″N 88°46′52″W / 38.7081°N 88.781°W / 38.7081;...
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labor/political activist. In 1891 Taylor left Wisconsin and moved to Oskaloosa, Iowa. He published a weekly newspaper, the Negro Solicitor. In the 1890s...
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Keener Voting House, Etowah County, Alabama Spring Creek Voting House, Oskaloosa, Iowa, said to be first voting house constructed west of the Mississippi...
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