Lowden in Cedar County, Iowa — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
The Herbert Hoover Highway
Photographed by Mark Parker, June 25, 2024
1. The Herbert Hoover Highway Marker
This site is along the original route of the Herbert Hoover Highway, a 42-mile series of local, state and county roads that run between the foot of old capitol in Iowa City and the Cedar County community of Lowden. The Hoover Highway was designated in 1923 by the Iowa Highway Commission as a tribute to the famine relief efforts of Herbert Hoover.
Between 1914 and 1923, food relief programs administered by Herbert Hoover fed an estimated 318 million victims of war and drought in Europe and the Soviet Union. In 1928, five years after the Herbert Hoover Highway was established, Hoover was elected 31st president of the United States. The Herbert Hoover Highway passes through West Branch, Hoover's boyhood home and the site of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Museum.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles. A significant historical year for this entry is 1923.
Location. 41° 51.45′ N, 90° 55.613′ W. Marker is in Lowden, Iowa, in Cedar County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. The marker is at Lowden City
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Regionally, this marker is in Eastern Iowa. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Louisiana Purchase.
More about this marker. The marker is at the corner of city hall facing the Washington Avenue side of the building.
Photographed by Mark Parker, June 25, 2024
2. The Herbert Hoover Highway Marker
The marker is at the far left corner facing Washington Avenue at the Lowden, Iowa City Hall.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 15, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 13, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 385 times since then and 61 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 13, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
