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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «greene county» AND «iowa»

This list will also include matches for inflectional* forms of the words.
 
By Ruth VanSteenwyk, June 21, 2020
Judge Robert Montgomery Rippey Marker
RANKED BY RELEVANCE
1 ► Iowa, Greene County, Jefferson — Judge Robert Montgomery Rippey —
On East Lincolnway Street 0.1 miles west of North Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling west.
Judge Robert Montgomery Rippey, early-day Greene County settler and namesake of the town of Rippey, surveyed the entire county in 1854, the year Greene County was formally organized. He and two partners drove mule and oxen teams to Burlington in the . . . — — Map (db m168833) HM

2 ► Iowa, Guthrie County, Panora — Welcome to Panora — Raccoon River Valley Trail —
On East Main Street (State Highway 44) just east of Southeast 6th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Guthrie County Est. 1851 History Panora is located in eastern Guthrie County along the Western Skies Scenic Byway and the old Milwaukee Railway, which is now called the Raccoon River Valley Recreational Trail. Established in 1851, Panora is . . . — — Map (db m238347) HM

3 ► Iowa, Greene County, Jefferson — Albert Head — 1838 - 1922 —
On East Lincolnway Street east of South Wilson Avenue.
Albert "Cap" Head, early-day Jefferson land developer and banker, at one time owned 4,300 acres across six Greene County townships. Like his brother Mahlon, he served as mayor of Jefferson as well as four terms in the House of Representatives, where . . . — — Map (db m168844) HM
4 ► Iowa, Greene County, Jefferson — Lincoln Highway —
On East Lincolnway Street.
The Lincoln Highway, the nation's first east-west transcontinental highway, has an intimate history with Greene County. Stretching from New York City to San Francisco, its original construction was essentially a private promotional effort, created . . . — — Map (db m168843) HM

5 ► Iowa, Dallas County, Waukee — Welcome to Waukee — Raccoon River Valley Trail —
Near North 10th Street north of Hickman Road (U.S. 6), on the right when traveling north.
Waukee History Adapted from "The Road to Waukee's Future" By Deborah Mikelson (Originally published in the July 2014 issue of myWaukee Magazine) Looking Back-The Very Beginning The first people to lay the cornerstone for . . . — — Map (db m236582) HM

6 ► Iowa, Greene County, Jefferson — Greene County Courthouse —
Near North Wilson Avenue at East Lincolnway Street.
Iowa Historic Site Greene County Courthouse 1917 This property is listed in The National Register of Historic Places — — Map (db m168835) HM

7 ► Iowa, Greene County, Jefferson — Jefferson Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial — Greene County — Ray “Bubba” Sorensen II  —
On Lincolnway Street near South Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling east.
North Side [1919 US Army Convoy along the Lincoln Highway US Highway 30] West Side [The Medal of Honor with Captain Darrell R. Lindsey's crippled B-26 Marauder bomber] East Side [Astronaut Loren J. Shriver and POW . . . — — Map (db m168830) WM
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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