When the Battles are done
the War isn't over
For our Veterans
It is just Beginning.
[Taylor Morris Navy EOD from Cedar Falls, Iowa who was injured in Afghanistan and Gold Star Mothers.]
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[Respect for our . . . — — Map (db m135835) WM
Herman Caswell Hemenway (1834-1922) Born in Potsdam, New York, Herman Hemenway was a public school teacher who moved west to Independence, Iowa, to practice law. He enlisted for the Union Army during the American Civil War and was commissioned . . . — — Map (db m277150) HM
On lands acquired by the USA from Sac and Fox (Mesquakie) Indians in 1842, William Sturgis and Erasmus O. Adams settled near this spot along the Cedar River in 1845. Sturgis began construction of a dam and mill and the site became known as . . . — — Map (db m231310) HM
End of the Ice Age
Before the era of electric refrigeration, natural ice was harvested from the Cedar River and stored in the ice house owned by Cedar Falls Ice and Fuel Company. Built in 1921, the building was 100 feet in diameter, had . . . — — Map (db m277153) HM
Jacob Hoffman was an early settler in Black Hawk County. He is the prototype of Wayne Lockwood in the novel Song of Years by Bess Streeter Aldridge, published in 1939. Aldridge related stories of early Sturgis Falls (Cedar Falls) such as . . . — — Map (db m277159) HM
Cedar Falls boosters used "Garden City" and "Lawn City" to describe the well-kept lawns and tree-lined streets in quiet residential areas. Although Cedar Falls was initially settled by families relocating from eastern and midwestern states, after . . . — — Map (db m277143) HM
Cheap Energy
The 6-foot drop in the Cedar River attracted William Sturgis and Erasmus Adams to the area in 1845. The falls on the Cedar provided a dependable source of energy to operate a saw mill for lumber and a grist mill to grind grain. . . . — — Map (db m277144) HM
Named in honor of John M. Overman, Phebe J. Overman, William P. Overman, Harriet C. Overman, Demcy C. Overman, and Edwin Brown, proprietors of the village of Cedar Falls, who, on this day, the 12th of April, A.D. 1853, donated this public square . . . — — Map (db m277158) HM
With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this replica of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
and . . . — — Map (db m277162) HM
