![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Lucas Township-Plat Book 1930, University of Iowa Digital LibrariesĬoralville photos, Coralville Digital History Library Shambaugh, Iowa City – A Contribution to the Early History of Iowa, State Historical Society of Iowa,1893, pp 2-4 Louis Agassiz and the fossil reefs of Iowa, Gale Academic Onefile Mill Dam, Iowa Capitol Reporter, September 30, 1843, p 3Ĭoralville history, various authors, History of Johnson County, Iowa, 1883, pp 310-311, 436-437, 592, 728-731 Mill Dam, Iowa Capitol Reporter, August 19, 1843, p 4 Aurner, Leading Events in Johnson County, 1912, pp 412-423 Kudos to the amazing resources below for the many quotes, photographs, etc. We live just a little ways from this dam. ![]() Read more about when the circus came to Iowa City. How are you all and George? Barnum and Bailey Circus will be at Iowa City Saturday July 22 nd. We have quite a small farm to care for besides 44 chickens, 1 cat, and 2 dogs and a pig. Old Hemp and I have been as busy as could be ever since we came here. The picture features the Coralville Mill Dam and Nettie writes … By this mill is where I take Robert (her son?) to bathe! Well, I am slow but sure about writing. Here’s a rare penny postcard dated Jfrom Nellie Campbell in Coralville and written to Mrs. (P-0326) The Coralville Dam became the subject of penny postcards at the turn of the century. Clarksville – that lingered into the 20th century.Īt the beginning of the 20th century, industry along the Iowa River shifted away from milling to electric power generation, and as a result, all of Coralville’s mills had closed down – except for the low-head hydro-electric plant – first built in 1886 – a power company that remained in operation until the middle of the 20th century. Read about the name controversy – Coralville vs. ![]()
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