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Illustration, "Shooting the Chutes at Cedar River Park", 1898
Illustration, "Shooting the Chutes at Cedar River Park", 1898
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Waterloo Through the Years
See how Waterloo grew from a small prairie town founded in 1845 to the city it is today.
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Real Photo Postcard: The Waterloo Opera House, Waterloo, Iowa.
Real Photo Postcard: The Waterloo Opera House, Waterloo, Iowa. No. 33.
Divided back.
511-513 Lafayette, Waterloo, Iowa
Stereoview: City Hotel / Commercial House / Swift's Hotel / Logan House
Logan House Antecedents
In June 1866, Mr. Peter West and Mrs. Elizabeth Hubbard (his mother-in-law) built a new brick hotel on the corner of Bridge…
Newspaper Clipping: View looking toward downtown Waterloo, taken from West High, 1915
Reprint published in the Waterloo Courier, that originally came from the January 1916 issue of System magazine. The reprint appeared in the Courier's…
