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The water lily (American lotus) bloom in July For researchers interested in other aspects Most of these trails developed into
and August across the 170-acre lake. For over of local history or genealogy, information roadways�
140 years, people have traveled here to enjoy can be found along the Corridor at the Belle ● Segment of the River-to-River Road, an
the dense, floral display and the Meskwaki Plaine Historical Society, the Pioneer Heritage important early (1840s) route across the
formerly harvested the edible roots. Museum in Marengo, the Tama County state that became part of the second
Genealogical Society at the Tama County longest road in the nation, U.S. Highway
RESEARCh CENTERS Museum, and the public libraries in Belle 6.
The Amana Heritage Society Library and Plaine, Chelsea, Elberon, Marengo, Tama, and ● A Mormon Handcart Trail segment, the
Archives, in Amana, is the primary public Toledo. The primary location for information on route that 1856 Church of Jesus Christ of
research center for Amana Colony history. the Meskwaki in Iowa is the Meskwaki History the Latter Day Saints took as they passed
The extensive archival records and material Museum� from Iowa City through Homestead and
culture collection regarding communal and TRANSPORTATION-RELATED Marengo, on their way to winter quarters
post-communal Amana are significant not RESOURCES at Florence (near Council Bluffs) and
only as a chronicle of life in the Amanas, eventually, Salt Lake City.
but also for the wider study of American Bridges were discussed under buildings and
communal societies and religious history, and structures. There is another group of important ● Segment of the Lincoln Highway, one
of German immigration and radical pietism. resources in this category: historically of the first transcontinental routes in the
The museum’s holdings of furniture, textiles, significant travel routes. The Byway corridor country�
children’s toys, and baskets are valuable for includes a number of these, including: ● Rock Island Railroad segment, one of
researchers of handcrafted items. the state’s historic and present major rail
● Several 1830s Indian trails that were transportation routes. Known by various
mapped by U.S. Government surveyors. names throughout the years.
