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"In 1863 Daniel and Mary Dougherty came to the southeastern corner of Cerro Gordo County to begin farming a claim he had made on the treeless prairie seven years earlier. Through their efforts other Catholic settlers came and the town of Dougherty…

"At first Catholics of the Fairfax area in southwest Linn County attended Mass in Cedar Rapids, where Father William Emmonds was pastor. Later Father John Zleipsic, pastor of Saint Michael’s, Norway, came to offer Mass in their homes. And still later…

Historical documents pertaining to the history of Saint Patrick parish in Head Wapsie, Iowa.

Historical documents pertaining to the history of Saint Patrick parish in Jerico, Iowa.

"In late April of 1914, Father Thomas W. Drumm of the Archdiocesan Mission Band preached the first mission in Geneva, at which time the parish received its “Mission Cross.” Father Drumm was later appointed Bishop of Des Moines. Father Michael L.…

"Cherry Mound is located in Allamakee County. It is not a town, nor even a village, but a church site named for an abundance of wild cherry trees. The parish is named for Saint Pius V., a pope of the 16th century who worked for the reform of the…

"The Church of Saints Peter & Paul in Story County, north of Ames and a few miles west of Gilbert, is on the Story County side of the county line. About half the parish lies across the county line in the Diocese of Sioux City and Boone County.…

"The building of a limestone church in the northeastern corner of Delaware County in 1868 marked the beginning of the parish dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Father Jon Weikmann of New Vienna assisted a committee of eight men to plan the…

“The first Catholic settlers of the Sherrill community came from Germany and Luxembourg in the 1840s to find land providing timber and rock for building and wood for fuel, as well as productive soil. They were visited by Bishop Loras and priests from…

“Jackson County settlers some miles south of Bellevue in the 1860s did business in either Slabton, where there was a sawmill, or Old Springbrook, or “new” Springbrook. The Methodists worshipped in Liberty School, the Baptists in Old Springbrook, but…