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    Silos & Smokestacks Reaches Benchmark with New Site Designations

    Northeast Iowa—Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA) has announced the designation of 11 new ag-related sites to the Heritage Area, as well as an upgraded affiliation level for two… Read the full story »

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    Volume 7 Issue 4

    In This Issue… Board of Trustees Thank You to State Fair Volunteers New Addition to SSNHA Partnership Profile: African American Museum & Cultural Center of Iowa What’s New in the… Read the full story »

    Topics: Newsletter

    African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of Iowa

    In 1994, a small group from Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church began a project to preserve the vanishing heritage of African Americans in Iowa. Thirteen years later, the idea has… Read the full story »

    Topics: Spotlight Site

    Photo Contest Capture’s the Heart of America

    Northeast Iowa– Photographers from near and far kept their shutter fingers busy this summer as they took part in Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area’s (SSNHA) first annual photo contest…. Read the full story »

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    SSNHA Bus Grant Assists 27 Northeast Iowa Schools During First Year

    Northeast Iowa –Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA) Bus Grant Program proves popular among area schools during its first year. Within one month of the opening of the 2007-2008… Read the full story »

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    Teaching with Historic Places Program Comes to Iowa

    Cedar Falls, Iowa — Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA) and the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) Public History Program are partnering to bring the Teaching with Historic Places… Read the full story »

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    Teaching with Historic Places Program Comes to Iowa

    Cedar Falls, Iowa — Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA) and the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) Public History Program are partnering to bring the Teaching with Historic Places… Read the full story »

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    Silos & Smokestacks Represented at 2007 Iowa State Fair

    Northeast Iowa — Over 30 volunteers from Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA) traveled to Des Moines Aug. 9-19 to participate in the Silos & Smokestacks booth at the… Read the full story »

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    Volume 7 Issue 3

    In This Issue… SSNHA Welcomes Two New Trustees and Intern Golden Silo Awards Over $50,000 Awarded in Grants SSNHA Seeking Partner Sites Partnership Profile: Mississippi Valley Welcome Center SSNHA Represented… Read the full story »

    Topics: Newsletter

    Silos & Smokestacks Seeks Partner Sites

    Northeastern Iowa— Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA) is in search of new agriculturally-related tourism sites. Recognized sites would join 95 other Northeast Iowa partners in preserving and telling… Read the full story »

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