Records, 1975-1979, n.d.

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Records, 1975-1979, n.d.

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This collection documents the actions of the Farm Land Preservation Association, Inc. to prevent the construction of the highway by working with other organizations, communicating with legislators, and litigation. The collection also includes information on the state's efforts to inform the public about the planned highway construction. Materials in the collection include articles of incorporation, correspondence, court proceedings, environmental impact statements, a route location study done by the Iowa State Highway Commission, and news clippings.

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Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Iowa. Highway Commission

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Established in 1913, the Iowa Highway Commission accepted applications from road associations registering roads and auto trails to foster and organize automobile travel in Iowa. To register roads, each association submitted a completed registration application form, a five-dollar fee, a road marker design, and a map indicating the route. In conjunction with the National Highways Association, the Iowa Highway Commission and other good roads movement groups, road associations administered auto tra...

Farm Land Preservation Association, Inc.

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The Farm Land Preservation Association, Inc., was organized in 1976. The purpose of the association was to oppose the construction of a diagonal interstate (I-380) between Cedar Rapids and Waterloo, Iowa, in order to protect and preserve farmland. The corporation attempted to prevent the highway construction though legal action. After three years of litigation, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis gave the Iowa DOT permission to build the highway in 1979, and I-380 was completed in 1985...