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Consultant outlines Oak Grove Park survey of former Mexican barrio; community input requested
Summary
Tallgrass Archaeology presented an intensive-level survey of Oak Grove Park and roughly a dozen surrounding properties to assess National Register eligibility for a historic Mexican barrio tied to railroad labor; staff said findings will be shared with the Iowa DOT and State Historic Preservation Office and community outreach is planned.
Ray Warner, principal investigator with Tallgrass Archaeology, presented the scope and early findings of an intensive-level survey of Oak Grove Park and about 12 adjacent properties contracted by the Iowa Department of Transportation as mitigation for the Highway 6 bridge replacement. Warner said the study focuses on a Mexican barrio that formed around Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad workers and their families and that documentary, census and archival sources are being compiled to build site-specific…
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