What Cheer, Iowa
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What Cheer is a city in Keokuk County, Iowa, United States. It is a former coal town, and from the 1870s to the early 1900s was one of the major coal-producing centers of Iowa. Its greatest recorded p
What Cheer Opera House
Watertower in What Cheer
What Cheer welcome sign
Place names considered unusual can include those which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous or highly charged words, as well as place names of unorthodox spelling and pronunciation, includ
What Cheer, Iowa
…for these subjects are adjacent but not connected in the 1908 edition of the Encyclopedia Americana. What Cheer has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. Robert Forsyth, born in Kilmarnock, Scotland, came to America in 1857, and made his way to Rock Island, Illinois, where he arrived penniless. He worked…
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Exit sign of Bösgesäß ("Bad-Ass") with the reference to Böß-Gesäß ("Hessian-Bösgesäß") one kilometer (1,100 yards) away. The two districts are only about 150 meters (160 yards) apart.