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Iowa Highway 163 is a state highway that travels from U.S. Highway 69 in Des Moines to US 63 near Oskaloosa. The Iowa Department of Transportation has signed Iowa 163 from Oskaloosa to Burlington along US 63 and US 34, but it does not officially recognize those sections of road as part of the route.
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Effie Hoffman Rogers was an American educator, editor and journalist. For several terms, she was elected county superintendent of the public schools of Mahaska County, Iowa, the first woman ever elected to that office in that county. She was also at the head of the board of education of the Oskaloosa schools, resigning her presidency of the board upon her removal to Colorado in later life. Rogers was also prominent in the woman's club movement.
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- ↑ Munson, Kyle (5 January 2018). "Brighter! More efficient! At the Iowa Capitol? Really? Really!". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ↑ "Senator J. A. L. Crookham". Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved 8 June 2022.