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Iowa City freight depot and stockyards, 1917
Mexican railroad workers labored and socialized in this area near the freight depot and stockyards.
Iowa City Mexican shanties near the railroad, ca. 1930
The five rectangular buildings seen in this image were the shanties lived in by Mexican families during the 1930s.
Map of Cook's Point barrio drawn by Joseph Gomez
Map of Cook's Point barrio drawn by Joseph Gomez
Map of El Cometa barrio, Fort Madison, Iowa
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Fort Madison Iowa showing "Mexican Shanty Town," or the barrio known as "El Cometa," located in the Santa Fe Railroad Yard.
Three maps of Holy City barrio in Bettendorf, Iowa.
Between the 1910s and 1940s, the Holy City barrio was home to many Mexicans who worked in the foundries of the Bettendorf Car Company and Zimmerman Steel Company