Senator G. W. Jones and A. C. Dodge and Congressman Bernhart Henn asked Dr. Cook to select a new townsite in northwest Iowa
1854
Summer
Dr. John K. Cook chose Sioux City as a new town because it was a propitious site for a commercial center
1854
Aug 28th
Local and national indignation erupted against Sioux City when Memorial Park Cemetery refused burial to Korean War casualty Sergeant First Class John R. Rice because he was part-Indian.
1951
Aug 20th
Sgt. Charles Floyd buried on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River
