CITY OF CARTER LAKE IA

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-47423994-1', 'fortunecity.ws'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> <center> <br> <div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://ad.broadcaststation.net/ads/show_ad.php?width=728&height=90"></script> </div> </center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04b00640egdysm.jpg"> <div> <B>CITY OF CARTER LAKE IA</B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#0000BF" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> WELCOME TO THE CITY OF CARTER LAKE WEB SITE </div> <div> THE WEB SITE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION SO PLEASE KEEP COME ING BACK</div> <div> TO SEE  THE UPDATES  AND FEEL FREE TO GO TO THE CONTACT US PAGE FOR SUGGESTIONS OF THINGS YOU  WANT TO SEE HERE LET ME KNOW!!!!!</div> <bR> <bR> <div> THE CITY OF CARTER LAKE IS </div> <div> LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF IA </div> <div> BUT IT IS ON THE NEBRASKA SIDE OF THE RIVER. HERE IS A BREIF HISTORY.</div> <div> IN 1853 EDMOND JEFFERIES FILED A CLAIM ON 30 ACRES OF LAND WHICH IS TODAY KNOWN AS CARTER LAKE IA. DURING THE NEXT 14 YEARS THE MISSOURI RIVER SLOWLY SHIFTED ITS  CHANNEL,ENLARGING MR. JEFFERIES'</div> <div> ORIGINAL 30 ACRES TO 78 ACRES .IN 1888 FLOODING AND SHIFTING OF THE MISSOURI RIVER CREATED AN OXBOW LAKE, CARTER LAKE AND LEFT ABOUT 2000 ACRES BELONGING TO IOWA,BOUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY NEBRASKA,IN 1892 THE UNITED STATES SUPRIME COURT FINALLY RULED THAT CARTER LAKE BELONGED TO THE STATE OF IOWA . IN 1930 CARTER LAKE BECAME AN OFFICALLY INCORPORATED CITY IN THE STATE OF IOWA AND TODAY THE MISSORI RIVER HAS STABILIZED LEAVING 1236 ACRES OF LAND AND 118 ACRES OF WATER KNOWN AS CARTER LAKE ,IOWA.POP.3200      </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CITY BUSINESSES "><U>CITY BUSINESSES </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Events"><U>Events</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Member List"><U>Member List</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Related Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>    <SCRIPT>  </SCRIPT>  <form method="POST" action="http://mindit.netmind.com/mindit.shtml" target="_top"> <input type="hidden" name="SOURCE" value="511"> <input type="hidden" name="URL" value="http://www.fortunecity.com/business/mars/1829/TlxTransfer.txt"> <input type="hidden" name="DOC_TITLE" value="carterlake_site"> <input type="hidden" name="REDIRECT" value="http://www.fortunecity.com/business/mars/1829/"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"><tr><td align="center"> <font face="arial,helvetica" size="-1"><b>Click to receive email <br>when this web site is updated</b></font></td> </tr><tr><td align="center"> <input type="image" src="http://mindit.netmind.com/images/mindit511.gif" border="0"></td> </tr><tr><td align="center"> <font face="arial,helvetica" size="-2">•<b> Powered by <a href="http://www.netmind.com/" target="_top">NetMind</a> </b>•</font> </td></tr></table></form>   </div> </td> </tr></table></body>