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Sergeant Floyd Monument

The Sergeant Floyd Monument is a monument on the Missouri River at Floyds Bluff in Sioux City, Iowa, USA. The monument honors Charles Floyd, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, who died on the upstream voyage in 1804 and was buried here. The monument is the first designated National Historic Landmark of the United States. Charles Floyd was a United States explorer, a non-commissioned officer and quartermaster in the Lewis and Clark Expedition. A native of Kentucky, he was a relative of William Clark. He was one of the first men to join the expedition. While exploring the Louisiana Purchase with Lewis and Clark, Floyd took ill at the end of July 1804. On July 31, Floyd wrote in his diary, "I am very sick and has been for sometime but have recovered my health again." However, this apparent recovery was soon followed by a severe turn for the worse. William Clark described his colleagues death as one "with a great deal of composure", and said that before Floyd died, he told Clark: "I am going away. I want you to write me a letter." The sergeant died on August 20. The expedition held a funeral and buried Floyd on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River; they named it Floyds Bluff in his honor. Clark diagnosed Floyds illness as bilious colic, though modern doctors and historians agree Floyds death was more likely to have been caused by a ruptured appendix. The brief "recovery" Floyd described may have represented the temporary relief afforded by the bursting of the organ, which would have been followed by a fatal peritonitis. Because there was no known cure for appendicitis at that time, he could not have been saved by even the best physicians of the day. By 1857, erosion had caused much of Floyds grave—even the original cedar post marker left by the crew of the expedition—to slide into the river and wash away. Concerned citizens rescued most of his skeleton, including his skull, and re-buried it 200 meters east of the original burial site. A forensic reconstruction of Sgt. Floyds probable facial appearance based on a plaster cast of his skull is on display at the Sergeant Floyd Riverboat Museum in Sioux City. After Floyds expedition journal was published in 1894, new interest was taken in him. His gravemarker was stolen by thieves. Floyds remains were reinterred once more on August 20, 1895 with a monument. A marble cornerstone three feet wide and seven feet long was placed in 1900. When the obelisk of white sandstone standing 100 feet high was completed on May 30, 1901, Floyds grave was moved for the fourth time to rest nearby, where it remains to this day. In 1960, the monument was recognized by the U.S. Department of Interior as the first National Historic Landmark. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on June 30, 1960. The Floyd Monument is now within a 23-acre park that offers visitors a splendid view of the Missouri River valley. Floyds final resting place is located on old U.S. Highway 75, in the southern part of Sioux City, Iowa.

Tyson Events Center

The Gateway Arena is a multi-purpose arena inside the Tyson Events Center, located in Sioux City, Iowa and sponsored by Tyson Foods and Gateway, Inc.. The arena has three spectator levels: one suite level and two general seating levels named the 100 level and the 200 level. Its official maximum capacity is 10,000. Owned and operated by the City of Sioux City, it is located on the riverfront overlooking the Missouri River. It is home to the Sioux City Musketeers of the United States Hockey League , the Sioux City Bandits of Champions Indoor Football and starting in 2016, will be the home of the Sioux City Hornets of the Midwest Basketball League . This arena also hosts many college tournaments associated with the NAIA, including the NAIA Wrestling National Tournament, NAIA Woman's Volleyball National Tournament, and the Division II NAIA Woman's National Basketball Tournament, which was won back-to-back in 2004 and 2005 by Sioux City's Morningside College Mustangs.

First Congregational Church

The First Congregational Church Building , also known as the Sioux City Baptist Church and most recently as Iglesia Pentecostes Evangelica Principe de Paz, is a house of worship located at 1301 Nebraska Street, Sioux City, Iowa, in the United States. An architectural rarity, it is one of a small group of churches in the Prairie School style of architecture. Designed primarily in the Prairie style with some eclectic touches by noted architect William L. Steele, its horizontal lines are emphasized by Roman brick and crisp rectilinear forms. Somewhat at variance are the distinctive dome and the prominent round heads on the windows. Fresh from his triumph with the Woodbury County Courthouse in collaboration with George Grant Elmslie, and drawing on lessons learned during that collaboration, Steele built the church in 1916-1918. It was for a Congregational church that had been established in Sioux City back in 1857, replacing a more traditional church that had burned down in 1916. In 1966, that congregation built a new structure at 4600 Hamilton Boulevard. The First Congregational Church sold the building to the Sioux City Baptist Church, and the facility became listed on the National Register of Historic Places under that name. In 2009, the Sioux City Baptist Church acquired a building on Viking Drive. Most recently, the building has become the Iglesia Evangelica Pentecostes Principe de Paz (Evangelical Pentecostal Church of the Prince of Peace), with services in Spanish aimed at the local Hispanic community. Due to the need for extensive building restoration and maintenance, the structure has been named to endangered building lists by at least two historic preservation groups.

Warrior Hotel

The Warrior Hotel is a historic structure located in downtown Sioux City, Iowa, United States. The building is eleven stories tall, and rises 128 feet above the ground. The building was designed by Kansas City architect Alonzo H. Gentry in the Art Deco style. The brick exterior features terra cotta ornamentation. The hotel opened on December 20, 1930, built by the Eppley Hotel Company. Eppley was bought by Sheraton Hotels in 1956, and the hotel was renamed the Sheraton-Warrior. Sheraton remodeled the hotel in 1962, moving the lobby from the second floor to the ground floor and converting the hotel to a motel, renaming it the Sheraton-Warrior Motor Inn. Sheraton sold the hotel to Gotham Hotels Limited in 1968 and it was renamed the Warrior Motor Inn. The hotel closed in 1971 following a strike by employees, but was sold and reopened the following year as the Aventino Motor Inn. It closed permanently in 1976. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The structure was tagged for building violations in the late 1990s, but was given a reprieve by the city due to its historical significance and the estimated $5 million it would cost to demolish. In 2006, the interior was gutted in preparation for converting the building into low-income senior housing, but the project stalled for lack of financing. In November 2012, a group led by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska applied for a gaming license for a proposed $122-million casino and entertainment complex that would integrate the Warrior and the neighboring Davidson Building. State gaming regulators rejected the bid, awarding the license instead to a Hard Rock Casino to be built at the city's historic Battery Building.

Ben and Harriet Schulein House

The Ben and Harriet Schulein House, also known as the Ben Schulein House, is a two-story historic residence located at 2604 Jackson Street, Sioux City, Iowa, in the United States. Designed in 1913 for a locally prominent Jewish businessman and his wife by William L. Steele , it represents a turning point in Steele’s development as an architect by introducing Prairie School features. Steele had served in the office of the famous Chicago architect Louis Sullivan prior to settling in Sioux City in 1904. Sullivan criticized the then-dominant styles of architecture based on historical revivals or eclectic mixing of historical features, championing instead progressive architecture based on concepts such as elimination of historical styles, simplification, functional and “true” expression of a building’s purpose, embrace of new technology, and the frank use of materials without disguise. Another of Sullivan's protégés, Frank Lloyd Wright , was inspired by Sullivan to pioneer the Prairie Style of architecture at the turn of the 20th Century. However, Steele had been relatively unsuccessful in interesting clients in the Sioux City area in his progressive ideas about architecture, although he had designed a number of mildly progressive American Craftsman bungalows and the Davidson Building , a Sullivanesque office block. The wide eaves and strong horizontal lines of the Schulein House represent Steele’s first tentative steps in the direction of the Prairie School. From now on, whenever budget and client could be stretched far enough, Steele would turn away from other architectural styles and pursue Prairie Style. Steele’s evolution as a noted Prairie architect would continue with two Prairie-influenced buildings in 1915: the Carnegie Library and the Livestock National Bank . These in turn led to the Woodbury County Courthouse (1915-1918, with George Grant Elmslie as principal designer), the First Congregational Church (1916-1918), the Charles Mix County Courthouse (1916-1917), the H.H. Everist House (1916-1920), and many other celebrated Prairie School designs in Sioux City and elsewhere in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota.

Floyd's Bluff

Floyd's Bluff is a hill in southern Sioux City, Iowa that is named for Sergeant Charles Floyd. Floyd, who was the quartermaster for the Lewis and Clark Expedition's Corps of Discovery, was the only fatality during the expedition. The bluff was Floyd's original burial site in 1804, and is now the location of a National Historic Landmark in his honor. The Floyd Monument is located above the east bank of the Missouri River, just downstream from the mouth of the Floyd River. The bluff itself is part of the Loess Hills formation. The Floyd's Bluff area was settled in 1848 by William Thompson, a recent veteran of the Mexican-American War. He established a trading post, and registered the name "Floyd's Bluff" as the name for his city, which never materialized. Instead, settlers upriver between the mouths of the Floyd and Big Sioux rivers were successful in establishing and incorporating Sioux City in the 1850s. Floyd's Bluff later became part of Sioux City with the development of the suburb of Morningside in the 1870s.

Saturday in the Park

Saturday in the Park is an annual festival that is held primarily at the Grandview Park Municipal Bandshell in Sioux City, Iowa. Started in 1991, the festival falls on the Saturday closest to the 4th of July and attracts around 50,000 people from all over the Midwest for the weekend. The festival coincides with an annual pilgrimage of representatives from Sioux City's sister city, Lake Charles, Louisiana, adding a Mardi Gras-inflected Cajun accent. Saturday in the Park is one of the premier festivals in the upper Midwest and is best known for its eclectic mixture of musical traditions. Live music acts are offered throughout the day at one of several stages located within the park. Saturday in the Park features both local and nationally known music talent from a variety of different music genres, with a special emphasis on American roots music such as blues, zydeco, and Cajun, along with other genres such as Ska. Notable performers have included Sublime With Rome, The Dirty Heads, Carlos Santana, Steve Winwood, Michael Franti, the Neville Brothers, B.B. King, Ziggy Marley, Dickey Betts and Great Southern, the Allman Brothers Band, Dr. John, Los Lobos, Bob Log III, Shemekia Copeland, Son Seals, Junior Brown, New Monsoon, Buddy Guy, Luther Allison, The Wallflowers, The Black Crowes, Counting Crows, Aretha Franklin, Foster the People, Blues Traveler, Manny Phesto, and Duenday. Additionally, Saturday in the Park provides the opportunity to sample a wide variety of food from many Siouxland restaurants. BBQ and beer are favorites, along with ethnic Greek and Mexican food, and typical Midwestern carnival specialties, such as corn dogs and funnel cakes. Other attractions include carnival rides and games, a kids' stage, a shopping bazaar showcasing local artisans, fireworks , and more. The festival is free to attend. Food and coolers are not allowed to be brought in, as purchases from vendors help fund the festival.

St. Luke's Regional Medical Center

St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center is a full-service, non-profit hospital serving Sioux City, Iowa, and residents in nearby communities in Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska. The hospital is part of a larger health system which includes St. Luke’s Health Foundation, St. Luke’s College and a clinic network of family practice and specialty providers. The 154 staffed-bed hospital employs a staff of over 1,200 employees plus a medical staff of 300. A volunteer workforce of 300 supplement care provided at St. Luke’s. Each year, some 65,000 outpatients and nearly 9,000 inpatients are cared for at the hospital. As a community hospital, St. Luke’s contributes approximately $10.3 million in community benefit according to a recent Iowa Hospital Association assessment. In addition, Iowa Hospital Association reports St. Luke’s jobs have a positive spin off effect on the local economy, bringing over $80 million in revenue. Recognized for children’s services, St. Luke’s welcomes approximately 2,000 babies each year in its Birth Center which includes the area's only level II neonatal intensive care unit. In addition, St. Luke’s is the area’s only Spirit of Women hospital, a national network of hospitals committed to education, programs and services focused on women’s health. St. Luke’s has approximately 2,000 women enrolled in its Spirit of Women program In 2011, the hospital opened a new multimillion-dollar surgical services unit offering modern amenities and state-of-the-art technology. Through its Center for Heart and Vascular Health, St. Luke’s offers a comprehensive set of treatments and preventive cardiology procedures. Other areas of care include the Bomgaars Cancer Center, digestive disorders and emergency and trauma department.
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