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28-538: Catherine Carroll Shelley was born at Loughaun, a crossroads near the village of Dunkerrin and the town of Moneygall , in County Offaly , Ireland. Dunkerrin Catholic Church records show that her parents, Michael and Margaret Shelley, married on February 24, 1863, and she was baptized on December 12, 1863. Her grave marker says she was born on September 25, 1865, and died January 21, 1912. The family name

56-548: A half barrel of flour, half a load of coal, and a lifetime pass. The Order of Railway Conductors gave her a gold watch and chain. News of Shelley's bravery spread nationwide; poems and songs were composed honoring her. The Chicago and North Western Railway built a new steel bridge in 1901 and named it the Boone Viaduct, but people quickly nicknamed it the Kate Shelley Bridge or Kate Shelley High Bridge. It

84-462: Is a student-operated radio station. The Culver Center was established at Simpson College in 2010 to honor the service of John Culver , a former Iowa Senator and Congressman. The program awards four-year scholarships to up to select incoming Simpson students who demonstrate a commitment to public service and civic engagement. The annual John C. Culver Lecture brings a prominent public service or political figure to campus to meet with students and deliver

112-484: Is bordered on the north by Buxton Park Arboretum . The architecture blends tradition with modernity. The theater building, an example of the Brutalist architecture that dominated American campus construction in the 1970s, was renovated and added on to in 2010–11, softening its features. Other notable construction includes the 55,000-square-foot Kent Family Campus Center, which replaced the old Brenton Student Center as

140-475: Is now bypassed by the M7 motorway, the nearest access is junction 23 at Moneygall . The village is in a civil parish of the same name. The local national (primary) school , Scoil Muire, first opened in 1943. The village's Roman Catholic church, dedicated to St Mary, was built in 1978 on the site of an earlier 19th century church. Local sites of architectural note include the remains of Franckfort Castle which

168-678: The Des Moines River in Boone County, Iowa located to the east of Moingona . Michael became foreman of a section crew, building tracks for the Chicago and North Western Railway . Michael died of consumption , in 1878. Shelley had to help support the family by plowing, planting, harvesting crops, and hunting. In 1880, the family consisted of Margaret, Shelley, Mary, and John, living in Worth Township . A fifth child, James,

196-657: The Higher Learning Commission and enrolled 1,151 students in fall 2022. Indianola Male and Female Seminary was opened on September 24, 1860, and the name was changed to the Des Moines Conference Seminary in September 1865. On September 21, 1867, the school was upgraded to a college and renamed Simpson Centenary College to honor Methodism's most renowned living bishop, Bishop Matthew Simpson (1811-1884), and to celebrate

224-567: The Des Moines River bridge along the way. The lantern she brought with her went out, and she crawled the span on her hands and knees, with only lightning for illumination. Once across, she had to walk approximately two miles to the Moingona depot to sound the alarm. She then led a party back to rescue Wood and Agar. Wood was pulled to safety by a rope, while Agar couldn't be reached until the floodwaters began to recede. Pat Donahue's body

252-484: The Des Moines River bridge, but plunged into Honey Creek when the bridge fell away at about 11pm, with a crew of four — Edgar Wood, A.P. Olmstead, Adam Agar, and Patrick Donahue. Shelley heard the crash, and knew that an eastbound express passenger train was due in Moingona about midnight, stopping shortly before heading east over the Des Moines River and then Honey Creek. She found two surviving crew members, Wood and Agar, and shouted that she would get help, having to cross

280-703: The Kate Shelley High Bridge (officially called the Boone Viaduct) still stands. In 2009, the Union Pacific Railroad completed a new concrete and steel one next to it and christened it the Kate Shelley Bridge. The Iowa poet and politician, John Brayshaw Kaye , wrote a poem in Shelley's honor called, "Our Kate", in his collection Songs of Lake Geneva (1882). Margaret Wetterer wrote a children's book called Kate Shelley and

308-648: The Midnight Express in 1990 telling Shelley's story. It was featured in an episode of the children's television program Reading Rainbow . Dunkerrin Dunkerrin ( Irish : Dún Cairin ) is a small village in County Offaly , Ireland , just south of Roscrea and near the County Tipperary border. It is on the R445 road which was once the main road from Dublin to Limerick . Dunkerrin

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336-654: The NCAA Division III National Championship in 1997 and 1999. Simpson's softball team appeared in one Women's College World Series in 1971. Simpson ranks among the nation's top 100 colleges in the percentage of students who study abroad, according to U.S. News & World Report . The Simpsonian is the student newspaper, first published in 1870. Sequel is an annual Simpson literary arts magazine, assembled from student and faculty contributions including paintings, photographs, drawings, short fiction, and short non-fiction. KSTM, 88.9,

364-606: The State House as a menial because she was destitute and had to support her mother and invalid brother. She worked at the Iowa State Capitol more than once, but the rumor of an invalid brother was untrue, as John, her surviving one, worked for the Chicago and North Western Railway for most of his life. Ongoing reports that her mother was an invalid or was in ill health, requiring constant care, were also refuted over

392-680: The Storm. They compete in the American Rivers Conference in NCAA Division III . Simpson fields men's teams in baseball , basketball , cross country , American football , golf , soccer , tennis , track and field , and wrestling . Women's teams include basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball , swimming , tennis, track & field, and volleyball . Simpson also fields cheerleading and dance squads. The Simpson College softball team won

420-685: The age of 48. Years later, the Chicago and North Western Railway began operating streamlined passenger trains, and named one the Kate Shelley 400 . It operated from 1955 to 1971, although the name was officially dropped in 1963. The Kate Shelley Railroad Museum was built in same location where the Moingona railroad depot was situated in 1881. The Shelley family donated a collection of letters and papers of family members of Shelley, 1860–1911, to Iowa State University. The timetable accents for Metra 's Union Pacific West Line are printed in "Kate Shelley Rose" pink. The original high steel bridge nicknamed

448-467: The centennial of American Methodism. (Simpson is best known as the minister who spoke a eulogy at Abraham Lincoln 's funeral in Springfield, Illinois in 1865; he was known as a great pulpit preacher.) Simpson himself gave the commencement address at Simpson in 1882. In June 1885, "Centenary" was dropped from the name, becoming simply Simpson College. The 85-acre (340,000 m ) tree-lined campus

476-457: The center of student life. Simpson also renovated its outdoor track and football field. In addition to rebuilding the entrances and fences surrounding Bill Buxton stadium, the school invested in what has been dubbed the most innovative artificial turf system in the world, FieldTurf Revolution. A new-era Beynon BSS 1000 running track was also installed for the 2011–12 school year. The renovation of Simpson's athletic facilities concluded in 2014 with

504-834: The construction of a new bi-level weight room in the former pool area. This move was made possible by constructing the Indianola YMCA, which has a 25-yard pool and hosts swimming meets for Simpson College, Indianola High School, and the YMCA Tide swim team. Simpson offers a variety of residential housing options, including two first-year-only residence halls, other traditional residence halls, apartment-style living, theme houses, and an active Greek system. All Simpson living facilities include air conditioning, lofted beds, carpet, furniture, social lounges, and wireless internet. The college had an endowment of $ 78.6 million as of February 10, 2017. Simpson College athletic teams are nicknamed

532-537: The following term. In 1890, the Chicago Tribune revealed that the Shelley land was mortgaged for $ 500 at 10% and was near foreclosure. An Armenian rug, woven in the display window of a Chicago furniture store, was auctioned for that amount, retiring the mortgage, and other Chicagoans donated an additional $ 417. In July 1896, it was reported that Shelley had applied to the Iowa legislature for employment in

560-432: The job of station agent at the new Moingona depot, the old depot having burned down in 1901. In 1910, Shelley's health began to get worse. In June 1911, doctors at Carroll Hospital removed her appendix . After more than a month in the hospital, she returned to Boone County and stayed with John. She was reported to be a little better by September, but she died on January 12, 1912, from Bright's disease (acute nephritis), at

588-438: The new Kate Shelley Bridge, and is one of North America's tallest double-track railroad bridges. In the early 1880s, Frances E. Willard , a reformer and temperance leader, wrote Shelley's friend, Isabella Parks, who was the wife of the president of Simpson College at Indianola , offering $ 25 toward an advanced education for her. Parks raised additional funds for her to attend during the term of 1883–84, but she didn't come back

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616-465: The years. Her mother died in 1909. Although there were apparently men interested in Shelley, supposedly including the switchman in the yard at Moingona, she never married and lived most of her life with her mother and sister Mary, known as "Mayme". Shelley held many odd jobs, including that of second-class teacher in Boone County , until 1903, when the Chicago and North Western Railway gave her

644-570: Was also born in Iowa, but he drowned while swimming in the Des Moines River when he was ten. Shelley gained fame due to her heroic actions in the aftermath of the collapse of the Des Moines River Bridge. On the afternoon of July 6, 1881, heavy thunderstorms caused a flash flood of Honey Creek, Iowa, washing out timbers that supported the railroad trestle . A pusher locomotive sent from Moingona to check track conditions crossed

672-444: Was built about 1730. Though now demolished, the ruined remains include a Gothic style curtain wall, entrance and towers. The construction of Dunkerrin's Church of Ireland church was funded by the ' Board of First Fruits ' and completed around 1820. It is a four bay nave church with a three-stage tower. A stile in the stone boundary wall which encloses the church yard provides access to Frankfort Castle. A wall plaque reads, 'This wall

700-512: Was built by Francis Rollestown Esq. In the year 1757’. There is a late 19th century cast-iron water pump at the crossroads in Dunkerrin. This article related to the geography of County Offaly , Ireland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Simpson College Simpson College is a private Methodist college in Indianola, Iowa . It is accredited by

728-482: Was eventually found in a cornfield a quarter mile downstream from the bridge, but A.P. Olmsted was never found. The passenger train was stopped at Scranton , with about 200 aboard. The passengers who had been saved took up a collection for Shelley. The "little girls" of Dubuque gave her a medal, and the state of Iowa gave her another one, crafted by Tiffany & Co. , and US$ 200 (equivalent to $ 6,314 in 2023). The Chicago and North Western Railway gave her $ 100,

756-530: Was originally spelled Shelly, which is how she wrote her name, but the spelling Shelley was later adopted. Michael was likely a tenant farmer in Ireland. The family emigrated to the United States when Shelley was 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 years old. They first lived with relatives near Freeport, Illinois , then built a home on about 163 acres (0.66 km) near Honey Creek, a perennial tributary stream to

784-603: Was the first and, until the Betsy Ross Bridge in Philadelphia was opened in 1976, perhaps the only one in the country named after a woman. A second viaduct was built alongside the old one by the Union Pacific Railroad from 2006 to 2009. It can accommodate heavy trains, features two tracks, and can handle two trains simultaneously at a speed of 70 mph. It was opened on October 1, 2009, as

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