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Cooper is an unincorporated community in Greene County, Iowa, United States. ==History == Cooper was founded in 1881 with the arrival of the railroad, and was named after Des Moines railroad executive F.M. Hubbell's father-in-law, Isaac Cooper. Cooper's population reached a high point of about 250 in 1900.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Greenecounty Iowa Development )〕 A fire in 1921 leveled much of Cooper's business district.〔 The Cooper School District was merged with nearby Jefferson in 1959; the Franklin Township School closed that summer and the junior high school building closed in the 1970s.〔 In late July, 1980, the ''Des Moines Registers Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) brought 5,000 cyclists pedaling through town. As the cyclists approached from the west, a cannon was fired and a recording of the ''1812 Overture'' was repeatedly played.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cooper, Iowa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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