Iowa's Amana Colonies remain true to roots despite Great Change.(Series:)(Going Places)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) | April 28, 2002 | Copyright

Byline: Mike Michaelson

First of three parts

French Impressionist painter Claude Monet would have been captivated by East Central Iowa's Amana Colonies.

In midsummer, Lily Lake near Middle Amana lives up to its name. Much of its surface is abloom with yellow lotus lilies. The shallow, 160-acre lake, created by runoff from a mill canal, attracts abundant wildlife, including eagles, muskrats and otters.

While lacking the brush of the French master, the Colonies have done a masterful job of capturing the lily-choked lake on canvas. A local ...

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