The city of Cedar Rapids was named by the pioneers as the place where they could safely cross the Cedar River on a solid rock bottom through the swift shallow waters of the Red Cedar River...
This stone plaque is also on the Barður Snæfellsás statue in Arnarstapi, Iceland. It reads: Barður Snæfellsás Erected in memory of our brother, Trausti Jónsson, born March (?) 13 1909, D December...