Editing Melcher-Dallas, Iowa (section)

==History==
In 1919, the Red Rock Coal Company's mine near Melcher was the third largest coal mine in the state. This mine produced 187,427 tons of coal that year and employed 345 men.<ref>H. E. Pride, [https://books.google.com/books?id=5PPNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA20 Iowa Coal], Bulletin No. 48, Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts Engineering Extension Department, Oct. 6, 1920.</ref> Melcher and Dallas were separate cities until they merged into one city in 1986.<ref>{{cite book|last=Orszag|first=Peter|title=Estimated Costs of U. S. Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and of Other Activities Related to the War on Terrorism|date=2008|publisher=DIANE Publishing|page=III-3|isbn=9781428988040|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EDKHkmIUSMEC&q=melcher+dallas+merger&pg=PA3}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.prc.gov/prcarchive/viewpdf.aspx?docid=30414&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 | title=Docket No. A89-2 | publisher=[[Postal Rate Commission]] | date=February 28, 1989 | accessdate=March 5, 2014 | author=Clapp, Charles L.}}</ref>