Editing Madrid, Iowa (section)

==History==
[[Image:Madrid Iowa 20090329 Historical Museum.JPG|thumb|left|upright|[http://madridiamuseum.com/ Madrid Historical Museum]]]
Madrid was a small coal mining community during the winter and a farming community during the summer. Mining became a larger part of its economy as time went on. Initially, coal was used locally for winter heating, hence the reason for it being considered a part-time job by most residents. The Carpenter Coal Company opened a mine between Madrid and Woodward in 1901, and the Reese Brothers Coal Company opened two [[shaft mining|mine shaft]]s near Madrid. The Carpenter Brothers named their coal camp Scandia, and changed their corporate name to match.<ref>James H. Lees, History of Coal Mining in Iowa, Chapter III of [https://books.google.com/books?id=1BUMAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA415&pg=PA573 Annual Report, 1908], Iowa Geological Survey, 1909, page 573.</ref>  By 1914, The Scandia Coal Company of Madrid produced over 100,000 tons of coal per year, ranking among the top 24 coal producers in the state.<ref>Frederick E. Saward, [https://books.google.com/books?id=NO8oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA65 The Coal Trade, 1915], page 65.</ref>  In 1912, Locals 709 and 2460 of the [[United Mine Workers]] union, both based in Madrid, had an aggregate membership of 397, representing about 1/3 of the total population in 1910.<ref>Tally Sheet, [https://books.google.com/books?id=cfAUAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA1007 Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Convention of the United Mine Workers of America] Jan. 16 – Feb. 2, 1912, Indianapolis; Volume 2, pages 182A-185A.</ref>

Madrid gained a large Italian and Croatian population who worked in its coal mines during the 1920s and 1930s.<ref>Schieder, Dorothy. ''Iowa: The Middle Land''.  N.p.: Blackwell, 1996.</ref> In 2017 the town was featured in an episode of ''Madrid de sol a sol'', a show from Spanish public channel [[Telemadrid]] exploring locations named "Madrid".<ref>{{cite web|title=Madrid de Sol a Sol: Madrid, Iowa, Estados Unidos|url=http://www.telemadrid.es/programas/madrid-de-sol-sol/madrid-de-sol-sol-madrid-iowa-estados-unidos|publisher=Telemadrid – Radio Televisión Madrid|accessdate=16 August 2017}}</ref>
[[Image:Madrid Iowa 20090329 Time Capsule.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Madrid Centennial Time Capsule]]