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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HG0_mormon-handcart-brigade-camp_Coralville-IA.html
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"Let them come on foot, with handcarts and wheelbarrows. Let then gird up their loins and walk through, and nothing shall hinder them."
South of this boulder on the banks of Clear Creek, is the site of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMFR_historic-iowa-city-mormon-handcart-trail-1856_Tiffin-IA.html
Marker Front:The land on which Iowa City is located was a wilderness when it was selected and surveyed for the capital of the Territory of Iowa in 1839. The cornerstone of the new capitol building was laid by Governor Lucas on July 4, 1840. The Le…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMBD_hoover-historic-site-hoovers-west-branch_Tiffin-IA.html
Marker Front:The Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, located in nearby West Branch, honors a distinguished son of Iowa, citizen of the world, and the 31st president of the United States. Established in 1965, the Site's foundations were laid ear…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM9S_historic-amana-colonies_Tiffin-IA.html
Marker Front:The Amana Colonies consist of about 1,500 people living in seven villages and owning 25,000 acres of Iowa land. Born of religious enthusiasm, this unique brotherhood was founded in Germany in 1714 as the Community of True Inspiration …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM5P_samuel-jordan-kirkwood_Coralville-IA.html
Kirkwood is the only Iowan to serve as governor, U.S. senator and as a cabinet member. He came to Iowa in 1855 to operate a grist mill in this vicinity. Elected governor in 1859 as a Republican, Kirkwood administered he office with forcefulness an…