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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R4D_blackhawk-purchase-treaty-commemorative_Davenport-IA.html
To commemorate the Blackhawk Purchase Treaty signed by Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott and Hon. John Reynolds for the United States of America and by Chiefs Keokuk and Waupella for the Sac and Fox Indians at Davenport Iowa Sept. 21, 1832.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R2R_the-early-trails-across-mills-co_Glenwood-IA.html
This Marker Commemorates The Early Trails Across Mills Co. Dragoon 1835 Mormon 1846 Stagecoach 1850 And Honors The Valiant Pioneers Who Travelled Them
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R2P_dedicated-to-the-memory-of-john-sivers_Glenwood-IA.html
Early Pioneer Of This Community Arrived Coonville (Glenwood) July 4, 1849 From England. Operated First Grist Mill Built On This Site By J.W. Coolidge in 1849. Established Sivers-Deupree Mill On Keg Creek North Of Glenwood 1865. Operated Vinton Mil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QWH_floyd-monument_Sioux-City-IA.html
West Side of Monument
Floyd
This Shaft
Marks the Burial Place of
Sergeant Charles Floyd
A Member of the
Lewis and Clark Expedition
He Died in his Country's service
and was buried near this spot
August 20, 1804
Graves of such men are Pi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QWG_sergeant-charles-floyd_Sioux-City-IA.html
Has Been Designated a
Registered National Historic Landmark
Under the Provision of the
Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935
This Site Possesses Exceptional Value in Commemorating
and Illustrating the History of the United States of America
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QWE_sergeant-floyd-monument_Sioux-City-IA.html
Sergeant Charles Floyd
Sergeant Charles Floyd was one of the outstanding members of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. Born in Jefferson County, Kentucky sometime between the years 1780 and 1785, his father and uncles served with George Rogers Clark d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QWD_the-death-of-sergeant-floyd_Sioux-City-IA.html
Sgt. Floyd's Burial
On Monday, August 20, 1804 this was written in the journal of Lewis and Clark: "...I am Dull & heavy been up the greater Part of last night with Serjt. Floyd, who is as bad as he can be to live...We set out under a jentle Br…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QWC_the-lewis-and-clark-expedition_Sioux-City-IA.html
In 1804-06, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led about 40 soldiers and boatmen on an epic journey. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned this "Corps of Discovery" to find a route to the Pacific Ocean through the newly acquired Louisia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QWB_how-correctionville-got-its-name_Correctionville-IA.html
Correctionville - the city with the longest single name in Iowa - was named for the correction line which forms Fifth Street through the heart of the Business District.
Correction lines were used by surveyors in making land divisions. Since the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QOR_camp-harlan_Mount-Pleasant-IA.html
This marks the site of
Camp Harlan
used as a training camp by
the 4th Iowa Cavalry and
the 25th Iowa Infantry
during the Civil War
Dedicated by
Belle Coddington Tent No. 34
Daughters of Union Veterans
of the
Civil War 1861-1865
June…