Marker Front:Josiah Bushnell Grinnell, a native of Vermont, was the person to whom Horace Greeley gave his famous advice "Go West, young man, go West." Grinnell took that advice and in 1854 founded the city that now bears his name. A leader in sta…
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 …