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Photographer: Courtesy Winneshiek County Historical Society
Caption: Marker detail: First Settlers in Decorah
Additional Description: On the Saturday morning after the 1857 courthouse was pulled down, John DeCow assembled a group of first settlers in Decorah. Decorah photographer Frank Muller took the photo which included Claiborne Day, son of one of the first two families to arrive in 1849. Claiborne is #21 and is standing third from the left in the first full row of men standing. John DeCow is #15 in the second row of sitting men, second from the end on the right.
Submitted: November 11, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p759523
File Size: 0.689 Megabytes

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