Boone County was known in the early days for coal mines, which are what brought the railroad to the area. When planners of the Lincoln Highway were looking for the best route in Iowa, they often followed the railroad and it is hard to separate the . . . — — Map (db m287098) HM
From this site on October 29, 1908, Iowa Suffragists marched downtown to rally for women’s right to vote. The Boone Suffrage parade was the only one held in Iowa and one of the first in the U.S. It was organized by Rowena Edson Stevens, President . . . — — Map (db m286899) HM
In 1845 Peter Cassel and son C.J., with others of Kisa, Ostergotland, Sweden, founded New Sweden, IA, the first permanent Swedish-American settlement since the 17th century. Peter's February 1846 letter gave directions both to New Sweden and a . . . — — Map (db m287365) HM
The July 28, 1862, Battle of Moore's Mill opened about one-eighth mile south along the Moore's Mill-Galbreath Mill road, near today's State Road JJ. This area then was heavily timbered.
Lying in ambush east of the road were about 260 . . . — — Map (db m207957) HM
John Wesley Powell was born in Mount Morris, New York, 1834, the son of Joseph and Mary Powell. His father, a poor itinerant preacher, had emigrated to the U.S. from Shrewsbury, England, in 1830. His family moved westward to Jackson, Ohio, then . . . — — Map (db m205966) HM
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