The US Army shipped this cannon to Knoxville to replace a Civil War cannon that was retired in 1902. The Civil War gun was added to the scrap pile and melted down during WWII. This canon was officially donated to the American Legion Post 168 in . . . — — Map (db m188191) HM WM
Was named for her southern heritage. Her patriotic contributions made Knoxville the “Birthplace of the Iowa Flag”. Mrs. Gebhardt, who was DAR State Regent in 1917, appointed a flag committee who, after soliciting more than 81 chapters’ and state . . . — — Map (db m188161) HM
Understanding the Freedom Rock: East Side of the Rock is dedicated to the creator of the Iowa Flag, Dixie Cornell Gebhardt. The West side of the Rock is dedicated to the 6th Governor of Iowa, William Milo Stone of Marion County. Stone, a good . . . — — Map (db m177168) HM WM
As white men advanced their habitations across Iowa they were retarded from 1842 to 1846 at the Red Rock Line fixed by the Indian Treaty at the Agency, Wappello County, 1842. This line was established and marked by Geo. W. Harrison, 1842, by . . . — — Map (db m188190) HM
crossed north to south near this point.
The line was established by treaty to define the separation between the Indian land and that opened to settlers. The line was patrolled by army dragoons from 1842-1845 to enforce the treaty. It ran north . . . — — Map (db m236536) HM
Red Rock Line
The Red Rock Line was a boundary separating the Sac and Fox Indian tribes from the white settlers expanding westward. The survey of this line began near this monument, on the red sandstone bluffs north of the Des Moines River, . . . — — Map (db m236534) HM
The Baptist Church has had a presence in Iowa since the territory was opened for settlement. Moses J. Post was an ordained Baptist missionary/itinerant preacher who traversed southeastern Iowa starting in 1841. Marion County, in which Pella is . . . — — Map (db m236384) HM
In 1847, the Dutch band left their farms and homes in the Netherlands because they wanted to worship their own way, and they needed more economic opportunity. Their determination led them to this part of the Iowa prairie. For the first few years of . . . — — Map (db m236388) HM
In the spring of 1847 four sailing vessels carrying 800 freedom-seeking Hollanders landed at Baltimore. They were met by Dominie Henry Peter Scholte, their faithful leader, who led them across the Alleghenies to Pittsburgh and down the Ohio and up . . . — — Map (db m235885) HM
Pella's Past (North Side)
Dominie Hendrik Pieter Scholte was leader of 800 Hollanders who arrived here in 1847 to found Pella, the City of Refuge. He is baptizing an infant, characterizing new life in the religious sense and . . . — — Map (db m236404) HM
On the morning of April 12, 1861, South Carolina began firing on the Federal fortress in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Within 24 hours, Iowa and Pella became involved. When the first call came for volunteers on April 15, 1861, the citizens of . . . — — Map (db m236386) HM
In 1857 this bell called Central College students to classes for the first time. For 56 years its duties were numerous. At 5 a.m. daily it roused students for the morning study hour. It tolled for funerals and celebrated weddings with its chimes. In . . . — — Map (db m235965) HM
When Pella was founded in 1847, transportation and shipping were limited to horse-drawn conveyances. Consequently, mercantile trade and the importing or exporting of goods was extremely limited and expensive. Money was also scarce, as almost every . . . — — Map (db m236385) HM
The first steel water tower in Pella was erected on this site in 1921. With a capacity of 200,000 gallons, the water tower was topped with this ornamental ball. It now rests on one of the original foundation piers, which also serves as one of the . . . — — Map (db m236506) HM
The history of Pella goes back much further than the settlement of Pella in 1847. The Pella-area's Native American history precedes its Dutch history as the Sac and Fox tribes lived nearby. The Sac became their Americanized name, but they called . . . — — Map (db m236379) HM
Pella's first Tulip Time was held in 1935. It was a simple, one-day celebration, arranged around a locally-written operetta appropriately entitled "Tulip Time in Pella." The first festival had no parade, Tulip Queen, or even tulips! To prepare for . . . — — Map (db m236387) HM
The Tuttle Cabin is named for Thomas and Nancy Tuttle, the first pioneer couple to settle at what would later become the city of Pella.
In 1842, the U.S. Government purchased eleven milion acres of the Iowa Territory from the Sauk and Mesquakie . . . — — Map (db m236373) HM
Built in 1849 and restored in 1968 with modifications to simulate an early Pella general store. This building was at one time a blacksmith's shop and is now the Van Spanckeren General Store. Tie rods were installed and the year added on the front of . . . — — Map (db m236496) HM
The story of the Dutch emigration to Pella started in 1814 when article 133 was included in the first Constitution of the United Netherlands, stating: "The Christian Reformed Religion is that of the Sovereign." This (now called the Dutch Reformed . . . — — Map (db m236381) HM
Built in basic Dutch design ca. 1855-1860 by brothers B.H. and J.H.H. Van Spanckeren who came from the Netherlands in 1847. B.H. operated, for a time, a general store on the first floor of the west row house. Nicholas and Virginia Earp and their . . . — — Map (db m236498) HM
