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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «van buren county» AND «iowa»

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By Cosmos Mariner, September 20, 2025
Van Buren County Courthouse Marker
RANKED BY RELEVANCE
1 ► Iowa, Van Buren County, Keosauqua — Van Buren County Courthouse — 1840 —
“Oldest in Iowa” National Register of Historic Places Designation — 1977 — — Map (db m290699) HM

2 ► Iowa, Van Buren County, Stockport — Stockport Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial — Honoring Van Buren County Veterans — Ray “Bubba” Sorensen II —
. . . — — Map (db m290900) HM

3 ► Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines, East Village — Iowa Revolutionary War Monument —
Front Dedicated to soldiers and patriots of the American Revolution who are buried in IowaDecember 28, 1846 Iowa Our liberties we prize our rights we will maintainReverse George Perkins, N. and S. Carolina, Lee County William . . . — — Map (db m48277) HM

4 ► Iowa, Clarke County, Osceola — 15 — The Mormon Trail / Utopian Experiments in Southern Iowa —
The Mormon Trail The Mormons of Nauvoo, Illinois, forced from their homes following the murder of their prophet, Joseph Smith, Jr., began their trek across Iowa in 1846 on the way to the Great Salt Lake Valley. From their first permanent . . . — — Map (db m237260) HM
5 ► Iowa, Decatur County, Davis City — 16 — The Mormon Trail / Utopian Experiments in Southern Iowa —
The Mormon Trail The Mormons of Nauvoo, Illinois, forced from their homes following the murder of their prophet, Joseph Smith, Jr., began their trek across Iowa in 1846 on the way to the Great Salt Lake Valley. From their first permanent . . . — — Map (db m224588) HM

6 ► Iowa, Van Buren County, Bentonsport — Iowa’s Confederate General —
General Lawrence Sullivan ‘Sul’ Ross, CSA, was born in Bentonsport, Iowa, Van Buren County on September 27, 1838. His family moved to Texas in 1839, where he grew to manhood. In 1859, Sul Ross was commissioned a Captain in the Texas Rangers, . . . — — Map (db m2565) HM
7 ► Iowa, Van Buren County, Keosauqua — The Hotel Manning — Historic Hills Scenic Byway —
Built atop a limestone rubble foundation, Keosauqua's iconic landmark has a history that dates back to the founding of Keosauqua. There has been a myth surrounding the Hotel that claims it was built to house guests from the steamboats on the Des . . . — — Map (db m296500) HM

8 ► Iowa, Lee County, Keokuk — Howell and Clark —
James B. Howell was born near Morristown, NJ, July 4, 1816. When he was three years old, his family moved to a farm near Newark, OH, where his father, Elias Howell, entered into politics. Howell attended Miami University in Oxford, OH, . . . — — Map (db m229528) HM
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    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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