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A total of 27 rendezvous camps were utilized in Iowa during the Civil War, and for the most part, they were located along the Mississippi River. In addition to these two camps, "inland" camps were located in Iowa City, Des Moines, Ottumwa, and Oskaloosa. Camp Harlan/McKean was one of five camps in the state that were in operation during ...
November 15, 1990 (County Road X23 east of Lowell: Danville: 22: Harlan House Hotel: Harlan House Hotel: November 16, 1987 (122 N. Jefferson St. Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant is a city in and the county seat of Henry County in the U.S. state of Iowa. [4] The population was 9,274 in the 2020 census , an increase from 8,668 in the 2010 census . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It was founded in 1835 by pioneer Presley Saunders.
Built in 1854, the house was built for James Harlan who served as the college's president from 1853 to 1855 and again from 1869 to 1870. [2] Harlan was president when the school's name was changed from Mt. Pleasant Collegiate Institute to Iowa Wesleyan University.
The Midwest Electric Railway (initialized MERA, reporting mark MERA [1] [nb 1]) is a non-profit trolley operation located on the grounds of the Midwest Old Threshers Reunion in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, United States. It is home to 10 pieces of trolley history that are regularly operated on a 2.5 mile loop surrounding the organization's campgrounds.
Old Johnson County Courthouse, Iowa City, 1857-1899 After Iowa City was established by fiat as the new territorial capitol of Iowa, the county seat was removed there. [ 10 ] The second Johnson County Courthouse, the first in Iowa City, was built on Lot 8 Block 8 of the County Seat Addition to Iowa City in 1842 for $3,690. [ 9 ]
Mount Vernon was laid out in 1847, [3] but its origins date back to at least 1838, when it was known as Pinhook, a rest stop on Military Road, which ran between Dubuque, on the Mississippi River, and Iowa City. [4] It was renamed Mount Vernon in 1847, after the estate of George Washington. [3]
The Dr. J.O. and Catherine Ball House is a historic building located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States.In 1892 this was one of three houses designed by George F. Barber's mail-order architectural firm that was being built in town, and it was the most elaborate of the three. [2]