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DVD with Highlights of my walk available now
If you’re interested, I now have a DVD for sale with highlights of my walk retracing Military Road from Iowa City to Dubuque. The day I passed through Anamosa, I stopped by the local n… more →
On Line Journal/ Dillon's Furrow/ Old Military Road project
DVD with Highlights of my walk available now
DM wrote 11 months ago: If you’re interested, I now have a DVD for sale with highlights of my walk retracing … more →
Dillon's Furrow Article
DM wrote 1 year ago: Here is the text from this article in case you have a hard time reading it (above): Mont … more →
Post # 26 Writing The Book Begins In Earnest
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DM wrote 1 year ago: Wagon train from about 1980 This will be a short post. I’ve completed my first … more →
Post # 25 After The Walk- My Initial Thoughts
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DM wrote 1 year ago: I’m home 6 days 81.8 miles 172,763 steps later. Here are 5 photos of my last 6 days walking in the f … more →
Post # 22 Gus Norlin Research Material
DM wrote 1 year ago: Today is March 31 2008. It’s been raining off and on all day….thought it would … more →
Post # 21- Oral History Interview Number 5 And Another Book For The Monk Collection
DM wrote 1 year ago: Saturday February 16th 2008 I headed to Mt Vernon Iowa with L. and K. P. to interview R. … more →
Post # 19 A Prairie Almanac 1839-1919 and Poem About Lyman Dillon
DM wrote 1 year ago: Several good things have been happening the past two weeks as far as research. We conduc … more →
Post # 18 The Blizzard of 1856
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DM wrote 1 year ago: Below is an excerpt from the Jones County Historical Review Volume 7 #1 1981. On a previous po … more →
Post # 17 1879 Maps and Cross Stitch Project
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DM wrote 1 year ago: It’s been a while since I posted anything. This Fall, I acquired 4 original maps f … more →
Post # 9 Our First Oral History Interview
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DM wrote 2 years ago: (Photo of a threshing crew @ work) Saturday August 25th we sat down with MH and his wife to … more →
Post #8 Old Books/ A Wealth Of Lost History
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DM wrote 2 years ago: Saturday August 18th found us heading to the Marion HY VEE coffee area to meet w/ C.P … more →
Post # 6 Alfred Denson From Bowens Praire Age 6 Get's lost on the Open Prairie 1839
DM wrote 2 years ago: Alison Kraus sings a haunting song on her new album A Hundred Miles from Home titled “Jacob … more →
Post #2 Field trip to Dubuque/Tim Fanning's Log Tavern
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DM wrote 2 years ago: Originally posted 7/1/07 on my blog “I also Live on a farm” I’m going to repo … more →
