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Short post to let anyone who cares know where things are @ with my Lyman Dillon / Old Military Road research project… #1 I am working on the rough draft of the book. I have completed the first… more →
On Line Journal/ Dillon's Furrow/ Old Military Road project
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DM wrote 3 months ago: Short post to let anyone who cares know where things are @ with my Lyman Dillon / Old Military Road … more →
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 →
Grant Wood and Lyman Dillon Post # 28
DM wrote 11 months ago: There is 11 ft by 41 foot mural titled “Breaking the Prairie Sod designed by Grant Wood … 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 # 23 Retracing The Route From Solon To Monticello Today
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DM wrote 1 year ago: Today (May 18th 2008) was a beautiful day for a ride in the car so we drove to Solon to try and … 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 →
Wanted: Baseball/Stamp Collector
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DM wrote 1 year ago: Do you have any baseball fans or stamp collectors in your life who you have a hard time finding a … 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 # 20 Life In Iowa 1838
DM wrote 1 year ago: This account comes from the History Of Johnson County page 305 “Early in the summ … 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 →
Bigger and Better Is Picking Up Steam
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DM wrote 1 year ago: That my friends is a 5 dollar Gold piece…When I get that coin (not if but when) I wi … 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 # 16 Old Newpaper Clipping
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DM wrote 1 year ago: Earlier this week a friend Larry P. dropped of this newspaper clipping from about 1937. As you can … more →
Post # 15 Langworthy Iowa Roots
DM wrote 2 years ago: Langworthy Iowa. Situated on the original route of Old Military Road. I grew up 2 miles Wes … more →
Post # 14 Field Trip to Dubuque/ More about Tim Fanning
DM wrote 2 years ago: Saturday November 10th found us heading Northward, back to the Dubuque area as I continue to explo … more →
Post #13 Reading / Research Continues
DM wrote 2 years ago: I wanted to post a brief update in case you are one of the few people who have been reading/ checkin … more →
