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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 →

Tags: Dillon's furrow, Iowa History, old military road

The White Wolf6 comments

DM wrote 5 months ago:      Johnson County Iowa 1850- A creature resembling a large  white  wolf,   said to stand  over fou … more →

Tags: Pastors, Iowa, Faith, Christianity, Personal, spirituality, Thoughts, Family, old military road

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 →

Tags: Dillon's furrow, old military road, Bowen's Prairie, del.icio.us / tag / lyman-dillon popular | recent, Iowa City, Iowa History, Jones County Iowa, Hansen and Briggs, cascade

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 →

Tags: Dillon's furrow, old military road, History, del.icio.us / tag / lyman-dillon popular | recent, Iowa History, Jones County Iowa, Anamosa (Iowa), Grant Wood

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 →

Tags: Dillon's furrow, old military road, Bowen's Prairie, History, Langworthy Iowa, del.icio.us / tag / lyman-dillon popular | recent, Iowa History

Post # 26 Writing The Book Begins In Earnest1 comment

DM wrote 1 year ago:        Wagon train from about 1980        This will be a short post.  I’ve completed my first … more →

Tags: Dillon's furrow, old military road, Bowen's Prairie, History, Langworthy Iowa, Iowa History, Jones County Iowa

Post # 25 After The Walk- My Initial Thoughts2 comments

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 →

Tags: Dillon's furrow, old military road, Bowen's Prairie, History, Dubuque, field trips, Langworthy Iowa, del.icio.us / tag / lyman-dillon popular | recent, Iowa City

Post # 23 Retracing The Route From Solon To Monticello Today2 comments

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 →

Tags: Dillon's furrow, old military road, History, field trips, Iowa History, Jones County Iowa, Solon (Iowa), Mt Vernon Iowa, Martelle Iowa

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 →

Tags: Dillon's furrow, old military road, Bowen's Prairie, Iowa History, Jones County Iowa, monticello Iowa, Hansen and Briggs, cascade, Edinburg

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 →

Tags: Dillon's furrow, old military road, Bowen's Prairie, Iowa History, Jones County Iowa, monticello Iowa, Scotch Grove Iowa

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 →

Tags: Dillon's furrow, old military road, History, Iowa City, Iowa History

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 →

Tags: Dillon's furrow, old military road, Bowen's Prairie, Dubuque, field trips, Langworthy Iowa, Iowa City, Tim Fanning, Iowa History

Post # 18 The Blizzard of 18561 comment

DM wrote 1 year ago:      Below is an excerpt from the Jones County Historical Review Volume 7 #1 1981.  On a previous po … more →

Tags: Dillon's furrow, old military road, Bowen's Prairie, History, Langworthy Iowa, Encouragement, Iowa History, Jones County Iowa, monticello Iowa

Post # 17 1879 Maps and Cross Stitch Project1 comment

DM wrote 1 year ago:        It’s been a while since I posted anything.      This Fall, I acquired 4 original maps f … more →

Tags: Dillon's furrow, old military road, Bowen's Prairie, History, Langworthy Iowa, Iowa History, Jones County Iowa, monticello Iowa

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 →

Tags: Dillon's furrow, old military road, History, Langworthy Iowa, Iowa History, Jones County Iowa

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 →

Tags: Dillon's furrow, old military road, Dubuque, field trips, Tim Fanning, Iowa History

Post # 12 Thoughts after my "dry run"

DM wrote 2 years ago:          Picture of the person who littered the road I walked today.        I walked 11  miles today … more →

Tags: Dillon's furrow, old military road, History, Journal, field trips, del.icio.us / tag / lyman-dillon popular | recent, Iowa City

post #11 Dry Run Scheduled for Saturday the 15th2 comments

DM wrote 2 years ago:      Saturday Sept. 15th, the weather  promises to be good.  I intend to go to Iowa City/Old Capital … more →

Tags: Dillon's furrow, old military road, History, field trips, del.icio.us / tag / lyman-dillon popular | recent, Iowa City

Post #10 Visit To Iowa City and Old Capital

DM wrote 2 years ago:        Monday 9/3/07 I headed to Iowa City to check out “Old Capital”  location of the c … more →

Tags: Dillon's furrow, old military road, History, field trips, del.icio.us / tag / lyman-dillon popular | recent, Iowa City


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