Iowa
Boone
Mamie Dodd
Eisenhower Birthplace
709 Carroll Street
Boone IA
50036
Phone
515 432-1896
Web Site
www.booneiowa.com/mamie/
Description
Type of Resource
House Museum
Primary Focus:
Famous People
Iowa
Burr Oak
Laura Ingalls
Wilder Park & Museum
3603 236th
Avenue
Burr Oak IA 52101
Phone
319 735-5916
Web Site
http://www.lauraingallswilder.us/
E-mail
mailto:museum@lauraingallswilder.us
Alt Web
http://www.bluffcountry.com/liwbo.htm
Description
home of "Little House on the Prairie" author from the age of 9 to 10,
where her family ran hotel
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus
Famous People
New or Updated:
05/05/2003
Iowa
Clarinda
Glenn Miller Birthplace
Society
122 West Garfield
Clarinda IA 51632
Phone
712 542-2461
Web Site
http://www.glennmiller.org/
E-mail
mailto:gmbs@clarinda.heartland.net
Description
Birthplace of WW II era bandleader, restored to 1904 appearance
Type of Resource
History Related Organization
Primary Focus
Famous People
Industry
/Profession
Music
New or Updated:
04/05/2003
IA
Council Bluffs
Historic
General Dodge House
621
3rd St
Council
Bluffs
IA
51501
Phone
712 322-2406
Web Site
http://www.cbparksandrec.org/historical.asp?page=4
Alt Web
http://www.councilbluffsiowa.com/tourism/default.asp
Description 14 room home of Civil War General & railroad
builder Grenville Dodge
Type of
Resource House
Museum
Primary
Focus
Famous People
Era
1869
New or
Updated:
6/28/2007
Iowa
Le Claire
Buffalo Bill
Museum of Le Claire Iowa
200 North River
Drive
Le Claire IA
52753
Phone
563 289-5580
Alt Phone
563 289-4989
Web Site
http://www.buffalobillmuseumleclaire.com/
Alt Web
http://www.leclaireiowa.org/
Description
tribute to native son William Cody, museum includes wooden-hull
sternwheel steamboat Lone Star and history of the Mississippi
River
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus
Famous People
Building Type
Ship
New or Updated:
05/19/2003
IA
LeClaire
Buffalo
Bill Cody Homestead
28050 230th Avenue
LeClaire
IA
Phone
563 225-2981
Web Site
http://www.scottcountyiowa.com/conservation/buffalobill.php
Description
childhood home of Buffalo Bill Cody, scout and
showman, live buffalo
& long horn
cattle
Type of
Resource
House Museum
Primary
Focus
Famous People
Nature of
Group or Site
Animals
Era
1847
New or
Updated:
4/13/2006
Iowa
Mason City
Meredith
Willson Boyhood Home
314 S
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mason City IA
50401
Phone
515 424-0700
Alt Phone
515 421-7893
Web Site
http://www.themusicmansquare.org/
Alt Web
http://www.globegazette.com/sitepages/mktplace/willsonhome/willson.htm
Description
where "The Music Man" composer grew up
Type of Resource
House Museum
Primary Focus
Famous People
Owner/Operator:
Mason City Foundation
New or Updated:
05/23/2003
Iowa
Mount Pleasant
Harlan-Lincoln Home
101 West Broad
Street
Wesleyan College
Mount Pleasant IA
Phone
319 385-8021
Alt Phone
319 385-6320
Web Site
*****
Alt Web
http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/sites/harlan.htm
Description
Senator Harlan's daughter married Abraham Lincoln's son, house holds
memorabilia of both families and the college
Type of Resource
House Museum
Primary Focus:
Famous People
Iowa
Princeton
Buffalo Bill
Cody Homestead
28050 230th
Avenue
Princeton IA
72748
Phone
563 225-2981
Web Site *****
Description
childhood home of Buffalo Bill Cody, scout and showman
Type of Resource
House Museum
Primary Focus:
Famous People
Era
1847
IA
Wall Lake
Andy
Williams Birthplace
Address
Wall Lake
IA
Phone
Web Site
http://pionet.net/~setd/andy-williams/
Description
restored birthplace of well-known singer
Type of
Resource
House Museum
Primary
Focus
Famous People
Industry
/Profession
Music
Owner/Operator:
Wall Lake Historical Society
New or
Updated:
1/5/2005
Iowa
Winterset
John Wayne
Birthplace
216 South Second
Street
Winterset IA
50273
Phone
515 462-1044
Web Site
www.johnwaynebirthplace.org
Description
4 room house restored to time of actor's birth
Type of Resource
House Museum
Primary Focus:
Famous People
Era
1907 |
