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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WLK_built-for-a-lifetime-of-service-historical_Correctionville-IA.html
Correctionville's first brick schoolhouse has been standing here since 1872. Correctionville residents working for a local brickyard dug the clay nearby hand-formed and fired for the schoolhouse.
The building was repaired in the 1950s and 1990s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QWH_floyd-monument_Sioux-City-IA.html
West Side of Monument
Floyd
This Shaft
Marks the Burial Place of
Sergeant Charles Floyd
A Member of the
Lewis and Clark Expedition
He Died in his Country's service
and was buried near this spot
August 20, 1804
Graves of such men are Pi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QWG_sergeant-charles-floyd_Sioux-City-IA.html
Has Been Designated a
Registered National Historic Landmark
Under the Provision of the
Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935
This Site Possesses Exceptional Value in Commemorating
and Illustrating the History of the United States of America
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QWE_sergeant-floyd-monument_Sioux-City-IA.html
Sergeant Charles Floyd
Sergeant Charles Floyd was one of the outstanding members of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. Born in Jefferson County, Kentucky sometime between the years 1780 and 1785, his father and uncles served with George Rogers Clark d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QWD_the-death-of-sergeant-floyd_Sioux-City-IA.html
Sgt. Floyd's Burial
On Monday, August 20, 1804 this was written in the journal of Lewis and Clark: "...I am Dull & heavy been up the greater Part of last night with Serjt. Floyd, who is as bad as he can be to live...We set out under a jentle Br…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QWC_the-lewis-and-clark-expedition_Sioux-City-IA.html
In 1804-06, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led about 40 soldiers and boatmen on an epic journey. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned this "Corps of Discovery" to find a route to the Pacific Ocean through the newly acquired Louisia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QWB_how-correctionville-got-its-name_Correctionville-IA.html
Correctionville - the city with the longest single name in Iowa - was named for the correction line which forms Fifth Street through the heart of the Business District.
Correction lines were used by surveyors in making land divisions. Since the…