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The Thomas Johnson Polygonal Barn was a historic building located near Wellman in rural Washington County, Iowa, United States. The 16-sided building measured 40 feet (12 m) in diameter. [2] The structure was covered in red vertical siding and it was topped by a sectional conical roof, with windows on the south side and an aerator.
Wellman is named for Joseph Edward Wellman, who in July, 1879, provided 40 acres (160,000 m 2) of his farmland for railroad construction including lots for development near the depot. Mr. Wellman was born in Lawrence County, Kentucky on 12 May 1824, acquired his farm in 1859, and died in Wellman on 14 January 1901. [4]
Iowa Southern Utilities Company: Centerville, Moravia and Albia Railroad: MSTL: 1879 1890 Albia and Centerville Railway: Central Railroad of Iowa: MSTL: 1869 1877 Central Iowa Railway: Central Iowa Railway: CIRC 1974 1974 N/A Central Iowa Railway: MSTL: 1878 1888 Iowa Railway: Chariton, Des Moines and Southern Railroad: CB&Q: 1876 1901
Norwegian immigration to Iowa began in 1840 [52] with settlement at Sugar Creek [90] in southeastern Iowa, and continued with immigration to northern Iowa in the late 1840s. [91] The Sugar Creek colony in Lee County was the result of a failed Missouri colony, and has its origins in the second Norwegian colony in the United States, that of Fox ...
The Territory of Iowa was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from ... County Population 1 Van Buren: 6,146 2 Lee: 6,093 3 Des ...
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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Cherokee County, Iowa, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1]
Wellman, Iowa, a city in Washington County, Iowa, near Iowa City Wellman, Ohio , an unincorporated community in Warren County Wellman, Texas , a city in Terry County