Saturday, May 18, 2013

Some Historical Things to See Around Clinton, Iowa

ASHFORD UNIVERSITY FIELD--  home of their baseball team and the Midwest League Class A LumberKings.  A classic minor league field right by the Mississippi River.

CLINTON PUBLIC LIBRARY--  Housed in a Carnegie building for over a hundred years.

CURTIS MANSION--  Restored Victorian home of Lumber Baron George M. Curtis.

EAGLE POINT LODGE--  Built 1937.  Overlooks Mississippi River and Lock and Dam 13.

EAGLE POINT PARK--  200-acre park on the Mississippi River bluffs.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM--  Permanent collection of old photographs and an authentic 1924 kitchen.

SAWMILL MUSEUM-- Clinton's history as the "Lumber Capital of the World.

And, That's Just Some of the Stuff.  --Cooter

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