Local story · West Des Moines, United States
The 1845 Settlement Declaration
Near midnight on October 11, 1845, cattle farmer James Cunningham Jordan fired a gunshot to declare the area open for Anglo-European settlement. The area had…
Local story · West Des Moines, United States
Near midnight on October 11, 1845, cattle farmer James Cunningham Jordan fired a gunshot to declare the area open for Anglo-European settlement. The area had…
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