Lake Laverne update
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Saw on the news last night they found a cannon that was stolen from a fraternity in the 70s. Anchor said, who would steal a cannon? Guy obviously never pledged.
Better question would be... who wouldn't steal a cannon from a frat?
Article on the connection to Lake Laverne and the Civil War in this thread...
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Chris Jorgensen, Author
April 24, 2017
As the world was on the brink of its biggest conflict to date, the Lake LaVerne area was used to prepare Iowans for combat.
That is what Benjamin Worrell, former Iowa State student, discovered after finding bullets while metal detecting in 2015.
The Daily has previously reported on Worrell’s findings, but since then, he has uncovered more information relating to the subject in the form of a postcard.
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Chris Jorgensen, Author
April 24, 2017
As the world was on the brink of its biggest conflict to date, the Lake LaVerne area was used to prepare Iowans for combat.
That is what Benjamin Worrell, former Iowa State student, discovered after finding bullets while metal detecting in 2015.
The Daily has previously reported on Worrell’s findings, but since then, he has uncovered more information relating to the subject in the form of a postcard.
Iowa State alumnus pieces together history of war, Lake Laverne
As the world was on the brink of its biggest conflict to date, the Lake LaVerne area was used to prepare Iowans for combat. That is what Benjamin Worrell, former Iowa State student, discovered after finding bullets while metal detecting in 2015. The Daily has previously reported on Worrell’s...
iowastatedaily.com
Article on the connection to Lake Laverne and the Civil War in this thread...
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Chris Jorgensen, Author
April 24, 2017
As the world was on the brink of its biggest conflict to date, the Lake LaVerne area was used to prepare Iowans for combat.
That is what Benjamin Worrell, former Iowa State student, discovered after finding bullets while metal detecting in 2015.
The Daily has previously reported on Worrell’s findings, but since then, he has uncovered more information relating to the subject in the form of a postcard.
Iowa State alumnus pieces together history of war, Lake Laverne
As the world was on the brink of its biggest conflict to date, the Lake LaVerne area was used to prepare Iowans for combat. That is what Benjamin Worrell, former Iowa State student, discovered after finding bullets while metal detecting in 2015. The Daily has previously reported on Worrell’s...iowastatedaily.com
https://emuseum.its.iastate.edu/obj...-rush-lincoln-professor-of-military-tactics-1
James Rush Lincoln was born February 3, 1845 in Frederick County, Maryland. He attended the Landon Military Academy, the Pennsylvania Military College, and the Virginia Military Institute. Once the Civil War began, Lincoln enlisted in the Confederate Army and served in the cavalry under Jeb Stuart. After the war, Lincoln remained in Virginia until moving to Iowa in 1868. He became the superintendent of a coal mining company in Boone, Iowa and became the town’s mayor. He came to Iowa State College (University) in 1883 and served as the Professor of Military Tactics until 1919. Lincoln also held the positions of Steward of the College (1883) and Professor of Mining Engineering (1892-1898). Soon after coming to Iowa, Lincoln joined the Iowa National Guard and held commissions As Captain, Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, Inspector General, and Brigadier General. During the Spanish American War, he mobilized Iowa’s troops and went to the front. Unable to actively serve in World War I, Lincoln remained at Iowa State training others for active duty. He passed away August 4, 1922 in Ames, Iowa.
And it appears the "Lincoln" that came to Ames was of the same family as Honest Abe.
Obituary for his father...
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125669606/thomas_blodgett-lincoln
"COLONEL THOMAS B. LINCOLN.
Death of a Former Philadelphian and an Ex-Confederate.
ELKTON, Md., June 28.-Colonel Thomas B. Lincoln, a relative of Abraham Lincoln and a grand nephew of General Lincoln, of Revolutionary fame, died on his farm about two miles from this town this morning of old age and a complication of diseases. He was born in Philadelphia in 1813, and went to Texas shortly after its annexation, where he remained until the outbreak of the late war. He was a colonel in the Confederate army, and was wounded in the first battle of Bull Run. He was put on trial for treason in Cincinnati, but the indictment was quashed and he afterwards went back into the Southern Confederacy.
He came north in April, 1865 and gave important information about the Southern Confederacy. His son, James Rush Lincoln, was also a colonel in the rebel army. About the close of the war he purchased a farm near Elkton, where he has since resided. Three daughters and one son survive him. The latter at present resides in Iowa. His remains were taken to Philadelphia for interment."
Obituary for his father...
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125669606/thomas_blodgett-lincoln
"COLONEL THOMAS B. LINCOLN.
Death of a Former Philadelphian and an Ex-Confederate.
ELKTON, Md., June 28.-Colonel Thomas B. Lincoln, a relative of Abraham Lincoln and a grand nephew of General Lincoln, of Revolutionary fame, died on his farm about two miles from this town this morning of old age and a complication of diseases. He was born in Philadelphia in 1813, and went to Texas shortly after its annexation, where he remained until the outbreak of the late war. He was a colonel in the Confederate army, and was wounded in the first battle of Bull Run. He was put on trial for treason in Cincinnati, but the indictment was quashed and he afterwards went back into the Southern Confederacy.
He came north in April, 1865 and gave important information about the Southern Confederacy. His son, James Rush Lincoln, was also a colonel in the rebel army. About the close of the war he purchased a farm near Elkton, where he has since resided. Three daughters and one son survive him. The latter at present resides in Iowa. His remains were taken to Philadelphia for interment."
They should put one of those video portals on the two bridges, so people can interact with people on the other bridge.
