Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-24
DAVID MILLER. or BOWS
CREATES FREAkIsH PICTURE
OF STATE.
MADE ENTIRELY or WOOD
AND CONTAINS 1900 PIECES
Historical Spots, Sites Of stats and
Charitable Institutions, Leading
Rivers and Other Important Spots
Marked in Different Manner-vari.
Gus coIored Woods Used.

Special to Times-Republican.
Iowa Falls, Aug. 24.-One Of the
most remarkable maps of the state
ever made has just been completed by
David Miller, well known citizen of
Bows. 1t is made entirely Of wood and
contains over 1900 pieces Of various
colors and from many parts of the
world. In explaining the details of the
map Mr.. Miller said:
THE two irregular strips Of Birds
eye maple, the one extending from the
state line in Dickinson county to near
the south line of Guthrie; the other
from the north line of Winnebago and
Worth to near the south line of Mar
shall represent the rock and gravel Of
q Moraine left these from large
glacier which came down from the
north in some re-historic time. The
maple in Boone and Webster counties
are also part of the moraine. It also
shows the principal rivers, the MIS-
sissippi, the Missouri. the Big Sioux,
the Des Moines, Iowa, Cedar and Wap-
sipinicon. The Missouri is inlaid with
Box Wood, the Big Sioux with mulber-
ry; the rest of the rivers are Of lemon
wood.
"The different representations scat
tered thruout the map are intended
to show where the principal events
occurred in the early history of the
state. The small hollow squares show
the early forts and the ebony spheres
where coal is mined. The emblems
of the dinerent fraternai orders show
where each was first organized. The
wood in the Masonic emblem is MADE
Of holly and thorn, and came from
Palestine, the birthplace Of that an
cient and honorable order.
"The cradle in the lower corner OF
Lee county shows where the first
white child in the state was born, the
small log cabin where the first school
was taught, and the apple just above
it where the first orchard was planted,
and believe it also marks the place
where Marquette first landed in what
is now Iowa. The small one In Des
Moines county is Zion church and
was the first brick church built in the
territory it was also the capitol of the
Same. It is made Of mahogany from
Porto Rico. The hollow square IN
Munroe county is where John Brown
made his headquarters and drilled his
men during the troubles in Kansas.
and the small house in Cedar county
is where he and his men spent part OF
the winter before making their raid on
Harpers Ferry. The small figure In
Jackson county represents 9 hogs
head Of molasses that figured In
court scene Of an early day.
1.-The buildings in Dubuque county
show the two first churches in the
territory. The one nearest the river
was Of hewed logs in lime mortar. II
was built by the M. E. church. 1t was
20x2O, ten feet high and had bat
ten door and two windows. and 1t cost
$3.50, in 1884. The other was built by
the Catholics in 1885, and had no tower
but stone cross on the front gable
1t was Of stone, about 39xso. For the
F. Kempner, of Davenport. under
stand it is still standing, but greatly
enlarged and improved. The water
wheel, in Allamakee county, shows
where a saw mill was erected, 1925. by
Zachary Taylor, then stationed with
some troops at Point Du Chem, Wis
1t was, as far as I can discover, the
first water power utilized in what Is
now Iowa. I made every effort to find
where the first grist mill was built. but
could find nothing definite. The small
cross in Jefferson county, shows where
a Catholic mission was established In
very early day. When the first whites
entered that section, on the face of a
high sand stone cliff. over Cedar creek
about four miles west Of where Fair
field now stands, they saw an iron
cross bolted fast to the rock Making
of Iowa."
1.-THE hollow square in Pottawattamie
county, shows the old fort at Council
Bluffs. When the soldiers were with
drawn, two Catholic priests moved In
and used the buildings in mission work
The small monument in Dickinson
county commentaries the Spirit Lake
massacre, the one in Emmett county,
where an old fort stord years ago. in
what is now Estherville. and the one In
Woodbury. county, where Sergeant
Charles A. Floyd, of the Lewis and
Clarke epedition, was buried in 1904.
have never seen 1t so stated. but pre-
sumo he was the first white man buried
in what is now Iowa. The small. blu
ish colored piece Of wood In Buena
Vista county, represents Storm Lake.
and the small semi-circle northwest OF
it, at Alta, shows the highest point OF
land in the state
State and private charitable institu-
lions, including schools and asylums,
are also plainly marked on the map.
Alaona District Methodists.
Special to Times-Republican.
Algona, Aug. 24.-The Algona dis