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Humble Iowa Governor’s Home Faces Move From Hog Lot
The Benton County Historical Society has sought for about 10 years to rescue the five room cottage once owned by Gov. Buren R. Sherman, moved from Vinton to a Garrison area farm and later used as a chicken house. Society members fear deterioration may end the project if not relocated and rebuilt behind Vinton’s Horridge House keeping the memory of the 12th Iowa governor alive for local students.
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Vinton
Buren R. Sherman
Gerald Kreutner
Garrison
Benton County Historical Society
Kreutner
Betty Myers
Iowa National Guard
Guard
National Register of Historical Sites
Barb Merchant of
The
Historical Society
Second Ave
Garrison Area
Baren R. Sherman
Iowa
Society
Sherman
New York
Tama County
13Th
Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Shiloh
Tenn
John L. Brown
Brown
William Larribee
Baron R. Sherman
Benton County