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History of Lisbon Reveals Background of Pennsylvania Dutch
A detailed account traces Lisbon Iowa's founding in 1851 by a Pennsylvania Dutch colony led by Christian Hershey and John E. Kurtz. It covers early settlers, land claims, routes to Lisbon, and the first homes, springs, and streets shaping the town, with notes on the Hershey family and key pione ers.
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Lisbon
Pennsylvania
Isbon
Linn County
John E. Kurtz
John H. Eby
Michael Hoover
Charles C. Haskins
S. F. Emerson
Edwin Burd
Burd
Haskins
Franklin Township
Lyle Orr
Orr
Andre Cemetery
Charles Frutchey
William Chamberlain
A. J. McKean
John J. Gibson
Robert Dean
James Barkley
Cedar County
James Kelsey
Joseph Morford
Simon Archer
William Young
James McClelland
William I McClelland
Absalom McCoy
Nathan Petticord
Gabriel Barclay
Stephen Osborn
Solomon Eliot
Bijah Tuttle
Alexander MacIntyre
Joseph Lineback
John Donohoe
Christian Hershey
Hershey
Iowa
Hershey Colony
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Ohio
Mississippi River
Burlington
Muscatine
Pittsburgh
Iowa-Cedar River
Cedar River
Ivanhoe
Mt. Vernon
Ter
United Brethren Church
Abraham Hershey
Jacob Breneman
Mr. Wackman
Abraham Stibgen
Samuel Lively
Jacob Pfautz
Joseph Retzer
Gladys Kepler
Main Street
Chest
West Market Street
Chestnut and
Jefferson
Joel Ringer
J. M. Furnas
W. H. Thompson
Steam
City
Inal
Kurtz
Eby
Hoover
Main
Washington
Market
South Street
Franklin Street
Sylvester J. Dunham
Jones County
Marion
Neidig, Ringer, Eby, Barkley, Grauel, Pfautz
Iowa Land Co
Doreas, Kurtz and Stuckslager
Lisbon Development Corp
Washington Streets
White Building
Union Block
Public Square