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Clermont honors Lincoln with statues tied to Governor Larrabee
In Clermont, residents celebrate Abraham Lincoln as a folk hero amid a profusion of statues funded by former Iowa Governor William Larrabee. The Montauk estate holds three busts and a full bronze Lincoln statue modeled after Edinburgh’s work by George Bissell.
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Deb Wiley
Iowa
Clermont
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
William Larrabee
Teddy Roosevelt
Henry Follett
Larrabee
Montauk
Edinburgh
Scotland
New York
George Bissell
Europe
Bissell
Lawrence Volk
Follett
Volk
Pugi Brothers
Florence
Italy
Washington
Sherman
Grant
Clermont Museum
James Harlan
Harlan
Mount Pleasant
Interior
Farragut
General Dodge
Turkey River Valley
Lincolns