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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

11 Jun 2017

Page 15

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

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Jun 11, 2017

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15

Matsell and Castle Farm in Iowa's Wapsipinicon Era

Matsell, once New York City's first police chief, built Castle Farm a 3000 acre English style estate along the Wapsipinicon River in Linn County Iowa. He summers there with wife Ellen and children George Jr Susan Augustus and Henry before returning to manage city duties in New York.

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George Washington Matsell Wapsipinicon New York City United States Children’s Aid Society Chief Matsell Iowa New York Washington West Fred Kinley Henry Schoonover Buffalo Maine Linn County Castle Farm Ellen George Jr Susan Augustus Gus Henry Harry George W. Matsell Wapsipinicon River
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Matsell Castle Farm saga in Iowa ends with preservation shift

A sweeping history of Castle Farm the Matsell estate near Stone City Iowa from its Mount Vernon inspired mansion to decline. The Matsell family hosted entertaining years built stock farms published the Wapsie Index and connected with notable figures like Theodore Roosevelt and Daniel Webster. The property sold off through 1910s and 1920s and today mostly demolished with only an icehouse and entrance pillars remaining as Matsell Bridge Natural Area.

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