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Hoover Family Links Shape Cedar County Blacksmith Shop
The long reading traces Jesse and Rachel Negus and their son William in Cedar County Iowa. It notes their Quaker ties, the 1872 barn, and the later Herbert Hoover Foundation project to reproduce Jesse Hoover’s 1870s to 1880s shop near the Hoover homestead in West Branch. The 1957 dedication featured Adm. Lewis Strauss and key Iowa figures, with material donations from local supporters and a Des Moines firm redesigning the shop in pioneer fashion.
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Esse
Rachel J Negus
Ohio
Iowa
Cedar County
William
Neguses
West Branch
Herbert Hoover
U.S
Negus
Friends
Hoover
Jesse
Rachel
Johnson
Cedar
Muscatine
Hoover Birthplace Committee
Hoover Birthplace Foundation
Herbert Hoover Foundation Inc
Jesse Negus
Lloyd Henderson
Hen
William B. Anderson
Foundation
Theodore
Des Moines
Wetherall & Harrison
Negus Barn
Stone City
Jesse Hoover
Adm
Lewis Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Iowa City
Allan
Cedar Rapids
Howard Hall
Fred Maytag II
Newton
San Francisco
Anderson
the Gazette
Mary
Oregon
Allan Hoover
Herschel Loveless
Gazette Archives
Admiral Strauss
Hoover Birthplace Park