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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle Advertiser
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1973
Page
1
Iowa Farm Bureau reports show agriculture supports about 45 percent of jobs and yields over 5.5 billion dollars in crops and livestock annually. Iowa leads in hog and cattle marketings, exports 23.8 percent of crop production, and farm land accounts for 34.3 million of 36 million acres.
An 1848 letter from Isaac Overcamp to Captain Schutt preserves Dutch accounts of the Maastroom voyage and the Overcamp family’s journey to American settlement. It details inland travel hardships, the death of his sick mother, the Wheeling cemetery, land selection near Pella Iowa, climate notes, a possible political move to Monroe City, river navigation rumors, a Keokuk to Monroe City railroad, and early commerce in Pella with prices for beef pork and flour.
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