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Called Oldest Living Pioneer in 1910, Iowa Native Trekked The Across Country

by Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa History November 3, 2018January 23, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

“I have experienced the first real trial of my life. After a few days of suffering our little Hannah died of lung fever so we are left with one baby,” Keturah Belknap wrote in her diary in November 1843 of the death of her first child. But it would not be the last time she […]

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