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First Settler's Home in Washington County

Crawfordsville, Iowa
· Iowa 150 Celebrate Our State 1846 • 1996
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In 1835, Adam Ritchey built the first settler’s home in Washington County here. The Moorehead family owned the land for the next 100 years. The first school was also here.
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