Nov 11, 2017
The Gold Rush of the Midwest
The Gold Rush of the Midwest
Statue of a clamber down.by the river near the museum.
According to Terry Eagle, Assistant Director of the Discover History & Industry Center in Muscatine, Iowa, ”The Goldrush of the Midwest was Mother of Pearl.”
This Mother of Pearl was found in the clams mussels along the Mississippi River in Muscatine and the discovery made Muscatine the Pearl Button Capital of the World! The Discover History…
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