Historic Des Moines / Noted Des Moines Residents

Historical marker location:

Mitchellville, Iowa

( Marker can be reached from Route 80 at milepost 147,, 1.2 miles west of 112 Street NE (County Road S27), on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1977

Iowa was part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, but it wasn't until 1833 that the first permanent settlement was established in what is now the city of Burlington.