Baughn Building

Historical marker location:

1018 6th Street, Harlan, Iowa

( Marker is on 6th Street north of Court Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Erected 1901. 1018-1020 6th Street.

The famous explorers Lewis and Clark passed through Iowa in 1804 on their journey to the Pacific Ocean, but they didn't actually set foot on Iowa soil. The expedition traveled along the western border of Iowa, which was then part of the Missouri Territory.