Historical Marker
Curtis King
Historical marker location:
Eddyville, Iowa
( Marker can be reached from U.S. 63, on the left when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 1994
Civil War - Iowa - Wapello Co.
The first electronic digital computer was built at Iowa State University in the 1930s. The machine, called the Atanasoff-Berry Computer, was invented by John Atanasoff and his graduate student, Clifford Berry.