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From: Patrick Winters <>
Subject: Re: Roll Call and the Hospital for the Insane
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 19:00:40 -0500
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Carol,
That is the first I've heard of the 'Iowa Hospital for the Insane' burning
down! The picture in the 1888 Portrait and Album of Henry County Iowa has
an engraved drawing of it. When I visited Mt. Pleasant the summer before
last it was still there - at least I'm certain the main part is still there.
Of course it is now called MT. PLEASANT CORRECTIONAL FACILITY and has a web
page at
http://www.state.ia.us/government/doc/Facility5.html
My gggrandfather John Winters owned the kiln and quarry where the brick and
stone for the hospital came from. Is there an account of the hospital
burning down?

Regards,
Patrick Winters


----- Original Message -----
From: "caroljune" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 8:27 AM
Subject: Roll Call


> I am researching COX/STEVENS/STEPHENS/WATERS/FORD/TUCKER
> The COX family went to New London in 1840's. The Stevens came in 1845.
My
> ggrandfather Daniel Boone Stevens and his brothers & brother in law made
the
> bricks for the Mental Health Center (the old one which burned down) in Mt.
> Pleasant.
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> Carol
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