Commission of Samuel R. Curtis (Keokuk, Iowa) as Brigadier General in U.S. Army (Volunteers), signed by Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War Simon Cameron. August 18, 1861. Document Signed
Looking west and northwest from the 100 block of High Avenue East in Oskaloosa, Iowa, in 1895. Note the old department stores in the area. If the person taking this picture was looking southwest, then he/she would be staring at the town square.
