Muscatine

Muscatine, situated on one of the largest east-west bends of the Mississippi Rivers, grew from a small territorial trading post into an Iowa community rich in agricultural bounty and manufacturing ingenuity. Mussels harvested from the mighty Mississippi propelled the city to the status of the ?Pearl Button Capital of the World? by the turn of the 20th century. Booming lumber yards, sash and door manufactures, and the first H. J. Heinz canning facility built outside of Pittsburg added to the...