Tuttle Home - Pella Iowa
by Susan Rissi Tregoning
Title
Tuttle Home - Pella Iowa
Artist
Susan Rissi Tregoning
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The Tuttle Cabin is thought to be the oldest existing building in Marion County, Iowa.
On May 13, 1843, only 13 days after the land was open for settlement, newlyweds Thomas and Nancy Tuttle staked their claim on a farmstead that was only 10 miles from the nation’s westernmost frontier border to become the first pioneer couple to settle in what would eventually become Pella, Iowa.
Other settlers eventually began arriving in the area, and in 1845 Marion County was organized. In 1846, Iowa became the 29th State in the Union.
In 1847, a traveling Baptist Minister brought 5 Hollanders to visit the Tuttles. Dominie (Reverend) Hendrik Peter Schulte was the leader of the group. He sought a location for the perfect “City of Refuge” for 800 Dutch immigrants awaiting him in St. Louis, Missouri. Schulte purchased the Tuttle’s Farm considering it the ideal location, bringing the immigrants here. The Tuttle’s relocated about 20 miles away and continued to farm.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
Copyright 2021 Susan Rissi Tregoning
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