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Published on: 2007-10-29
Released on: 2007-10-29
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The Mississippi River town of Muscatine produced billions of pearl buttons. By 1905, Muscatine made 37 percent of the world’s buttons and earned the title of “Pearl Button Capital of the World.” The rise and fall of the pearl button occurred over a period of 75 years. John Frederick Boepple, a German immigrant button maker, launched the industry in 1891. The button and clamming industries started small but quickly overwhelmed the town. Clamming became the Mississippi River’s gold rush while large automated factories and shell-cutting shops employed nearly half the local workforce. Entire families—men, women, and children—contributed to the industry, giving weight to the popular local saying “No Muscatine resident can enter Heaven without evidence of previous servitude in the button industry.” Although the industry peaked in 1916, several decades passed before the American-made pearl button buckled under the pressure of foreign competition, changing fashion, limited availability of shell, and the development and refinement of plastic buttons. muscatinejournal.com The Muscatine Journal Newspaper Breaking News Sports Events and Information from Muscatine Iowa Iowa's Mississippi River Towns IPTV Towns developed first along the banks of the Mississippi River in Iowa. Because of this Mississippi River towns have a common culture and history apart from the rest ... Dicks Towboat Gallery Towboats Pushboats Barges ... Click On Images Below For Other Views Of Dicks Towboat Gallery (Images 1-10 of 3055) A. A. McKinney (Emmanuel Chibb) ( Kris Jacobi) A. B. Barr (Miss Jan 0506090) Great River Road National Scenic Byway: Iowa Tourism Map ... Follow the Mississippi River between Iowas southern and northern borders on the Iowa portion of the Great River Road National Scenic Byway. Senior Citizen Programs - Eastern Iowa Community Colleges Clinton Muscatine and Scott Community College offer a wide range of Continuing Education classes specifically intended for older students. Middle Tennessee Civil War Relics Home; Terms; New Items; Artillery; Buckles; Bullets; Buttons; Coins & Currency; Wholesale Civil War Artifact Displays; Documents; Images; Miscellaneous Excavated Mississippi Paddle Wheel Boat Tours - Pearl Button Paddlewheel Docked at Pearl City Station Pool 16 Mississippi River Mississippi Drive between Iowa Ave and Chestnut St MUSCATINE IA 52761 Mississippi River - Iowa Department of Natural Resources Mississippi River. The Mississippi is one of the greatest rivers in the world. Drainage of this river and its tributaries embraces nearly one-third of the land ... River Clams produce Pearls mother-of-pearl Table of Contents. Shape of the Pearl; Muscatine Iowa and the Pearl Button Industry; Pearl Jewelry; Orma Remembers Clamming on Lake Pepin Along the Mississippi ... The Pearl Button Paddlewheel - Muscatine Iowa Travel Iowa is the official tourism website of the State of Iowa the Hawkeye State. Find a tourism map travel guide and the best things to do in Iowa. Attractions ...
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