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Asylum and Poor Farm

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Location and Land

The farm is located in the middle of the bustling Iowa City on Melrose Avenue, a mile from West High School and a landfill.  The land contains wetlands, old pastures that our ideal for a reconstructed prairie, and of course agriculture.

Agriculture of the land

 

Information courtesy of an article written for interpretation by the
Johnson County Historical Society.