Thursday, November 29, 2007

Shooting the Delaware County Courthouse

Manchester is the county seat of Delaware County and this is their courthouse. Looking at the Wikipedia entry for the county, I found the following and have to wonder about the rest of the story.
It was named in honor of Delaware Senator John M. Clayton, who also has another Iowa county, Clayton County, named in his honor.
Clayton and Delaware county share a common border but I really haven't seen why this part of the state chose to honor the Senator and Secretary of State from Delaware and his state by taking their name.

Setting aside the county name curiosity for a moment, this is truly a beautiful building.

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