Wilton, IA WB Rest Area I-80 exit 270 in 8K

This is one of a new generation Iowa rest area. This Westbound rest area was Completed in August 1999 on I-80 at mile post 270.

The Main art work out front of the rest area is titled Harvest. On top of these metal cylinders we have art work depicting Iowa's natural resources, agriculture, industry, education, and cultural, heritage.

Inside the rest area has the common area to sit down with a bench. If you need to make a phone call you can do that. Even got a little area for you to put your laptop down to work on with the available WiFi.

The land on which Iowa City is located was a wilderness when it was selected and surveyed for the capital of the Territory of Iowa In 1839. Iowa City served as capital for sixteen years. The Constitution of 1857 moved the capital to the present day Des Moines.

In 1856, some 1,300 Mormon converts from Europe, reached the railroad "End-of-Track" in Iowa City. Their money exhausted, Brigham Young declared: Let them come on foot, with hand-carts or wheel-barrows, let them gird up their loins, and walk through and nothing shall hinder them.

The Mormons encamped at what is now Coralville, IA while awaiting the completion of their handcarts. The first company of 226 Mormons set out bravely from Coralvale on June 7, pushing or Pulling their carts though Iowa. It joined the Mormon trail of 1846 at Lewis and crossed the Missouri River north of Council Bluffs. The Mormon Bridge at North Omaha stands as a symbol to their trek across Iowa.

Meanwhile, two other companies followed close on the heels of the first handcart Expedition, all three reaching Salt Lake City safely before cold weather set in. The fourth and fifth handcart companies suffered untold hardships and death before they reached their Zion present-day Utah.

We will check out the trail at the rest area. These less developed route you can see the local plant and bird life of Eastern Iowa. This trail is a little on the shorter side, the other spur is longer.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_Bridge_(Omaha)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigham_Young

https://www.dcaapp.com/

https://iowaculture.gov/iowa-culture/blog/freedom-trail

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