February 6, 1825 – Teresa Feldevert’s husband of fourteen years – Nicholas Feldevert, an Iowa pioneer who went west during the Gold Rush of 1849/1850 – is born in Germany.
When Nicholas died in 1911, Teresa made plans to bring her husband’s cremated body back to Iowa City from Oregon to be buried at Oakland Cemetery. Which brings us now to the beginnings of Iowa City’s infamous – Black Angel!
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