Welcome to Muscatine, IA - The Pearl of the Mississippi
N 41° 28.716 W 090° 59.775
15T E 667297 N 4593826
Welcome to Muscatine, IA sign along Highway 61
Waymark Code: WM97ZC
Location: Iowa, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2010
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The name Muscatine is unusual in that it is not used by any other city in the United States. A button company was founded in 1884 by a German immigrant producing buttons by punching them out of clam shells harvested from the Mississippi River. Muscatine was known as the "Pearl Button Capital of the World." Hole-punched clam shells can still be found along the riverfront.
The locals claim the many produce stands provide shoppers with high quality garden produce during summer.
Type of community: Town
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