Recently I went on a walking tour in Sioux City sponsored by the local public museum and hosted by Tom Munson, an archivist and historian with the Sioux City Public Museum. After a walk through the Peirce Mansion, a historic home in Sioux City, Munson talked about John Peirce and other early settlers and “movers and shakers” of Sioux City history. Siouxland is replete with history throughout its region having been settled in the mid-1800’s by those looking west from the East Coast for another start in life. John Peirce was one those early settlers and land speculator in the early days of Sioux City.
A portrait of John Peirce hangs in a formal sitting room as visitors explore the Peirce Mansion and talk with volunteers about restorations and the history of it in Sioux City, Iowa, Thursday July 13, 2017. (photo by Jerry L Mennenga©)
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- Visitors head into the Peirce Mansion to see restorations and then learn history about it and the surrounding Jackson Street area in Sioux City, Iowa, Thursday July 13, 2017. (photo by Jerry L Mennenga©)
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- Rooms in the Peirce Mansion have been restored to period representation in Sioux City, Iowa, Thursday July 13, 2017. (photo by Jerry L Mennenga©)
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- A children’s room in the Peirce Mansion in Sioux City, Iowa, Thursday July 13, 2017. (photo by Jerry L Mennenga©)
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- Possibly servant quarters for the Peirce Mansion in Sioux City, Iowa, Thursday July 13, 2017. (photo by Jerry L Mennenga©)
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- Visitors explore a former ballroom in the upper part of the Peirce Mansion in Sioux City, Iowa, Thursday July 13, 2017. (photo by Jerry L Mennenga©)
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- A single staircase leads visitors up and down the history of the Peirce Mansion in Sioux City, Iowa, Thursday July 13, 2017. (photo by Jerry L Mennenga©)
Munson took his group of about 150-200 people through a walking tour of Peirce’s built home in which he never actually lived throughout the neighborhood and talks about the interconnecting lives of those early financiers who helped build Sioux City. The 2-3 block walk showed off changing styles of architecture as well as come colorful history of the city’s founder’s and those who helped propel it to success in it’s early days.
Jerry Mennenga
Sioux City, Iowa
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- Sioux City Public Museum archives manager Tom Munson talks about the history of Peirce Mansion and the surrounding area as he retells the early history and its leaders of Sioux City, Iowa, Thursday July 13, 2017. (photo by Jerry L Mennenga©)
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- Sioux City Public Museum archives manager Tom Munson talks about the history of the Jackson Street area and of early city movers and shakers and the homes that lined the street during a tour of the area in Sioux City, Iowa, Thursday July 13, 2017. (photo by Jerry L Mennenga©)
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- Sioux City Public Museum archives manager Tom Munson talks about the architectural history of the homes surrounding the Jackson Street area during a tour in Sioux City, Iowa, Thursday July 13, 2017. (photo by Jerry L Mennenga©)
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- Sioux City Public Museum archives manager Tom Munson talks about the early history of the movers and shakers of Sioux City, Iowa, Thursday July 13, 2017 as he leads a tour around the Jackson Street area. (photo by Jerry L Mennenga©)
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