Mattock Cabin - Arnolds Park, IA
N 43° 22.385 W 095° 07.544
15T E 327784 N 4804440
The cabin, where James Mattock, his wife, five children, and Mr. Robert Madison lived, was destroyed and the people burned within by Inkpadutah of the Sioux tribe.
Waymark Code: WMBCX9
Location: Iowa, United States
Date Posted: 05/07/2011
Views: 24
The text of the marker reads in full “Site of Mattock Cabin, Cabin Burned and Family Killed by Indians, 1857. Erected by Ladies of the Lake Chapter DAR, 1928.”
“The cabin, where James Mattock, his wife, five children, and Mr. Robert Madison lived, was destroyed and the people burned within by Inkpadutah of the Sioux tribe. After the attack at the Gardner cabin, and taking Abbie as prisoner, the Indians retraced their path past the Mattock cabin, which was still burning with the screaming victims inside.” (Taken from brochure of Ladies of the Lake Chapter, NSDAR, Spirit Lake.)
The stone marker is located on Highway 71 at the Four Seasons Motel just south of the bridge.
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