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Submitted by bat400 on Saturday, 16 January 2010  Page Views: 4957

MuseumsSite Name: Sanford Museum Alternative Name: Sanford Museum and Planetarium
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 93.225 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The Plains Type: Museum
 Nearest Village: Cherokee, Iowa
Latitude: 42.750400N  Longitude: 95.5503W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Museum in Cherokee County, Iowa.
In addition to its focus on Natural History and historic Iowa, the Sanford Museum has displays on the region's prehistory, including artifacts from the first "Iowans". The museum is also the host of the Northwest Chapter of the Iowa Archeological Society.

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Cherokee, Cherokee County, IA.
Cherokee, Cherokee County, IA.
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June 1974 Cherokee, Iowa

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Re: Sanford Museum by davidmorgan on Tuesday, 25 June 2013
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Re: Sanford Museum by Andy B on Saturday, 16 January 2010
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See also these articles about Iowan archaeology and the Mill Creek culture:

http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146413772
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