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Old Prairie Town at Ward-Meade (Courtesy FFNHA)
Anthony and Mary Jane Ward purchased this land in the 1850s and Anthony built a cabin and a shed for his wheelwright business. The ferry crossing was near their cabin and kept Anthony busy repairing wagon wheels for the immigrants. It was said that Mary Jane kept a candle burning in the window at night for travelers to find them. The mansion was completed in 1874. This would have been a familiar site to Curtis in his childhood and throughout his life.