On our way to Wisconsin this June to meet with Cryslyn, we stopped at Montauk, the mansion of Iowa's 13th governor, William Larrabee. The mansion, near Clermont, Iowa, was built in 1874 and cost about $20,000 to construct.
In front of the house are four bronze statues portraying Generals Grant, Dodge, and Sherman, and Admiral Farragut. There are outbuildings for stables and cattle. The governor had peacocks, chickens, turkeys, and the first Swiss cattle imported to Iowa.
