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Horace Towner - Anti Damming:

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Horace M. Towner was the House representative of Iowa. He wanted to preserve the eternal beauty of the valley and pleaded with his colleagues saying “dish washing is not the only use for water, nor lumber for trees, nor pasture for grass.”

by Anoushka Bose, Junior Division, Individual Website