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West
Branch
Just north I-80 at exit
254, on your left before you enter West Branch, is the Herbert Hoover
National Historic Site.
Preserved by the National Park Service are the
small cottage where he was born in 1874, a replica of the blacksmith's
shop like the one his father owned and the Friends Meeting House (Quaker)
where the family worshipped.
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Also on the grounds are the first West Branch
schoolhouse, the Presidential Library and Museum and the graves of
President Hoover and his wife.
For more information, you may phone 1-319-643-2541 or visit the NPS
web site at Herbert
Hoover Site.
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