Speaking of Maquoketa – and I was at least blogging recently about one of Iowa’s hardest towns to spell – there is news that this eastern Iowa city’s Banowetz Antiques, one of the best antique dealers in the state, is downsizing so the owners can have more free time. Certainly understandable. Apparently they’ll still operate their lovely B&B in town, the Squiers Manor, in an 1882 brick Queen Anne-style manse, which is full of their antiques. (And it is Squiers not Squires – although it’s fit for a squire. It’s named after a man name J.E. Squiers.) I’ll never forget how tolerant they were when we brought a baby with us during one stay.
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