![]() One visitor recalled at least 20 people sleeping on the floor at one time in those very early days. The Albright home was a small, single story affair that became a general stopping place for travelers. Today this farm is Primghar’s city park and fairground. ![]() Along with others from Cedar County, he moved to the prairies of O’Brien in the spring of 1871 and staked a homestead in Highland Township. In 1865, he married Adaline McElwain and lived for time around Durant, Iowa. He participated in battles at Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Corinth. An observation in an old document commented that those who worked and lived so that the town would prosper all faced the town they loved in death.īorn in Danville, PA on September 22, 1839, Charles Albright migrated to Iowa and served in the Civil War with the second Iowa Infantry. Several headstones bearing the names of the founding families of Primghar lie in a row facing town. ![]() Pleasant Hill Cemetery - 5841 - 380th St, Primghar
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