Preparation, Iowa

Preparation is a ghost town in Monona County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.

History

Preparation was founded in 1853 by a commune of Mormons led by Charles B. Thompson.[1] The community was named from their belief that life on Earth was a preparation for the afterlife.[2] A post office was established at Preparation in 1854, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1904.[3]

The site of Preparation is now a part of Preparation Canyon State Park.[1]

gollark: Hmm, this is quite slow, initiating hacking into random IoT devices for more computing power.
gollark: Initiating osmarks.tk compute cluster™.
gollark: I heard it was quite large.
gollark: I'm aware of the APPLICABLE PLASTICITY project, but we don't seem to have had much success with current approaches.
gollark: Anyway, this means we're SEVERELY overdue for the next "meme".

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