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Founded by European fur traders and maintained by soldiers, Muscatine eventually bloomed and boomed thanks to the lumber harvesting and transporting industry. Many years passed with lumber as Muscatine's primary industry, that is until 1887, when German immigrant John F. Boepple came to the area in search of a suitable material for high quality buttons. After discovering that mussel shells from deep in the Mississippi made the perfect blank button forms, Muscatine quickly became the highest producer of buttons in the entire world, providing at its peak nearly 40% of the total buttons worldwide. Modern day Muscatine is no longer focused on lumber or buttons but has moved onto to tourism to draw in guests traveling for business and pleasure alike.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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