McGregor’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of McGregor. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗McGregor was founded as MacGregor's Landing in 1847 by Alexandar MacGregor of Clan Gregor, a descendant of Rob Roy MacGregor, and the area around MacGregor's Landing was settled by the extended family. In 1849 it was reported that the original MacGregor seal and signet were owned by Alex MacGregor. The Scots Gaelic clan seal was inscribed, "S' Riogal Mo Dhream/ Een dhn bait spair nocht", which was interpreted as "Royalty is my race / End do and spare not". The signet was a bloodstone from Loch Lomond, and was sketched by William Williams.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how McGregor’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBird's eye view of the city of Mc…, 1868: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10McGregor, decade by decade
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Bird's eye view of the city of McGregor and North McGregor, Clayton County, Iowa 1869 (1868) and it appears here side by side.
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