Excerpt from Iowa Historical Record: Volumes XVI, XVII and XVIII, 1900 1901 1902 The first classical school taught in Iowa was at Dubuque, in 1838 - 39, by C01. Thos. Hart Benton, the subject of this sketch. A female Seminary had been organized previously, taught by Mrs. King and her daughter, as teacher of Fench, Miss Louisa C. F. That young lady is the sole survivor of the teachers of the pioneer period; she is the relict of the late Hon. Thos. Hughes, of Iowa City, and has kept up her family reputation by giving to the State University, one of her daughters, bearing the mother's name, who is teacher of Latin in her Alma Mater. Though outside of our date we may here mention that the first Teachers' Institute held in Iowa, was in the year 1849, presided over by Dr. Pickard, then an early educator of Wisconsin, later president of S. U. I., now its most beloved citizen and President of the'state Historical Society of Iowa, at whose request we prepare this paper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.