EC0626

Small, fragile chapbook made for memorial day. Picture of union soldier on the cover and a mother and daughter on the back.

Not found on WorldCat.

What Cheer (pronounced 'WOT-cheer') is a city in Keokuk County, Iowa, United States. The population of this now-former coal town was 646 at the 2010 census, its lowest population in at least 130 years. What Cheer was founded in 1865 as Petersburg, named after Peter Britton, its founder. This name was rejected by the Post Office, forcing a change of name. Joseph Andrews, a major and veteran of the American Civil War suggested the name "What Cheer," and the town was officially renamed on December 1, 1879.