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The Lucretia Deering chapter, named for Mrs. Lucretia Deering, was organized November 28, 1927.  Mrs. Deering became a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution at Washington, D.C. while there with her husband, who served three terms in the United States Congress.  She was a member at large until her death in 1919. 

The Lucretia Deering chapter has placed two markers in their area to help keep history alive:

Student Hamlin Garland

Marker by Lucretia Deering Chapter DAR 1931

Location: In Mitchell county at Osage on the Old Cedar Valley Seminary building.

History: Hamlin Garland, a Pulitzer prize winning novelist was a student here in 1876-1881. He received his first literary inspiration here from which he produced his early fiction, poems, and middle border chronicles.

The Dragoons – Mitchell County

Marker by Lucretia Deering Chapter and Iowa Society DAR 1938
Location: In Mitchell County 1 mile north of Osage on US Highway 218. Marked on plaque affixed to a small boulder located on the northwest corner of the intersection of US Highway 218 and 370th Street.
History: Blazed in 1835 by the first U.S. Dragoons under the leadership of Colonel Stephen W. Kearney, a historical marker placed by the Iowa Society DAR shows the Dragoon route.