Shetland Ponies for Sale near What Cheer, IA

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Shetland Pony Mare
Louise is a quiet little pony, she loves attention & kids. My 2 youngest k..
Victor, Iowa
Shetland Pony
Mare
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Victor, IA
IA
$300
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About What Cheer, IA

Robert Forsyth, born in Kilmarnock, Scotland, came to America in 1857, and made his way to Rock Island, Illinois, where he arrived penniless. He worked for most of a decade as a coal miner before coming to Petersburg, the future What Cheer. In the 1870s, he began buying coal lands around town, mostly on credit. When the railroad came to town, he leased his land to the coal companies and bought into a local drug store, eventually operating stores in What Cheer, Mystic and Jerome, Iowa. Other Scots from the Kilmarnock region ( Ayrshire) also settled in the area.