Eli Hoover Farm

Eli Hoover, 1880s

National Archives & Records Administration

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OPEN TO PUBLIC:

No

MANAGED BY:

Private

Herbert Hoover's grandfather Eli Hoover came to Iowa in 1854 and bought a farm one mile from West Branch, which at that time was no more than a small settlement. He was said to have been mechanically inclined, with a talent for invention- traits that he passed along to his son Jesse- Herbert Hoover's father.

The Eli Hoover home no longer stands on this private property.