Editing Fontanelle, Iowa (section)

==History==
Fontanelle was [[plat]]ted in 1855,<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_hSFPAAAAYAAJ | title=History of Guthrie and Adair Counties, Iowa | publisher=Continental Historical Company | year=1884| pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_hSFPAAAAYAAJ/page/n922 936]}}</ref> by [[New York state]] native James C. Gibbs (1820–1907),<ref name=history1976>''Adair County History 1976'' {{ASIN|B002PE58MY}}</ref> who followed the arrival of a transient named Collins.<ref name=history1915/> In the summer of that year, Gibbs purchased lots on the northeast of the city square where he constructed a large log cabin. He brought his family there to live. Gibbs ran a hotel out of the log cabin briefly.<ref name=history1915/> He died in 1907, aged 86, and is buried with his wife, Phoebe, in Fontanelle Cemetery.<ref name=history1976/>

On August 23, 1871, Fontanelle was officially incorporated as a city.<ref>https://sos.iowa.gov/business/pdf/inccities.pdf</ref>

D. M. Valentine purchased lots immediately to the west of Gibbs', thus becoming the second settler.<ref name=history1915/>

The city is named for chief Logan Fontanelle of the Omaha tribe, son of the French fur trader Lucien Fontanelle of the [[American Fur Company]] and an Omaha tribeswoman.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n127 128]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.adaircountyiowa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Fontanelle_Community_Profile.pdf |title=Fontanelle Community Profile |access-date=2015-06-27 |archive-date=2015-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629063939/http://www.adaircountyiowa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Fontanelle_Community_Profile.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>