It all started a few years ago when Mt. Pleasant resident Doug Harrison and his son, Troy, were digging around their garage and uncovered a 1947 Iowa license plate.  They thought it was pretty cool, so they tacked it up on their garage wall, as many people do.

Then came an auction at an auto dealership that was going out of business. Doug likes going to auctions to see what he can scruff up. In addition to some old cars that caught his attention, there were a couple of old license plates.

Without putting much thought into it, Doug bid on the plates, and was the top bidder, maybe the only bidder. He tucked the plates away in his garage and forgot about them.