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● Underground Railroad resources may
be present, as evidenced by John historic Markers in the IVSB Corridor
Brown’s visit to the Marengo area in
1859. Name of Resource Supporting information Town
Jumbo Artesian Commemorates enormous artesian well in the middle of town. Belle Plaine
Well Fountain
MARkERS AND MONUMENTS
Jumbo Artesian This large granite boulder marker is at the location of an artesian well that ran amok Belle Plaine
Monuments typically include markers to Well Marker for 14 months beginning in 1886.
commemorate people and events. The IVSB McLaury Civil War Honoring Edmund McLaury, whose two brothers were killed in the shootout at the Belle Plaine
Memorial
O.K. Corral.
contains a number of historic markers. In
addition to those listed on the table, Belle Heidel Memorial Erected in 1912 to commemorate the death of a young man in a hunting accident in Middle
Marker
the Amana community.
Amana
Plaine has a collection of five outdoor Life-sized bronze statue pays homage to the Iowa Butter lady, Toledo native Norma
wall murals, all representing items of local Butter Cow and Calf Duffy Lyon, who, for 45 years carved a large, detailed butter sculpture for the Iowa Toledo
Statue
interest or history. Three are painted on the State Fair.
side of commercial buildings and one on a Lincoln Highway Original concrete post marks the highway’s location. Placed by Boy Scouts in 1928 Chelsea,
at 2,400 locations along portions of its route, dedicated to the memory of Abraham
grain bin. The other is a sculpted, 18-x-25-ft markers Lincoln. Few remain at their original locations today. Toledo
brick mural downtown, the largest of its kind Lincoln Highway Red, white and blue blazes on utility poles mark the highway’s location. throughout
in the state. There are a number of outdoor blazes
interpretive panels in the Amanas as well. Leander Clark Commemorates this predecessor of modern Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Toledo
College Bell college, first called Western then Leander Clark, was present here from 1881-1919.
Burma Shave signs Alongside the Lincoln Highway, these recreated signs evoke times past. Montour
Marengo City Park Recently placed by the State Historical Society of Iowa, this marker commemorates Marengo
marker the visit of abolitionist John Brown to the area on his way across Iowa in 1859.