Charles City in Floyd County, Iowa — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Andres Memorial Park

Photographed by Michael Herrick, May 16, 2017

1. Andres Memorial Park Marker

Inscription. Andres Memorial Park
Winnebago Indian Encampment Area
Park of Village of Freeman – 1853
McKinley School Site
1871 to 1968
Destroyed by Tornado May 15, 1968
Original McKinley Schoolbell used as
Memorial to
Leonard & Matilda Andres

Erected 1937.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Disasters.

Location. 43° 3.749′ N, 92° 40.704′ W. Marker is in Charles City, Iowa, in Floyd County. It is at the intersection of Gibert Street (U.S. 18) and Hildreth Street, on the left when traveling north on Gibert Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Charles City IA 50616, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Iowa. It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 14 miles of this marker,

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measured as the crow flies: Floyd County Veterans Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Main Street Bridge (approx. 0.3 miles away); Original Mill Wheel (approx. 0.3 miles away); Farmer's Trust and Savings Bank (approx. 0.3 miles away); 1968 Tornado Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Charles City Veterans Monument (approx. 0.4 miles away); Dana Park (approx. 0.8 miles away); Greene Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial (approx. 13.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Charles City.

Also see . . .
1. Charles City Tornado May 15, 1968 - News Report on You Tube. (Submitted on June 3, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
2. May 1968 tornado outbreak on Wikipedia. (Submitted on June 6, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)

Photographed by Michael Herrick, May 16, 2017

2. Andres Memorial Park Marker

Andres Memorial Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, May 16, 2017

3. Andres Memorial Park

Credits. This page was last revised on June 6, 2017. It was originally submitted on June 3, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 578 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 3, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. 3. submitted on June 6, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.