North Side
Boone County
[Train crossing the Des Moines River]
East Side
"I will tell our kids about the hero you are . . .
and the hero who gave 150% for our Country"
SGT Daniel Sesker
South Side
Dwight and . . . — — Map (db m168820) WM
From this site on October 29, 1908, Iowa Suffragists marched downtown to rally for womens right to vote. The Boone Suffrage parade was the only one held in Iowa and one of the first in the U.S. It was organized by Rowena Edson Stevens, President . . . — — Map (db m286899) HM
Boone County was known in the early days for coal mines, which are what brought the railroad to the area. When planners of the Lincoln Highway were looking for the best route in Iowa, they often followed the railroad and it is hard to separate the . . . — — Map (db m287098) HM
In 1845 Peter Cassel and son C.J., with others of Kisa, Ostergotland, Sweden, founded New Sweden, IA, the first permanent Swedish-American settlement since the 17th century. Peter's February 1846 letter gave directions both to New Sweden and a . . . — — Map (db m287365) HM
