Fourteen thousand years ago the spot on which you are standing was covered under a mile-high ice sheet. The fourth Wisconsin glacier carved the cluster of lakes into Northwest Iowa. While this north-south cut is typical of glacial lakes, West . . . — — Map (db m142094) HM
Near Circle Drive north of Miriam Lane, on the right when traveling north.
This is the site of the famous
"Spirit Lake Massacre,"
a violent conflict in March 1857 that led to the deaths of 36 settlers. Survivor Abbie Gardner (thirteen years old at the time of the massacre) returned to Arnolds Park and purchased the . . . — — Map (db m233751) HM
On Lake Street, 0.2 miles north of Okoboji Grove Road.
American Indians called the Lakes Region home for thousands of years. They were enticed to the lakes for many reasons: the tallgrass prairie provided ample grazing for an abundance of buffalo and elk; the lakes were a flyway for flocks of . . . — — Map (db m142095) HM
On Monument Drive at Miriam Lane, on the right when traveling south on Monument Drive.
The pioneer settlers named below were massacred by Sioux Indians March 8 to 13 1857. This barbarous work was commenced near this spot and continued to Springfield now Jackson Minn.
Robert Clark ·
Rowland Gardner ·
Frances . . . — — Map (db m245504) HM
On Lake Street, 0.2 miles north of Okoboji Grove Road.
The Lakes Region was settled in the 1850's. By 1884, small towns had developed and two railroads: The Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern; and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Pal laid tracks into the area. As hotels were built around the lakes, . . . — — Map (db m142093) HM
On Lake Street, 0.2 miles north of Okoboji Grove Road.
In 1889, a water toboggan slide near this pier was the beginning of the Arnolds Park Amusement Park. Toboggans and wool swim suits could be rented by the day.
Over the next century, the area, named after pioneer developer Wesley Arnold, . . . — — Map (db m142092) HM
On Hill Avenue just south of 18th Street (U.S. 71), on the right when traveling south.
In Memoriam Honoring our Veterans of Dickinson County, both Men and Women. “America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” Abraham . . . — — Map (db m238889) WM
On Hill Avenue at 18th Street (U.S. 71), on the right when traveling north on Hill Avenue.
This property is listed in The National Register of Historic Places Iowa State Historical Department Division of Historic Preservation — — Map (db m238671) HM
On 18th Street (U.S. 71) at Hill Avenue, on the left when traveling west on 18th Street.
This tablet marks the spot where the people of this community were sheltered during the Indian Uprising of 1861 and 1862
Dedicated to the pioneer men and women of Dickinson County — — Map (db m233805) HM
Near 340th Avenue (County Highway N22) 0.3 miles north of 110th Street, on the left when traveling north.
State Line Congregation, Augustana Synod was organized April 11, 1871. A number of families had been active in the State Line Trustee District of the Estherville Lutheran Church. In 1887 these two groups organized the Union State Line Lutheran . . . — — Map (db m232785) HM
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America — — Map (db m64846) HM
On Buckeye Street at Highland Drive, on the left when traveling north on Buckeye Street.
From its earliest platting to the most recent times, building on North Buckeye Street has been a reflective barometer of the attitudes and economy of Abilene. Though the original town and business district were due south of the Union Pacific . . . — — Map (db m49296) HM
On 1st Street at Vine Street, on the right when traveling west on 1st Street.
Completed in 1880 the Lebold Mansion was built by C.H. Lebold a local banker, realtor, politician, and entrepreneur. Lebold chose the site of Abilene's first log cabin to build his 23 room home of rough hewn brown limestone blocks, from Russell . . . — — Map (db m49550) HM
On Buckeye Avenue near 8th Street, on the left when traveling north.
The Abilene community would have taken a much different shape had it not been for the influence of C. L. Brown. Known as an industrialist, utilities magnate, financier, philanthropist, and organizing genius, Brown was responsible for the formation . . . — — Map (db m48496) HM
On 1st Street at Cedar Street, on the left when traveling west on 1st Street.
This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Heritage Home
1885
Association — — Map (db m43949) HM
General of the Army
Rank awarded December 20, 1944
"I cannot let this day pass
without telling the fighting
men···that my fondest boast
shall always be: I was their
fellow-soldier."
Address to the American Soldier
February . . . — — Map (db m43941) HM
To this homestead Divine providence brought David Jacob Eisenhower and Ida Stover Eisenhower. They lived in piety and Christian service, brought sons into the world, and taught them the ways of righteousness, of charity to all men and reverence to . . . — — Map (db m49630) HM WM
On North Pine Street, on the right when traveling north.
Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal and Works Progress Administration was the basis for the construction of Abilene's swimming pool, stadium, rose garden, and other buildings located in this park. This park project under the WPA was one of thirty such . . . — — Map (db m49551) HM
On North Pine Street, on the left when traveling north.
Dedicated in August, 1981, during the 100th anniversary observance of the Abilene Municipal Band, in honor of Mr. Royer's 60 years as a dedicated and talented director of this band.
By resolution of the Abilene City Commission . . . — — Map (db m49556) HM
At the end of the Civil War when millions of longhorns were left on the plains of Texas without a market, the Union Pacific was building west across Kansas. Joseph McCoy, an Illinois stockman, believed these cattle could be herded north for . . . — — Map (db m43945) HM
On NW 3rd Street at Walnut Street, on the left when traveling west on NW 3rd Street.
A familiar trend of the early Abilene days was for a local businessman to have interests in several aspects of the economy. One such pioneer Abilene merchant was John Edward Johntz. He, along with other noteable businessmen of the time, had an . . . — — Map (db m49533) HM
On Buckeye Avenue (State Highway 15) at 11th Street, on the right when traveling north on Buckeye Avenue.
Seelye House
Built 1905
Abilene Register of
Historic Places
Abilene Heritage Commission
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Heritage . . . — — Map (db m49330) HM
On 1st Street at Vine Street, on the right when traveling west on 1st Street.
The log cabin of
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy F. Hersey
Birthplace of Abilene's
first white child.
A station on the
Overland and Butterfield Stage Lines
Mrs. Hersey named the town Abilene
Luke III.I — — Map (db m49549) HM
On SE 5th Street east of Buckeye Avenue (Kansas Highway 15), on the right when traveling east.
This barn was constructed in 1873 by T.C. Henry, the first Mayor of Abilene. The structure was moved to this site in 1961. It was donated to Old Abilene Town by Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Cruse. — — Map (db m64840) HM
On West 1st Street at Cedar Street, on the left when traveling west on West 1st Street.
Of Cattle Trade Days extending West from Cedar Street to the Mud Creek Ford. Both sides were lined with Saloons, Gambling Houses, Dance Halls and a few Stores, including Karotowski's General Store and The Pioneer Store One Block West.
This . . . — — Map (db m43948) HM
On Buckeye Avenue (State Highway 15) at Texas Street, on the left when traveling north on Buckeye Avenue.
This post commemorates and marks the first terminus of the old Chisholm Cattle Trail, which extended from Brownsville, Texas, some 1,000 miles to the south. This post is identical to 400 Trail posts placed across Oklahoma (Indian Territory) by Bob . . . — — Map (db m49632) HM
On Cedar Street at NW 4th Street, on the left when traveling north on Cedar Street.
has been placed on the
National Historic Register
by the United States
Department of the Interior
and on the
Register of Historic Kansas Places
by the State of Kansas — — Map (db m49525) HM
On NW 3rd Street at Cedar Street, on the right when traveling west on NW 3rd Street.
Completed in 1903, this building once was owned by T.E. Dewey and was known as the Brady Building. In 1904, following a disastrous flood, the building was sold to Cleyson L. Brown, Abilene entrepreneur whose many enterprises provided employment for . . . — — Map (db m49529) HM
On 2650th Avenue, 0.2 miles east of Red Road, on the left when traveling east.
Established by
Fr. Dumortier, frontier missionary
First Mass December, 1864
Catholic mission for
Irish Settlers and Native Americans
Used as a school and community
meeting place
Destroyed by tornado on June 11, 2008 . . . — — Map (db m90507) HM
The Butterfield Overland Dispatch was organized by Col. David Butterfield in early 1865 to carry freight and passengers from Atchison, Kansas to Denver, Colorado (via the 592 mile long Smoky Hill route). Relay stations were built every twelve . . . — — Map (db m90427) HM
On Marshall Street at 4th Street (Old U.S. 40), on the left when traveling south on Marshall Street.
The grateful members of the American Legion Post 240 dedicate this monument to keep alive the memories of all men and women who served the United States of America in peace and war — — Map (db m90425) WM
On Broadway at Hawley Street, on the left when traveling south on Broadway.
This monument is dedicated to the men and women who gave of themselves and far too often their lives to foster and perpetuate the American dream.
To those who conceived our Constitution, those who wrote it, and those who fashioned the quills. . . . — — Map (db m49723) WM
On U.S. Highway 77 (U.S. 56) 0.1 miles south of Wind Road, on the right when traveling south.
The 34th president of the United States, Dwight David Eisenhower, grew up in Dickinson County. His parents, David and Ida Eisenhower, moved to Hope, about 10 miles west of here, in 1885. There, the Eisenhowers opened a general merchandise store . . . — — Map (db m236561) HM
On U.S. 56/77, 0.1 miles south of Wind Road, on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
In 1540 Francisco Vasquez de Coronado marched north from Mexico with 300 Spaniards in search of the "Seven Golden Cities of Cibola." With them were several priests, including Juan de Padilla, a Franciscan friar. When the golden cities proved to be . . . — — Map (db m49674) HM
Native limestone and benchmark from the Herington Rock Island Depot that was on the State Register of Historic Places. Razed - March 23, 1988. — — Map (db m49675) HM
On North Broadway near Vine Street, on the left when traveling north.
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Delbert LeRoy Trube Jr
PFC - US Marine Corps
Aug 18 1947 - Mar 5 1966
Dennis Leon Anderson
Lt JG - US Navy
Oct 24 1942 - Jan 11 1968
Jimmie Lester Todd
MSgt- US Army
15 Engr Bn 9 Inf Div
Sep 6 1930 - . . . — — Map (db m49724) WM
On Strole Street near 3rd Street, on the right when traveling east.
The Navarre Church of the Brethren was organized in 1869 at a site approximately 850 feet east of here. The last service was a homecoming August 19, 2001. The church bell was donated and moved to Navarre Cemetery in 2005. — — Map (db m49655) HM
Ten miles ahead is Abilene, first of the major cattle trail towns of Kansas, and famed in the story of the Cowtown West. Following the Civil War, millions of Longhorn cattle were stranded on Texas ranges. Beef-eating Northerners were hungry and the . . . — — Map (db m55320) HM
On East 4th Street (Old U.S. 40) at 2200 Avenue, in the median on East 4th Street.
Shady Lane Drive was restored as a bicentennial community project, coordinated by the Quivera Club of Solomon. Beginning in November, 1974, funds were raised, the old trees were removed, a new road was built and trees were planted. The lane was . . . — — Map (db m152518) HM
On East Ludington Street at Iron Mountain Street, on the right when traveling west on East Ludington Street.
While in Iron Mountain on Business during 1901, Andrew Carnegie saw the need for a library on the Menominee Iron Range which was then a prospering area. He donated $15,000 for this building. Serving the community for over seventy years, the . . . — — Map (db m106021) HM
Near Kent Street west of Fairbanks Street/Carpenter Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
When the E. P. Allis Company of Milwaukee built this pump in 1890/91, it was heralded as the nation’s largest steam-driven pumping engine. On January 3, 1893, the massive engine, designed by Edwin C. Reynolds, began lifting two hundred tons of water . . . — — Map (db m143663) HM
On South Stephenson Avenue (U.S. 2) at East C Street, on the right when traveling north on South Stephenson Avenue.
Dickinson County
In 1873, John Lane Buell exposed one of the richest deposits of iron ore in the world. His discovery, known as the Menominee Iron Range, led to the development of the area and the subsequent creation of Dickinson County in . . . — — Map (db m106022) HM
On Kent Street at Fairbanks Street/Carpenter Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Kent Street.
Iron Mining began on the Menominee range in 1879, and soon after the first Italians arrived. They were primarily from Piedmont, Trentino, Lombardy, Venetia, Abruzzo Molise, Latium, Friuli, Calabria, Sicily, Emilia-Romagna, and Liguria. By 1910 they . . . — — Map (db m143660) HM
Near Kent Street just west of Fairbanks Street/Carpenter Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Restoration and preservation of this Cornish Pumping Engine, the largest ever built in the nation, was made possible largely through the efforts of James and Ida Goulette of Iron Mountain. In a life time of service to his fellow citizens, Jim was a . . . — — Map (db m143668) HM
On Blaine Street at Millie Street, on the right when traveling west on Blaine Street.
Maria Santissima Immacolata di Lourdes
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Italian immigrants came to Iron Mountain to work in the iron mines. In 1890, Italian Catholics from the community’s north side organized what was . . . — — Map (db m106024) HM
On East Ludington Street at Iron Mountain Street, on the right when traveling west on East Ludington Street.
Robert C. Hoyle, native of Iron Mountain and a prominent local businessman, was founder of this flourishing historical museum complex. He started at age fifteen to collect artifacts and archival materials relating to Menominee Iron Range history. It . . . — — Map (db m106020) HM
Near North Stephenson Avenue (U.S. 2) 0.2 miles south of Lake Antione Road.
Inventor John T. Jones of Iron Mountain recognized the economic potential of the low-grade iron ore of the Upper Peninsula. He developed a method for processing the ore and built an experimental furnace in 1908, named for his daughter Ardis, to test . . . — — Map (db m226633) HM
