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By Cosmos Mariner, June 28, 2021
Sweet Corn Day Festival Mural
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1 ► Iowa, Benton County, Vinton — Sweet Corn Day Festival — Vinton, Iowa — 1929 - 1959 —
On A Avenue just north of West 4th Street, on the right when traveling north.
When ground was broken in November of 1879 for the S.H. Watson Canning Company, it was the beginning of Vinton's identity as the "Corn Canning Capital of the World". Eventually, the Vinton canning industry grew to be the largest in the Midwest. It . . . — — Map (db m176268) HM
2 ► Iowa, Benton County, Vinton — Iowa Canning Co. Seed House — “First canning plant west of the Mississippi” —
On 1st Avenue (State Highway 150) at West 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north on 1st Avenue.
National Register of Historic Places March 12, 2012 — — Map (db m239600) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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