History of Madison County Iowa

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Home of the Photographic Covered Bridges....
History of
Madison County, Iowa
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New!
60-Page Book
Early days in Madison County, IA, are recalled through colorful tales and factual data in this brand new 60-page booklet, a reprint of the hard-to-find booklet,
Scenic Madison County, Iowa
, compiled by Lloyd H. Smith in 1961, plus an excerpt from the rare 1938 WPA book, Iowa, a
Guide to the Hawkeye State
.
This 11" x 8.5" spiral bound booklet, titled Madison County, Iowa, USA, is one of over 750 booklets we have reproduced, all preserving the writings of early historians.  We've printed it on quality paper with the 3-color front cover protected with a vinyl sheet.
This information in this booklet, written at least thirty years before Robert James Waller wrote his famous love story, offers a broad background for the location of
The Bridges of Madison County
.
Subjects include:
Covered Bridge Capital, Home of Delicious Apple; the county courthouse; making lime and bricks; Winterset City Park; History of Monumental Park; Pammel State Park; Old Mills; Rattlesnakes; Cemateries; and other bits of history and trivia. Illustrations include: the 1850 courthouse; the 1868 courthouse; and the 1876 courthouse; the first stone house, built in 1854 by Caleb Clark; an 1861 stone house; an example of how old stone masons turned corners; Ross Rogers atop a stone tower memorial; Roseman Bridge and 6 other covered bridges; Old North River Stone Schoolhouse from 1874; the Clark Tower, a shelter house and a log cabin in Winterset City Park; Monumental Park; an old millwheel, a former water tunnel, shelter house and Old Backbone Mill in Pammel State Park; Griswold Mill on Grand River; and several pictures.
The WPA excerpt concerns Winterset and Pammel State Park.
Wouldn't this make a great gift!