Donna Reed was the wholesome girl next door featured in numerous films in the 1940s and 1950s, followed by a TV career that lasted decades. She is best known for her role as Mary Hatch Bailey in “It’s a Wonderful Life,” a holiday classic that has become a beloved and enduring part of American popular…
As you drive to the compost pile in Denison, you’ll see this small building, which at first, appears to be built of bricks, but when you take a closer look – it’s sided with Iowa license plates from 1933 ! Address: 1215 7th Ave, Denison, Iowa 51442 NOTE: this is private property, but the building…
Address: 2237 Yellow Smoke Road, Denison, Iowa Website: Yellow Smoke Park A 40-acre lake with camping, cabins, fishing, swimming and a 4-mile paved walking/biking trail named Wheels to Heals Trail. The lake is open to boats, electric trolling motors only, no gas motors.
For his service in the Black Hawk War, Lincoln received two land grants. Forty acres in Tama County and 120 acres in Crawford County. He never visited either location, however, during a visit to Grenville Dodge in Council Bluffs in 1859, he referred to his land here but did not have the time to see…