Iowa

The Hawkeye State

"Is this heaven?"
"No, it's Iowa."
From "The Field of Dreams"

When I was first asked if I would go work in Iowa, I thought, "Why?"
I was under the impression that Iowa was nothing but flat corn
fields. Well, not the northeast corner. Check out the photos below.

Steam Engine at Boone, Iowa

Bridges of Madison County, Iowa

Imes Bridge 1870	Cutler-Donahoe 1871	Holliwell Bridge 1880	John Wayne's Birthplace	Cedar Bridge 1883	Roseman Bridge 1883	Hogback Bridge 1884

   What, you may be wondering, is a picture of John Wayne's birthplace doing in the middle of all of these bridges.
Well, it is real simple; that is where it belongs. The covered bridges of Madison County are located all around the
small town of Winterset, Iowa;  John Wayne's birthplace. I know, it is a real shocker that the biggest, baddest
cowboy of them all, was born in, of all places, a small south-western Iowa town. That was almost as bad as
finding out that Bill Cody was born on the Mississippi River at La Claire, Iowa.

Trivia Time!

    Did you see the movie "The Bridges of Madison County"? Well, you are one up on me because I have not seen it.
Do I know which bridge was used for the movie? You betcha! Do you? When you think you know the answer or
you just give up or don't really care to hazard a guess, click on the question mark for the answer.