Don Radda of Washington, Iowa, put all arguments to rest in the 1940s when officials from various Midwestern states claimed they were the tall corn state. In 1946 Don grew a stalk of corn 31 feet and 7/8ths inch tall. It still stands as the world record.
Hence the Washington (Iowa) County Fair this year has erected [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Washington’
July 17, 2009
Iowa – The Tall Corn State
April 18, 2008
Youth Centers and Christian Rock
Through the years I’ve written about several youth centers that opened in Eastern Iowa, only to close in a year or two because the kids quit coming or enough volunteers couldn’t be found to run the place.
Today’s Ramblin’ in The Gazette takes a look at another attempt at establishing a place where kids, sixth grade to [...]
April 4, 2008
Tractors and More Tractors
If you’re in the market for an antique tractor or just like to look at them and the weather is nice the next two Saturdays, you might want to visit an Eastern Iowa tractor auction.
More than 200 tractors will be auctioned off beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday (April 5) at 1692 Linn Grove Rd. north of Mount Vernon. I wrote [...]
