Here is another collection of pictures of flowers from my Mom’s yard. These pictures were taken on June 10, 2021.
There are still more flower pictures to come.
I Don’t Think She’s In Love Anymore
Monthly Archives: October 2021
Warren County Auxiliary Images Vol. 3
This is the final set of peripheral images I took on my road trip with Shannon harvesting the town signs of Warren County. The last couple of pictures are from Maxwell that I took on my way back home. I stopped there because I still needed to photograph their Freedom Rock. They have a tank next to their Freedom Rock. Story County don’t play.
Martensdale
Churchville
Cumming
Summerset
Maxwell
It was a good trip and hopefully Shannon joins me for another town sign harvesting trip in the future.
Town Sign Project: Page County
A few weeks back I cruised around Page County on a solo town sign harvesting trip. I actually harvested the town signs of 3 different counties on this trip. Reaping the fruits of a slightly new harvesting plan. And you definitely reap what you sow.
Here are some facts about Page County:
+ The population is 15,211. The 50th most populous county in Iowa. Below Floyd County and above Hamilton County.
+ Clarinda is the largest town and county seat.
+ Named after Captain John Page who was killed in the Battle of Palo Alto in the Mexican-American War.
+ Birthplace of Glenn Miller.
+ Major highways are US-71, IA-2, US-59, and IA-48.
+ Adjacent counties are Montgomery, Taylor, and Fremont.
+ Population peaked in 25,904.
Page County has a beautiful courthouse:
The Page County Courthouse located in Clarinda, Iowa.
The Page County Freedom Rock is located in Clarinda, Iowa:
With Page County conquered, this is the updated Photography 139 Conquest Map:
PURPLE=COMPLETED
41 counties completed. 41.4% of the Cyclone State conquered.
Here are the town signs of Page County:
Clarinda, Iowa
CLARINDA
Population: 5,369 (-203)
Shenandoah, Iowa
Shenandoah
Our Pride is Growing…
Population: 4,925 (-225)
Essex, Iowa
ESSEX
EST 1870
Population: 722 (-76)
Coin, Iowa
Welcome To COIN
Est. 1879
Population: 176 (-17)
College Springs, Iowa
COLLEGE SPRINGS, IOWA
ESTABLISHED 1855
Population: 172 (-42)
Shambaugh, Iowa
Shambaugh
Small town, big heart
Est. 1881
Population: 159 (-32)
Braddyville, Iowa
BRADDYVILLE CITY HALL
Population: 147 (-12)
Yorktown, Iowa
WELCOME TO YORKTOWN
PAGE COUNTY
Population: 60 (-25)
Northboro, Iowa
WELCOME TO NORTHBORO
EST 1881
Population: 52 (-6)
Blanchard, Iowa
Welcome To BLANCHARD IA, 51630
Population: 38 (-9)
Hepburn, Iowa
Hepburn 2 ->
Population: 26 (+3)
The worst town sign of Page County is pretty obvious. Hepburn. They only have a DOT sign. Although Braddyville isn’t much better when the best I can come up for them is a City Hall sign.
I think the Best in Show sign is actually pretty obvious as well. It is the College Springs sign:
College Springs – Best in Show – Page County
College Springs has a really interesting history. It was once the home to Amity College. Amity College had a football team among other sports. According to the website lostcolleges.com, common opponents for their sports teams were Tabor College (remember them from last week) Corning Academy of Iowa, Creighton, Bellevue, Kirksville Osteopathic, Northwest Teachers, and Chillicothe Business College of Missouri. However, the also played The University of Missouri. In 1897, Amity College hosted Missouri. According to the same website that makes College Springs the smallest town to ever host a game involving a major college. However, the University of Missouri doesn’t seem to have a great online source for information on the early years of their football program. According to the Wikipedia “article” on the 1897 Missouri football season, that game was actually played in nearby Coin. I’m not sure which website I trust on that. The two websites also disagree on when the second matchup between the two teams happened. One list 1897. The other in 1898.
Also, if you look on the College Springs sign you will see what looks like an interesting slide. You will also see a sign that says Crystal Lake, 1918-1943. Those two things are connected. I can find hardly anything about that slide. However, I did find a few pictures of the slide on Flickr from 2009. If you Google College Spring, Iowa flickr you will find those pictures. Since those pictures are over 12 years old, I have no clue if the ruins of that old water park are still around. I have my doubts, but I might keep researching.
Only one town has an alternate sign:
Shenandoah – Alternate
Here is the current list of Best in Shows:
Best in Show – Adair County
Best in Show – Adams County
Best in Show – Audubon County
Best in Show – Benton County
Best in Show – Boone County
Best in Show – Butler County
Best in Show – Calhoun County
Best in Show – Carroll County
Best in Show – Cass County
Best in Show – Cerro Gordo County
Best in Show – Clarke County
Best in Show – Crawford County
Best in Show – Dallas County
Best in Show – Franklin County
Best in Show – Fremont County
Best in Show – Greene County
Best in Show – Grundy County
Best in Show – Guthrie County
Best in Show – Hamilton County
Best in Show – Hancock County
Best in Show – Hardin County
Best in Show – Humboldt County
Best in Show – Ida County
Best in Show – Jasper County
Best in Show – Lucas County
Best in Show – Madison County
Best in Show – Marion County
Best in Show – Marshall County
Best in Show – Montgomery County
Best in Show – Page County
Best in Show – Pocahontas County
Best in Show – Polk County
Best in Show – Poweshiek County
Best in Show – Sac County
Best in Show – Story County
Best in Show – Tama County
Best in Show – Union County
Best in Show – Warren County
Best in Show – Webster County
Best in Show – Worth County
Best in Show – Wright County
The next time we hit the open road for THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT we will end up in Taylor County.
WPC – WEEK 318 – PASSION
In the next few weeks I will be compiling a list of the next 52 themes. If you have ideas for me to consider, place it in the COMMMENTS section of this here journal entry. I might not use them, but I will definitely give them the consideration that they deserve. I like to swap out at least half the themes from year to year. For this year’s set of 52 themes, only Andy submitted submissions. Makes a guy kinda sad.
PASSION is a pretty abstract theme, so I wasn’t sure how good participation rates would be. However, there were several people that have a PASSION about their PASSION. And a couple people that texted me that they have no PASSION in their life and furthermore don’t even know anybody that has a PASSION in their life. I guess those people don’t know me and I’m not sure how they got my phone number. But don’t worry, they have been blocked and reported.
But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions:
Kio Dettman
Kio Dettman
Shannon Bardole-Foley
Kio Dettman
Tamara Peterson
Bill Wentworth
Christopher D. Bennett
Micky Augustin
Carla Stensland
Carla Stensland
Kim Barker
Jesse Howard
Jesse Howard
Mike Vest
But enough dwelling on the past. Time to look to the future. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future! This week’s theme:
GREEN
GREEN! What a great theme! But what is a GREEN image? Simply enough, a GREEN image is any image where the color GREEN is an important part of the compositional elements. It can be the main subject, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be. The word GREEN also has multiple meanings, if you want to explore that as well.
As you are considering your GREEN image, think on the following quote for inspiration:
Green in the prime color of the world, and that from which loveliness arises.
-Pedro Calderon de la Barca
RULES
The picture has to be taken between 12:01 PM today and 11 AM next Monday. This isn’t a curate your photos project. This is a get your butt off the couch (unless you are taking your picture from the couch) and take pictures challenge.
You can send your images to either bennett@photography139.com OR you may text them to my Pixel 5.
That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing our idea of GREEN in this place that tries to be as environmentally friendly as possible the next Monday.
Journal Entry #4,250
Can you believe that this is the 4,250th post in this crazy little thing called “An Artist’s Notebook’. 4,250 posts! It has been 5,549 days since I took keyboard in hand on August 9, 2006 and typed these words:
So here is the first journal entry.
The name of that first journal entry was “First Journal Entry”. I really started out with a bang!
What was that first journal entry?
A set of goals:
+ To write in this journal. Mission accomplished.
+ To be truthful. I’m sure there are some that would disagree, but I’m calling that mission accomplished.
+ To record my achievements and failures in the world of art. Mission accomplished.
+ To produce something that makes me “worthy” of having a pretentious sounding journal title like: “An Artist’s Notebook. Jury might still be out on that one.
In that first entry I also wrote about attending the Photography Salon Reception with Sara. I go on to complain about the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest and tell a tale about how Jay convinced me to enter the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest that year.
That was it. A simple beginning for a simple man. 5,549 days ago.
When I hit these milestones, I like to check in on a few statistics, to see how things are trending. I like statistics cause they seem to bring order to chaos. It is like the saying goes: “There are three types of lies: lies, damn lies and statistics.”
Here are some damn lying statistics.
I use “Categories” to help organize this blog. There are 194 of them and the 100 most used Categories can be found on the sidebar of every page on this website. The 100th most used Category is a 3 way tie amongst “Jaycees”, “Vacation”, and “DaeHee”. I’ve use those 3 Categories 65 times each. The 2 Categories that have the greatest shot at breaking into the Top 100 are “Kelly” at 61 current uses and “Town Sign Project” at 59 current uses.
These are the 10 Most Used Categories (Post 4000 Rank and entries):
10. Art – 408 (NR)
9. WPC – Submissions – 417 (8 – 381)
8. Mom – 422 (10 – 363)
7. Carla – 435 (7 – 391)
6. Portrait – 450 (5 -472)
5. Shannon – 458 (6 – 421)
4. Jesse – 529 (4 – 495)
3. Animals – 665 (3 – 620)
2. Flowers – 754 (2 – 693)
1. Black and White – 819 (1 – 698)
These are the 10 Most Used Not a Person Categories:
10. Photoshop – 368 (8 – 327)
9. Nature – 379 (6 – 349)
8. Macro – 390 (7 – 332)
7. Road Trip – 394 (9 – 326)
6. Art – 408 (10 – 314)
5. WPC – Submissions – 417 (5 – 381)
4. Portrait – 450 – (4 – 472)
3. Animals – 665 – (3 – 620_
2. Flowers – 754 – (2 – 693)
1. Black and White – 819 (1 – 698)
There are the 10 Most Used Person Categories (Post 4000 Rank and entries):
10. Vest – 274 (9 – 258)
9. Jen – 277 (10 – 254)
8. Willy – 278 (8 – 268)
7. Derrick – 311 (7 – 295)
6. Jay – 329 (6 – 320)
5. Teresa – 405 (4 – 364)
4. Mom – 422 (5 – 363)
3. Carla – 435 (3 – 391)
2. Shannon – 458 (2 – 421)
1. Jesse – 529 (1 – 495)
The Non Person Categories most likely to break into the Top Ten are “Naima” at 323, “Formal Portrait” at 320, and “Candid Portrait” at 303.
The Person Categories that are most likely to break into the Top Ten are “Kim” at 263, “Logan” at 248, “Sara” and “Micky” both at 239.
After 750 posts, “Photography”, “Friends”, and “Life” were my three most used Categories. I’ve since tried to de-centralize those Categories and they have fallen. I’m trying to do the same with “Portrait”, so It should eventually fall out of the Top Ten as well.
After 1,000 posts, “Jay”, Jesse”, and “Shannon” were the most used Person Categories.
After 1,500 posts, “Jesse”, “Jay”, and “Shannon” were the most used Person Categories”.
After 2,500 posts, “Jesse, “Teresa”, and “Shannon” were the most used Person Categories. It was the same after 3000 posts.
After 4,000 posts, Top 3 had changed to “Jesse”, “Shannon”, and “Carla”. I’ll be curious to see where these number are in another 250 posts.
If you are wondering how to increase your Category usage, it is simple. Submit to THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Be a photo assistant. Show up in THE SELFIE PROJECT. Go on road trips with me. It doesn’t hurt to be related to me either.
But this is a photography online journal, so let’s look at what are the most popular images and galleries on my website?
Most Popular Photography 139 Galleries of the last 365 days:
#10 Weekly Photo Challenge – HOF – 25,192 Views
#8 Christopher D. Bennett 31,665 Views
#7 9 Emotions Project 49,215 Views
#4 Town Sign Project 72,850 Views
#3 Weekly Photo Challenge – Year 8 82,681 Views
At post 4,000 The most popular album was “WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – YEAR 7”. #2. Was “Christopher D. Bennett”. #3. was “9 Emotions Project”. I’m impressed with the sustained popularity of THE 9 EMOTIONS PROJECT. I haven’t taken a new picture for it in years. Although I do want to fire it up again.
Most Popular Photography 139 Images of the last 365 days:
#10. Maven’s Gift Table – 2,013 Views
#9. Moingona Town Sign – 2,029 Views
#8. Alexis Cheering at the 2010 Iowa State Fair – 2,177 Views
#7. Mom’s Retirement Party – 2,669 Views
#6. Mom and I at John Wayne Birthplace Museum – 3,716 Views
#5. Andrea, Josh, and Kids at Youth Group Fundraiser – 2010 – 4,221 Views
#4. Alexis Pregnant with Anela – 5,485 Views
#3. Selfie in Ackley – 6,369 Views
#2. Selfie in Front Yard – 6,587 Views
#1. Alexis Pregnant with Anela – 10.355 Views
That picture of Alexis was also #1 at the 4,000 Post Mark, but the other 9 Pictures are completely different. Last time #2 was a picture of Taylan and #3 was a picture of me and Scottie D. at the Pufferbilly Days Parade.
That leads us to my most popular individual posts.
Most Popular An Artist’s Notebook Entries (by Comments)
#10. TOWN SIGN PROJECT: HAMILTON COUNTY – 21 Comments
#10. POSTCARD RECREATION PROJECT – MAMIE DOUD EISENHOWER BIRTHPLACE – 21 Comments
#10. TOWN SIGN PROJECT: DALLAS COUNTY – 21 Comments
#7. WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 43 – SUNRISE/SUNSET 22 Comments
#7. WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 9 – FOOD – 22 Comments
#7. POSTCARD RECREATION PROJECT – SOME CHURCHES – 22 Comments
#3. THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE – ROUND TWO – 24 Comments
#3. TENDERLOIN APPRECIATION SOCIETY – WORKING AT HOME – 24 Comments
#3. CARROLL COUNTY AND CRAWFORD COUNTY AUXILIARY IMAGES – 24 Comments
#3.WPC – WEEK 283 – WIND – 24 Comments
#2. LIPTON CUP OF ZINNIA – 32 Comments
#1. TOWN SIGN PROJECT: JASPER COUNTY – 37 Comments
I have to confess that I haven’t been very good about responding to comments left on my blog lately. I swear that I will get better at this again.
The final statistic I want to share are who my most loyal email subscribers. Loyalty isn’t probably the most accurate term, but it is all I have.
Top Five Most Loyal Photography 139 Subscribers
5. Jeanette Duff – 96.4%
4. Angie DeWaard – 98.5%
2. Michelle Haupt – 99.7%
2. Joe Duff – 99.7%
1. Kio Dettman – 100%
Jeanette, Angie, and Kio are new to the Top 5. They replaced Corey, Sara, and Shannon.
Linda and Tamara are the two most likely to break into the Top 5 in the next 250 posts.
We’ll have to check in on these statistics again in another 250 posts!
2011-02-09
The images in the folder 2011-02-09 are actually taken on film. They are double exposures. I love double exposures. Yes, you can certainly fake double exposures with Photoshop and some digital cameras will do them. In fact, I need to get back into that. In fact, I need to run some film through a camera. I honestly haven’t done this is several years now. It makes me sad to think about.
Here are the pictures in the folder 2011-02-09.
By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery, I was able to restore the following historic “An Artist’s Notebook” entry to its original glory:
PERSONAL PHOTO PROJECT OF THE WEEK #56
Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane will involve THE 9 EMOTIONS PROJECT again.
Warren County Auxiliary Images Vol. 2
Here is a second collection of auxiliary images I took while harvesting the town signs of Warren County with Shannon.
Medora
New Virginia
Couldn’t quite figure out what this was…
This is one of the most enigmatic things I’ve come across in my travels. It was just there. No explanation. Nobody monitoring it. Nothing else around it.
Shannon really wanted to take this picture.
You didn’t know The 4 Wheel Drive was invented in Iowa, did you?
St Marys
They must’ve heard I was coming to town.
87 wins in a row! That is impressive!
88 wins in a row! That is even more impressive!
The streak was 88 wins in a row. It was eventually ended by Des Moines East, which is a school that has more students than St Marys and Martensdale has people combined.
About that 4 Wheel Drive, Here is the story from the Des Moines Concours website:
At the 2020 Des Moines Concours, we’re honoring the Iowa roots of 4-wheel drive. Our 4×4 and 4-Wheel Drive Class pays tribute to the foundational work of Jesse Livingood in creating a 4-wheel drive attachment for a Ford automobile in 1914.
At the time, Iowa’s road system covered a good portion of the state. Roads, particularly in rural Iowa, were little more than graded dirt. Iowa’s “gravel bees” in 1916 and 1917 saw the first concerted efforts by communities to make huge improvements of these roads.
Livingood lived in New Virginia, Iowa and ran his repair shop out of an empty corn crib on the family farm. He tinkered as he sought to improve traction, reduce wear, and lower the running costs of driving on Iowa’s roads and around the farm. This led him to develop a bolt-on 4-wheel drive system that he fitted to a Ford Model T. The system could be mounted to any Ford chassis in three to four hours, and would provide braking on all corners and sure footing in mud, sand, and snow or any other inclement weather Iowa could muster.
Livingood is credited for many more inventions including the “pulley and ball” thrust bearing, the differential transmission, the speed governor, two- and four-cylinder steam engines, and the four-wheel brake system. Sadly, due to errors at the U.S. Patent Office, Livingood did not profit from his inventions and lived a modest life.
There will be one more collection of Warren County pictures.
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This is your reminder that this week’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is PASSION:
PASSION
PASSION! What a great theme for Year 8 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
But what is a PASSION picture? First we need to establish the difference between love and PASSION. What separates PASSION from love isn’t just a warm feeling about something or somebody. PASSION is what you are willing to suffer for. That is why the movie is called THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST not THE WARM FUZZIES OF THE CHRIST. Because Jesus’ love for us was so intense that he was willing to suffer for us. In the theme reveal picture it shows the result of Jesus’ PASSION for us as he has been lowered from the cross into Mary’s arms after being tortured to death for our sins. I’m sure there are many things in your life that you love. But this challenge asks you to take a picture of something you love so much that you are willing to suffer for it. Remember though the PASSION in your submission doesn’t have to be your own. It can be somebody else’s PASSION as well.
Happy photo harvesting!
Someone Loves You Honey
Here is another collection of pictures of flowers from my Mom’s yard. There is also a picture of some baby robins from a nest that was built in a hanging basket from her front porch. These pictures were taken on June 8.
There are plenty more flower pictures still to share.
Warren County Auxiliary Images Vol. 1
A few weeks back I travelled around Warren County with Shannon harvesting the town signs of Warren County. Here is the first collection of auxiliary images from that trip:
Indianola
Ackworth
Beech
Milo
This would be a great idea for people like my neighbor Stan.
I love that Milo took memorial benches up to an 11!
Lacona – Breakfast purchased the day before at Rinehart’s.
Liberty Center
The Town Sign Project Auxiliary Images gallery now houses over 1,000 images! To take a gander, click on the link below:
Town Sign Project Auxiliary Images
There is at least one more collection of images from this trip coming. Probably two.
Town Sign Project: Fremont County
A few weeks back I cruised around Fremont County on a solo town sign harvesting trip. Fremont County was the third county I harvested on that day. I have no connection to any of the towns in Fremont County. I’ve never left I-29 on any of my trips through Fremont County. However, I was strangely looking forward to Fremont County. Not only because Fremont County is in the southwest corner of Iowa, but also because my Paris grandparents lived on Fremont Street. Funny how the mind works and makes strange connections.
Here are some facts about Fremont County:
+ Population is 6,605. That makes it the 93rd most populous county in Iowa. Right below Ida County and right above Wayne County.
+ The largest town and county seat is Sidney.
+ Formed in 1847.
+ Named after John C. Fremont. An explorer, military officer, U.S. Senator from California and the first Republican nominee for President of the United States. Fremont, is one of the most interesting figures in American history that gets forgotten. But that is just my opinion. I’m not saying he was a great person or a bad person. Like most people of his time that didn’t flat out suck (see John C. Calhoun) he was a mixed bag. But he was an interesting mixed bag.
+ Home of the world’s largest continuous outdoor rodeo in Sidney. Started in 1928.
+ Major highways are I-20, US-59, US-275, IA-2, and IA-333.
+ Adjacent Iowa counties are: Mills and Page.
+ Population peaked in 1900 at 18,546.
Fremont County has an average to slightly better than average looking courthouse:
The Fremont County Courthouse located in Sidney, Iowa.
The Fremont County Freedom Rock is located in Hamburg, Iowa:
With Fremont County conquered, this is the updated Photography 139 Conquest Map:
PURPLE=COMPLTETED
40 counties completed. 40.4% of the Cyclone State conquered.
Here are the town signs of Fremont County:
Sidney, Iowa
SIDNEY
IOWA
Population: 1,070 (-68)
Hamburg, Iowa
You’re Always Welcome In HAMBURG
ESTABLISHED 1858
Population: 890 (-297)
Tabor, Iowa – Also in Mills County
WELCOME TO TABOR
Lighting the Way Since 1852
Population: 1,014 (+58)
Farragut, Iowa
Welcome to FARRAGUT
EST. 1870
“DAMN THE TORPEDOES! FULL STEAM AHEAD!
-ADMIRAL D. G. FARRAGUT
Population: 490 (+5)
Riverton, Iowa
Welcome to RIVERTON
EST. 1870
Population: 245 (-59)
Thurman, Iowa
WELCOME TO THURMAN
Population: 167 (-67)
Randolph, Iowa
WELCOME TO RANDOLPH
Population: 189 (+21)
Imogene, Iowa
IMOGENE
Population: 39 (-33)
Technically a small sliver of Shenandoah is in Fremont County, but not enough to share it yet. That will wait until I reveal the town signs of Page County.
Who has the worst town sign in Fremont County? I don’t know that I think there is a bad town sign in the county, so I’m going to give the distinction to Thurman, even though I actually love its rustic charm.
Then who gets Best in Show for Fremont County? I’m fascinated by how Imogene, a town of 39 people, has such an expensive looking sign. However, they do have a restaurant that is on The Tenderloin Trail 2.0, so it isn’t a town without means. At least the have the means of making a pretty good tenderloin. I haven’t tried it yet, so I will hold back my praises for the time being. I also like the Sidney sign and how it fits in with the rodeo “theme” of their town. Then there is Farragut’s sign. It isn’t the most impressive design, but I stay awake nights wondering why they put quotation marks at the beginning of the quote from Admiral Farragut, but not at the end of the quote. However, my favorite town sign belongs to Tabor. You might be wondering why there is an old-timey lantern on it. Was Tabor once the home of a burgeoning lantern industry. You may be disappointed to find out the answer is “no”. It actually represents Tabor’s place on the Underground Railroad. Here is a snippet on the history of the town of Tabor:
In 1852 the city of Tabor was founded by several Christian clergymen, who were also active abolitionists (George Gaston, Samuel A. Adams, and Rev. John Todd), and their families. They chose to settle in what is now Tabor in order to found a Christian college, which eventually became Tabor College. The founders “were impressed with this high location and mutually selected the name ‘Tabor’ after the Biblical name of Mount Tabor, a mountain near Nazareth, the town of Jesus’ childhood”.
The residents of Tabor held monthly abolitionist prayer meetings, and helped runaway slaves whenever they could.
In the 1850s the abolitionist John Brown kept a store of weapons in Tabor, and met here with other supporters to plan his raids in Kansas and Virginia, including the raid on Harpers Ferry. The town was the home of many abolitionists, including John Tod, a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad and co-founder of Tabor College. Tabor College was located in the city from 1853 until 1927, when it closed for financial reasons. The college’s buildings housed German Prisoners of War during World War II.
Unfortunately, to my knowledge, those German prisoners of war didn’t carve a nativity set that can only be described as exactly what a nativity set carved by Germans would look like.
One last tidbit about Tabor. The novel “Gilead” which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2005 was based on Tabor, Iowa.
Anyways, they have a cool sign:
Tabor – Best in Show – Fremont County
A few town have alternate town signs:
Sidney Alternate
Sidney Alternate
Sidney Alternate
Imogene Alternate
Hamburg Alternate
Hamburg
Here is the current list of Best in Shows:
Best in Show – Adair County
Best in Show – Adams County
Best in Show – Audubon County
Best in Show – Benton County
Best in Show – Boone County
Best in Show – Butler County
Best in Show – Calhoun County
Best in Show – Carroll County
Best in Show – Cass County
Best in Show – Cerro Gordo County
Best in Show – Clarke County
Best in Show – Crawford County
Best in Show – Dallas County
Best in Show – Franklin County
Best in Show – Fremont County
Best in Show – Greene County
Best in Show – Grundy County
Best in Show – Guthrie County
Best in Show – Hamilton County
Best in Show – Hancock County
Best in Show – Hardin County
Best in Show – Humboldt County
Best in Show – Ida County
Best in Show – Jasper County
Best in Show – Lucas County
Best in Show – Madison County
Best in Show – Marion County
Best in Show – Marshall County
Best in Show – Montgomery County
Best in Show – Pocahontas County
Best in Show – Polk County
Best in Show – Poweshiek County
Best in Show – Sac County
Best in Show – Story County
Best in Show – Tama County
Best in Show – Union County
Best in Show – Warren County
Best in Show – Webster County
Best in Show – Worth County
Best in Show – Wright County
The next time we hit the open road for THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT, we will visit Page County.