Coal mining played an important part in the early history of the Boone area. Local blacksmiths were already mining coal from the banks of Honey Creek south of what would become Boone in 1849.
Boone was
platted as a town in 1865 by
John Insley Blair. It was incorporated the following year, when the
Chicago and North Western Transportation Company railroad station was built there. The town was originally named "Montana";
[5] it was renamed to Boone in 1877
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| Stone Bridge - Ledges State Park - Photo by Bob Kelly |
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| A meadow area at Ledges State Park near Boone, Iowa - Photo by Bob Kelly |
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| Found just south of Madrid - Photo by Bob Kelly |
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A classical small town bank, abandoned in Pilot Mound, Iowa. This place is built like a tank and will be around a long time! Photo by Bob Kelly
Photo by Bob Kelly
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| This stone bridge over Mill Creek can be found in the tiny sleepy little hamlet of Moingona just a few miles west of Boone and a mile south of highway 30 (turn at the ski slope area). Originally a railroad went across this bridge, but only the bridge remains and is quite lovely. It is part of the Kate Shelley Park that is there as well, which shows an old train station and some other memorabilia. Many people do not know that there is a little village down there, but it is worth a look. This Kate Shelley is the same person for whom the high bridge west of Boone is named, who also was a heroine as a small girl and saved a train from crashing into the Des Moines River, during a time when a flood had washed out a bridge across it. If you do not know the Kate Shelley story, google it and enjoy. For now here is the bridge with all its character! Photo and Caption by Bob Kelly |
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