Saturday, May 25, 2013

Dallas County

 Dallas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. Its county seat is Adel. It was named for George M. DallasVice President of the United States of America under James K. Polk.  The land that now forms Dallas County was ceded by the Sac and Fox nation to the United States in a treaty signed on October 11, 1842, and the county was formed in 1846. In 1847 the first pioneers selected a site for the county seat, which was first called Penoach and then later Adel. Once the prairie sod was "broken" by the agricultural plow, settlement was rapid in the 1850s and 1860s, with the population crossing the 12,000 mark by 1870.
Dallas County Court House in Adel Wikiphoto

This old barn loaded with history and character can be found north east of Dawson, which is a tiny town about six miles west of Perry - Bob Kelly







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