During the 1976 Bicentennial celebration local historians decided to research all the cemeteries in Buchanan County while the pioneer tombstones were still legible. This turned into a lengthy project and the book “Buchanan County, Iowa, Cemeteries, 1980” was published. The Buchanan County Genealogical Society was formed as a branch of the Buchanan County Historical Society.…
Full Article >>At the Buchanan County Fair in 1904 one of the nation’s biggest headline makers – Carrie Nation – spoke at the county fair before a crowd of 7,000 persons. She gave a temperance talk and was well received by the audience. Carrie Nation’s visit in Independence was a quiet affair. She did not bring out…
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John S. Johnson – inductee in 2003 for Veteran Road & track competitor (pre – 1945) Long before bicyclist Lance Armstrong was winning races and setting records, there was John S. Johnson who set a world record at Rush Park in Independence, Iowa in 1892. “He’s a Marvel,” proclaimed a headline in the Sept. 29,…
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