Western Touring Area (43 Sites)
Adair County
Harrison #
7- Rice School
Adair County Historical Society
Contact address: Hwy. 92 West,
PO Box 214, Greenfield IA 50849
Phone: 641-743-2232
heritagecntr@mddc.com
Location: West edge of Greenfield on Hwy. 92, 1/4 block north on Lakeview Dr.
Hours: May 1 through October
1 from 1 - 4 p.m. & by appointment
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Adams County
Icarian Schoolhouse
Adams County Historical Society
Contact Information: 1203 Davis Ave, Corning IA
50841
Phone: 641-322-3241
Location: West from Davis Ave in Corning
on either 8th or 9th to Hull St.
Hours: By appointment only
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Audubon County
Little Red
Schoolhouse (1865-1910)
Audubon County Historical Society
Contact Information: 712-563-3984
Location: 1 mile south of Audubon
Hours: Summer Sundays 1 - 4 p.m.
& July 4 - Other days by appointment
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Buena
Vista
Coon Center # 8
Albert City Thresherman Association
Contact Information: Marlo Feldman,
RR, Albert City IA 50510
Phone Number: 712-843-5307
Location: On Albert City Thresherman
Association Grounds, which is 2 miles west
of Albert City and ½ mile north
Hours: Second week end in August
during Thresher’s Show & by appointment
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Fairfield # 2
Albert City Historical Association
Contact Information: PO Box 431, Albert City IA
50510
Phone Number: Dick Aronson 712-843-5858
or Marilyn Bolte 712-843-5684
Location: 212 North Second Street,
Albert City IA on Museum
Grounds
Hours: Sundays 2 - 5 p.m. from
Memorial Day to Labor Day & by appointment
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Cass County
Bear Grove
# 5 Center School
(1870-1950)
Atlantic Lions Club
Contact Information: Dough Lenard
- Business phone 641-243-5196,
Home phone 721-243-4873
Location: SW corner of Atlantic
on Sunnyside Lane in Sunnyside Park
Hours: Sunday afternoons in the
summer and by appointment
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Victoria Center (1930s-1940s)
Contact Information: Beulah Follmann
102 Oak St. Massena IA
50853
phone 712-779-3457
funefarm@netins.net
Location: Located right
off Main St. to the west in Massena
Hours: Ask at grocery store
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Cherokee
County
Lily
of the Valley # 5 (1800-1950)
Contact Information: Bruce Hopkins
1520 Morningside Avenue Cherokee
Phone 1-800-352-9040
bhopkins@aea12.k12.ia.us
Location: 2020 Hwy. 3 - From
Cherokee turn eat on Hwy. 3 for approximately 2 miles
Hours: By appointment only
Programs: Nursing home residents
program
Clay County
Logan Township
Center School # 5 (1894)
Logan Township Trustees
Contact Information: Helen Swanson,
Logan Township
Clerk, 4375 330th Ave
Ayrshire IA 50515
Phone: 712-835-2842
Email: MarilynM@netins.net
Location: Corner of 310th Ave and 430th
St. outside of Dickens IA
Hours: By appointment only
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Rock Forest
School District #4
(1868-1918)
Peterson Lions Club
Contact Information: Peterson
Heritage, Inc., Elise Mae Brown 712 - 295-7472)
or Burdette & Carmen Stiet 712 - 295-6443) or Keith & Jane Mohror 712-295-6031)
Location: Located in Peterson
on 4th St. (M27), one block east of junction of M27 and
Hwy. 10 on west side of town
Hours: By appointment only
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Waterford # 5 – Sunny Brook
(1928-1955)
Contact Information: Marilyn
J. Meyer, 2775 150th Ave. Everly
IA 51338
Phone: 712-834-2644 or Everly
City Hall 712-834-2691
Location: Located on the South
end of Everly IA on M27
Hours: By appointment only
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Fair Play
Contact Information: William
C. Burgeson, 407 Long Street PO Box 92, Royal IA 51357
Phone: 712-933-5511 (Judy Eckard
@ Home State Bank)
Location: In Royal, ½ block of
Main St. on 3rd
Ave.
Hours: By appointment only
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Dickinson
County
Westport
Rural School (1900)
Contact Information: R. Aubrey
LaFoy, PO Box 6, Arnold’s
Park, IA 52332
Phone: (712-332-2969 from April
15 to October 15 otherwise 480-981-3109)
alafoy@juno.com
Location: 1 mile west of Hwy.
71 and 1 mile north of stoplight (McDonald’s) in Okoboji
Hours: May 1 through October
1 by appointment only
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Emmet County
Balstad School
Emmet County Historical Museum
Contact Information: Dave Kaltved,
1121 5th Ave N., Esterville IA 51334
Phone: 712-362-2011
Location: Emmet County Historical Museum Ground 1720 3rd Ave S.
Estherville IA 51334
Hours: Daily 2 - 5 p.m. Memorial
Day to Labor Day and
other times by appointment
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Fremont County
Sunnyside (1894-1945)
Fremont County Historical Society
Contact Information: PO Box 671, Sidney IA 51652 (712-374-3248 or
Robert Birkby 712-374-2335)
Location: In Fremont County Historical
Society Museum Complex on the east side
of the square in Sidney IA 51648
Hours: By appointment only
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Guthrie County
Baker #2
(1903)
Guthrie County Fairgrounds
Contact Information: 206 West South St. Panora IA 50216
Phone 641-755-2989
gchv@netins.net
http://www.panora.org/museum
Location:
East side of Guthrie Center on the Guthrie County Fairgrounds,
Guthrie Center IA (About 60 minutes west of Des Moines, Iowa on Highway 44.)
Hours: Sat.-Sun. 1 - 4 p.m., June-August and during the Guthrie County Fair,
Labor Day Weekend, Friday-Sun 1 - 7 p.m., Monday 1 - 4 p.m.
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Cass # 7 School
(1900-1940)
Guthrie County Historical Village
Contact Information: 206 West South St., Panora IA
50216
Phone 641-755-2989
gchv@netins.net
http://www.panora.org/museum
Location: SW corner of Panora,
near Lenon Mill
Park.
Hours: May 1 to October 15 10
- 4:30 p.m. Tuesday -Saturday, 1 - 4:30 p.m.
Sunday and Holidays, closed Mondays
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Harrison
County
Boyer Valley (1950s)
Harrison County Historical Village/Welcome Center
Contact Information: 2931 Monroe Ave, Missouri Valley IA
51555
Phone 712-642-2114
kdirks@harrisoncountyia.org
Location: 3 miles eat of Missouri Valley on
Hwy. 30
Hours: April through November
9 - 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday
and Sunday 12 - 5:00
p.m.
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Lyon County
Centennial
# 5 (1900-1910)
Lyon County Historical Society
Contact Information: 1917 135 5th St., Larchwood IA
51241 (712-477-2256)
Location: 4 miles south of Larchwood
to 180th St. then 3 miles west at
Lake Pahoja Recreation Area
Hours: Memorial Day through Labor
Day, Sunday and Holidays 1 - 4:00 p.m.
and by special appointment
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Mills County
Oaks
School (1900-1950)
Contact: Bill Thompson 37959
Compass Ave, Henderson IA 51541
Phone: 712-825-3042
emma@netins.net
Location: 1/4 mile south of Nishna Valley High
School between Emerson and
Hastings at 59256 380th St. Hastings
Hours: By appointment only
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West
Liberty # 2 (late 1800s to 1960s)
Mills County Historical Society
Contact: PO Box 255, Glenwood IA 51534
Phone: 712-527-5038 or Carrie
Merritt @ 712-527-9221
carriemettit@hotmail.com
Location: Hwy. 275 at Glenwood Lake Park
inside Glenwood city limits
Hours: Memorial Day to Labor
Day - Saturday and Sunday 1:30 - 4:00 p.m.
and by appointment
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Montgomery
County
Cramer School (1920-1950s)
Swedish Heritage and Cultural
Center
Contact Information: Don Peterson,
Box 241, Stanton IA
51573
Phone: 712-829-2186 or 712-829-2840
wdon@netins.net
Location: On the campus of the
Swedish Heritage and Cultural Center,
410 Hilltop in Stanton IA
Hours: Tuesday through Sunday
1 - 4:00 p.m. Year round
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Monona County
Cover School
(1929-1955)
Contact Information: Ruth Pickle,
34198 330th St., Moorhead IA 51558
Phone: 712-886-5384
jrpickle@netins.net
Location: 109 Oak St. Moorhead IA
(inside city limits)
Hours: Summer Hours - Monday
through Saturday 9 - 4:30 PM, Sunday 1 - 4:30 PM.
Winter Hours - 1 - 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday p.m.
Franklin # 7 - Beedle School (mid to late 1930s)
Onawa Kiwanis
Contact Information: Jeanne Virtue,
1315 marble St., Onawa IA 51040
Phone: 712-423-1259
jmvirtue@willinet.net
Location: North end of 12th St., in Kiwanis Museum Complex in Gaukel Park Onawa IA
Hours: Memorial Day to Labor
Day - 1 - 4:30 p.m. and by appointment
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Mann School
Contact Information: Judy Ehlers,
237 Ash, PO Box 82, Soldier IA 51572
Phone: 712-884-2585
Location:
Hours: By appointment only
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O’Brien County
Center Township # 3 (1900s)
Heritage Park
Contact Information: Ivy Schall Heritage
Park, PO Box 385,
Primghar IA 51245
Phone: 712-729-3241
Location: Heritage Park in Primghar (large sign directs
you from hwy.)
Hours: June through August -
Sunday afternoons and by appointments
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Osceola County
Gorway
# 4
Osceola County Fairgrounds
Contact Information: Imogene
Tillotson, 607 9th Ave., Sibley IA 51249-1433
Phone: 712-754-2410
or Steve Voss - 712-682-2864
Location: Osceola County Fairgrounds in West Sibley
Hours: Afternoons and evenings
during the Osceola County Fair (3rd week of July)
and
by appointment
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Page County
Goldenrod School (early 1900s - Birthplace of 4-H)
Nodaway Valley Historical Museum
Contact Information: PO Box 393, 1600 S
16th St., Clarinda IA 57632
Phone: 712- 582-3073
nvhs@clarinda.heartland.net
Location: 1600 S 16th St. (Hwy. 71) on the south edge of Clarinda (2 blocks south
of intersection of Hwy. 2)
Hours: Tuesday through Sunday
May through September 1 - 5:00 p.m.,
October through April
3 - 4:00 p.m. and by appointment
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Morning Star - Bright School
(1883-1948)
Greater Shenandoah Historical
Society
Contact Information: 403 West Sheridan Ave., PO Box 182, Shenandoah
IA
Phone: 712-246-1669
Location: Sportsman Park on Ferguson Road in Shenandoah
Hours: By appointment only
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Palto Alto County
Carter School (1872)
Historical Society
Contact Information: West Bend IA 50597
Phone: 515-887-5458 or 515-887-4356
Location: 1st Ave. SE - go on
Broadway to red light, east one block,
and then one block
south
Hours: Memorial Day to Labor
Day 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. or by appointment
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Plymouth
County
26 - Garfield # 1 (1884)
Contact: Clarence “Bud”
Kiasner, 211 W 2nd St., Kingsley IA 51028
Phone: 712-378-2452
Location: Corner of 1st and Quest
St. Kingsley IA
Hours: By appointment only
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Pottawattamie
County
Garner # 3 (1880-1900)
Big Grove Country Inn
Contact Information: Penny Wright,
18807 450th St., Oakland IA 51560
Phone: 712-482-6840
Location: 5 miles east of Carson on 92 and turn north on 450th St. for 4 miles
OR 3 miles east of Oakland on 6 and turn south on 450th St.
for 2 miles
Hours: By appointment only
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James Center
Township School
Contact Information: Paul Leaders
(owner), 24564 390th St., Oakland
IA 51560
Phone: 712-482-3363
Location: West of Hancock IA on G30 for 4 miles, then
one mile south
Hours: Drive by any time
Ringgold
County
Foland School
Contact Information: Diane or
Bill Coleman, Kellerton IA 50133
Phone: 641-783-2443
Location: Main St. of Kellerton IA
which is 10 miles east of Mt. Ayr IA
Hours: By appointment only
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Monroe # 8 - Jackson Hill
(1936)
Ringgold County Fairgrounds
Contact Information: Bob and
Kay Sickels, 305 S Pierce, Mt. Ayr IA
50854
Phone: 641-464-2450 or Judy Hensley
@ 641-464-3333
bsickels@mtayr.heartland.net
Location: Ringgold
County Fairgrounds on Hwy. 169, north edge of Mt.
Ayr IA
Hours: Open during the county
fair in July and by appointment
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Mountain Brush
School - Leasonville
(1878)
Contact Information: Philip Burmeister,
1201 N West, Mt. Ayr IA 50854
Phone: 641-464-2690
pmeister@iowatelecom.net
Location: from My Ayr - 3 miles
east on Hwy. 2
Hours: Opening in 2003
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Washington # 8 or Hazel Glen
Ringgold County Historical Society
Contact Information: Raymond
Banner, 603 N. Hayes, Mt. Ayr IA 50854
Phone: 641-464-2140 or Robert
& Linda Swanson 641-783-2155
Location: Ellston
Pioneer Museum in Ellston which is 7 miles
east on
Hwy. 169 and 8 miles north on P64 from Mt. Ayr
Hours: During the summer - Sunday
afternoons from 1 - 4:00 p.m. by appointment
and when
Museum Complex is open
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Sac County
Cook #
8
(currently being used as a community
center)
Contact Information: Jack and
Jane Hogue, 1677 270th St.,
Odebolt IA 51458
Phone number: 712-668-4840
jhogue@netins.net
Location: from Odebolt - 6 miles
north on County Rd M43
then 1 mile west
on 270th St.
Hours: April through October
- Monday through Saturday 11 - 4:00 p.m.
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