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yep I dated a girl that went to college there rode her bike in the " rag

bra.. " Got tons of stories about living with the river.. the floods and

Tom Sawyer . I have the arrowhead collection from the family farm

creek and a few relatives around.. never get lost in corn, never get

between a sow and her piglets, never under estimate a blizzard.

(I'm sure there are more...) if you get a chance marry a Missouri girl,

my mom...of course Missouri, Illinois, and iowa come together there near

Ft Madison...my relatives farmed, worked on the railroad, worked in the

fuel oil business, are court reporter, teachers , and ministers, and so

on....some how I think I have heard of Eldon....

 

> Doug & Linda Manley wrote:

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> Effie, Jim & all.....

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> I am in rural Eldon. Just SE of Ottumwa on the Des Moines River.

> About 50 miles (I think) west of Ft. Madison, Jim. I used to have

> relatives there. I have been in Iowa all of my life, except for the

> short time we lived in FL. " You can take the girl out of the country

> but you can't take the country out of the girl. " That is me.

>

> Linda

> Doug & Linda Manley

> ***********************************************

> If at first you don't succeed.......Don't try skydiving.

> ***********************************************

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Effie, Jim & all.....

 

I am in rural Eldon. Just SE of Ottumwa on the Des Moines River. About 50 miles (I think) west of Ft. Madison, Jim. I used to have relatives there. I have been in Iowa all of my life, except for the short time we lived in FL. "You can take the girl out of the country but you can't take the country out of the girl." That is me.

 

Linda Doug & Linda Manley***********************************************If at first you don't succeed.......Don't try skydiving.***********************************************

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<<some how I think I have heard of Eldon....>>

 

Jim....

Eldon's claim-to-fame is the American Gothic House. You all have seen Grant Wood's painting American Gothic, with the sour faced couple standing with a pitch fork in front of a house. Well, that house is in Eldon. We have annual celebration in June called Gothic Days. Eldon used to be a railroad town too before Burlington Northern closed down here. No tracks anymore.

Linda Doug & Linda Manley***********************************************If at first you don't succeed.......Don't try skydiving.***********************************************

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