Down 100 Years Column, July 14, 1938

ROBERTS, WARRINGTON, BECK, HALL, BONE, REDMAN, RAMSEY

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/1/2015 at 17:04:13

The Leon Journal-Reporter
Leon, Decatur County, Iowa
Thursday, July 14, 1938, Page 7

DOWN 100 YEARS

Jesse James and his gang hid in the woods somewhere in the vicinity of Davis City for about a week after robbing the Corydon bank, according to reliable sources.

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Meryl W. Roberts sent me from Los Angeles, Calif., a picture of an old house built on the J. H. Warrington farm in 1853 by Zeno Warrington. . . The building is still standing. . . The Iowa Historical Society recently discovered it to be the oldest building in the state still standing and in use.

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A. F. Beck of Monmouth, Ill, writes me very interestingly concerning the buffaloes.

Thousands would migrate each spring and fall, following a leader into the northern states for summer feeding and into the southern states for winter pasture.

One large trail enters Decatur county, according to Mr. Beck, east of Kellerton and passes in a southeasterly direction near Lamoni.

It can still be seen on the C. W. Beck farm, about 40 feet wide and worn about 6 feet deep.

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Buffalo traveled in a straight line regardless of hills, rivers or timber . . . One winter, according to C. W. Beck, the migrating buffalo started too late, got caught in a blizzard - their bones were found in piles along the trail four miles northwest of Lamoni.

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Keith Hall, Mr. Bone, Mr. Redman, Mr. Ramsey, and all the other fellows around Grand River treated me royally on a recent expedition into the "Tennessee Country" . . . For some thrilling stories about this region get a copy of "Down 100 Years" - off the press about August 20.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2015

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