HISTORY OF LEON, DECATUR COUNTY, IOWA

Leon's Incandescent Lights
Are Turned On For The First Time
A Former Pupil Writes Entertainingly from South Dakota
Our Early Day Schools
Leon Ball Team
Leon Telephone Company Subscribers
FISHER Remodeling Home
How Leon was Named
Another Note - How Leon was Named
New Depot in Leon

Leon Business and Professional Women's Club, 1951 from the genealogical clippings of Norma G. (Foland) Becker, courtesy of Sharon Becker.








Standing South of the fire, looking North at it. You can see the top part of the court house.





Closer view from the same angle.





Close up shot of the west side of the building. If you look very closely behind the barrier you will see that the fire was still burning. These pictures were taken at about 3 p.m. on Saturday. The fire broke out about 1 p.m. on Thursday, February 24, 2005.





The left hand side of the picture is Napa Auto Parts. If you head into Leon on Highway 2 it is a block east of the four-way stop (which is in front of the library.)



Postcards From Leon, featuring Caster's Lake, Schools, Churches and other scenes and buildings





Taken around 1916. Back L-R Mary Robb, Pearl Epperly, Goldie Sloan, Ella Akes Negley, Bertha McKern Coontz, Letha Bunch. Front L-R Hazel Roberts, Sadie Rex, Lucille Christofer, Bertie Rex, Bertha Van Zant or Umphress. Sadie Rex is Irma's mother. Contributed by Irma Overton.









United Food Market 1930's




United Self Serve 1920's


Leon Girls Group