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Iowa Barn Foundation MagazineSpring 2021, Vol. 27, No. 1Copyright Iowa Barn Foundation, 2021_______________________________

The magazine, as well as the foundation, is an all-state, effort founded in 1997.

Editor: Jacqueline Andre Schmeal

Assistant Editors: Jeffrey Fitz-RandolphRoxanne Mehlisch

Contributors:Steve WendlDave WinstonDwight Hughes

Website Editor:Jeff Fitz-Randolph(iowabarnfoundation.org)

Graphic Designer:Deanna Roberts

County RepresentativesThe representatives promote the preservation of barns in their area and encourage membership in the Iowa Barn Foundation. Working with members of the board they will also help to oversee tours and other activities. We welcome volunteers for other counties.Adair: Brian Vandewater, 515-450-8848, vandewater51@yahoo.comAllamakee: Marlene Fenstermann, 563-382-3439, dwf02@fenstermann.deAppanoose: Richard Stafford, 641-390-0723, pinponwii@me.com; Richard Stafford ll, 641-203-0620, flintlockshotgun@gmail.comAudubon: Bob/Janet Nelson, 712-304-5809, Save.Ross.Elevator@gmail.comBenton: Scott Eggink, 319-350-8103, scottrobin6978@yahoo.comBlack Hawk: Keith Oltroggee, 319-984-5292, keitho@mchsi.comBoone: Steve Rimathe, 515-290-5258, srimathe@collins-maxwell.k12.ia.usBremer: Keith Oltroggee, 319-984-5292, keitho@mchsi.comBuena Vista: Becky Bryant, 712-213-0598, bbryant@evertek.netCalhoun: Larry Ellis, 712-210-0423, redrockarabians@gmail.com; Deann Haden, 515-576-5519, bradluke@lvcta.comCarroll: Kent Brant, 712-830-2241, kbrant42@hotmail.comCass: Dan Dorsey, 712-249-2641, mjd4dsl@hotmail.comCedar: Kas Kelly, 563-260-0869, kaskelly@machlink.comCerro Gordo: Dale/Judy Mills, 641-420-9227, cupolainn@gmail.comCherokee: Becky Bryant, 712-213-0598, bbryant@evertek.netClarke: Ginnie Hargis & Ron McBroom, 515-834-2026, cabot1@hughes.netClay: Kelli Ireland, 507-320-0542, kellbell45@yahoo.comClinton: Dan/Jolene Witt, 563-212-1307, jowitt@gmtel.netDallas: Brian Vandewater, 515-450-8848, vandewater51@yahoo.comDavis: Sharon/Bill Hardy, 641-680-2427, Decatur: Judi Partridge, 641-344-2237, judipart1@yahoo.comDes Moines: Dale/Julie Bartelt, 319-759-0591, bartelt@mepotelco.netDubuque: Jack Smith, 563-599-3061, jackwsmith@icloud.comEmmet: Terrence Jensen, 515-230-8972, tcjensen52@gmail.comFayette: Bob Jacobsen, 563-422-1048, robertjacobsen50@yahoo.comFloyd: Roger Ramthun, 641-228-4894, Franklin: Gary Bennett, 641-579-6154, Greene: Mary/Larry Richards, 515-386-4750, mrichards@netins.netGrundy: Rebecca Engelking, 641-366-3150, Guthrie: Kent Brant, 712-830-2241, kbrant42@hotmail.comHamilton: Ron Adams, 515-368-1678, ronadams144@gmail.comHancock: Thomas Chizek, 641-430-4456, tchizek@stellarindustries.comHardin: Ken Starek, 641-847-3018, 1stchurchlady@gmail.comHumboldt: Kurt Weinert, 515-332-4467, karalyn.weinert@gmail.comIda: Don Poggensee, 712-364-3491, donpog@netllc.netIowa: Bonnie Winslow-Garvin, 319-626-7323 c=319-360-4832, bwinslow@southslope.netJasper: Rodney J. Hassler, 641-753-3276, rhassler@mchsi.com; Tyler Wilhelm, 402-525-1833, willhelm_19@hotmail.comJefferson: Jeffrey Fitz-Randolph, 641-472-7871Johnson: Wilford Yoder, 319-338-6596, weyoder820@msn.comJones: David McDonald, 319-389-4437, fogebotom@yahoo.comKeokuk: Kyle Morrison, 319-330-1001, kdm.enterprises@gmail.comLee: Brian Foecke, 319-470-0329, bjfoecke@ft.newyorklife.comLinn: David McDonald, 319-389-4437, fogebotom@yahoo.comLucas: Richard Stafford, 641-390-0723, pinponwii@me.com; Richard Stafford ll, 641-203-0620, flintlockshotgun@gmail.comMadison: GinnieHargis McBroom/Ron, 515-834-2026, cabot1@hughes.netMahaska: Charles Oldham, 641-969-4272, oakknoll@iowatelecom.netMarion: Rob/Teri Vos, 641-628-8396, robvos@yahoo.comMarshall: Rodney J. Hassler, 641-753-3276, rhassler@mchsi.comMitchell: Roger Ramthun, 641-228-4894, Monona: Peggy Hanner, 712-251-0405, rphanner@gmail.comMonroe: Richard Stafford, 641-390-0723, pinponwii@me.com; Richard Stafford ll, 641-203-0620, flintlockshotgun@gmail.comMontgomery: Mont. Ct. Hist. Soc., 712-623-2289, mchsociet@qwestoffice.netMuscatine: Kas Kelly, 563-260-0869, kaskelly@machlink.comO’Brien: Pamela Battaglioli, 712-727-3612, dpjlioli@mtcnet.netOsceola: Carrie Jones, 712-832-3227, carrie@joneslawofficeplc.comPage: Dave Williams, 712-826-8832, dcwill@myfmtc.comPlymouth: Ken Wright, 712-786-5542, Pocahontas: Terry Ferguson, 712-845-4978, ctferguson@ncn.netPolk: Ober Anderson, 515-964-0964, ojanderson@aol.comPoweshiek: Bonnie Winslow-Garvin, 319-626-7323, bwinslow@southslope.netSac: Jack/Jane Hogue, 712-668-4663, jhogue@netins.netScott: Susan Frye, 319-936-1216, susanjanefrye@gmail.comShelby: Dennis/Linda Heflin, 712-744-3660, ***jewelray@fmctc.comStory: Roxanne Mehlisch, 641-751-1406, mehlisch@netins.net

Norma Johnson, 515-707-4428, Steve Rimathe, 515-290-5258, srimathe@collins-maxwell.k12.ia.usTama: Rodney J. Hassler, 641-753-3276, rhassler@mchsi.comTaylor: Kelly Tobin, 712-370-0321, kellyirene@gmail.comVan Buren: Darlene/David McQuoid, 319-397-2340, Wapello: David Cobler, 641-777-7202, coblerfarming@gmail.comWarren: Cheryl Eftink, 641-297-2239, c=515-229-3906. eftinks@gmail.comWashington: Jerry Strabala, 319-461-0829, strabe@cloudburst9.net; Wilford Yoder, 319-338-6596, weyoder820@msn.comWayne: Richard Stafford, 641-390-0723, pinponwii@me.comWebster: Deann Haden, 515-576-5519, bradluke@lvcta.com, deann@legacytours.travelWinneshiek: Marlene Fenstermann, 563-382-3439, dwf02@fenstermann.deWoodbury: Peggy Hanner, 712-251-0405, rphanner@gmail.com

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Cover Photo Credit:

Dave Winston

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By the late 1860s, Iowa realized it had a problem. The state’s only prison, at Fort Madison in Lee County, was nearing capacity. Iowa needed a new penitentiary.

THE CAPTIVE FARM

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Anamosa won the high-stakes competition for the site of the new facility, and the state legislature officially established the “Additional Penitentiary” (as it was known then) in 1872, nearly 150 years ago.

It took a while before the farming operation really got going at Anamosa. Until the turn of the century, the prison’s agricultural efforts simply consisted of a 4.5-acre vegetable garden inside the walls, in addition to several dozen hogs. A few dozen acres outside the walls was used partially as a prison cemetery. When farming operations started ramping up in the early 1900s, the remains were exhumed and moved to a hilltop location a quarter of a mile away.

The state legislature, beginning in 1912, began a strong commitment to expansion of prison farms in the state prison system as a means of rehabilitation and to avoid competing with private enterprise. The perceived benefits of outdoor, rural work were touted. Prison farms could keep many inmates busy and help make the institution self-sufficient from a food standpoint. Money was appropriated and prison farming programs in Iowa grew rapidly.

Farm #1, with its assortment of stone outbuildings and structures, was the showpiece of the prison farm system at Anamosa. Mainly built between 1912 and 1939, the buildings form a district which is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built in a simplified Romanesque Revival style, with its heavy massing, stone texture, and window, door, and corner treatments. The buildings would eventually support a full farming operation, including barn, granary, root cellar, slaughterhouse, processing plant, seed house, dining hall, and cold frame functions. By 1917, prisoners were farming 380 acres of state lands and 1675 of leased lands.

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Products produced by the farms increased to include vegeta-bles, animal feed, poultry, eggs, fruit, milk, and milk products for the prison.

In 1929, a huge barn was built to support the explosive farm program’s growth. Located just northwest of the prison, it was thought to be the largest barn in the state at the time. A grand dedication was planned, with the prison orchestra set to play for the dance. Attendance was dampened, however, by heavy rains in the area, which reduced the dirt road leading to the barn to a muddy mess.

By 1930, the state had bought most of the land it farmed and operated six prison farms in and around Anamosa. As a result of the expansion of dairy farming, the state converted the barn near the reformatory complex to a cheese factory in 1931. By 1932, the prison had created larger fields to accommodate mechanization by tractor and began a crop rotation program.

The prison farm system remained strong for the next several decades. By the 1970s, new standards forced discontinuing the slaughtering operation, and livestock herds were reduced. It also became more economical to buy vegetables rather than grow their own.

Anamosa’s prison farms had their own share of tragedies. In 1946, the head cheesemaker was murdered by two of his inmate workers in an escape attempt. And in 1959, one of the farm managers was killed when his tractor overturned.

PHOTOGRAPHY CREDIT: DAVE AUSSTIN

View the historic penitentary and barns on the Iowa Barn Foundation’s SPRING tour on Saturday, June 26 and Sunday,

June 27 from 8:30 A.M TO 5 P.M.

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The Anamosa State Penitentiary, prison barns, a close-up history of Grant Wood, a revered quarry, and some of the state's most picturesque landscape, will be featured on the Iowa Barns Foundation's June area tour centered in the Stone City and Anamosa area on Saturday, June 26, and Sunday, June 27 from 8:30

to 5 p.m. Other area historic barns will also be included on the extraor-dinary tour, a one-of-a-kind event touting Iowa historic treasures.

The tour will feature a walk on the grounds of the prison's historic site, bought by the state in 1875, and home to early twentieth century Romanesque Revival barns unique

with the heavy density of walls, windows, and door openings. The reformatory property was bought by the state because of the prox-imity to the valuable stone used in building the penitentiary and eventually transported by trains, around the country. When the site was listed on the National Register

SPRING TOUR TO HIGHLIGHT

Prison Barns,Stone City & Grant Wood

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Historic barns, Grant Wood history close up, a National Register historic district featuring important Romanesque Revival stone barns, a revered quarry, and some of the state’s most picturesque landscape.A special feature are the early twentieth century barns on the grounds of the site, referred to as the West Farm at the Iowa's Men's Reformatory, west of Anamosa. The reformatory property was bought by the state because of its proximity to the stone. Through the years, notorious criminals were housed at the reformatory. The prison's dairy barn built in 1928 for $65,000. It is 37x171 feet with another wing that measures 37x62 feet. For many years, it was the largest barn in Iowa with around 77 milking cows. Using that milk, they made cheese for prisoners and wards of the state. A pipeline milker was installed in 1929. The herd became renowned.

In 1850, limestone under the Wapsipinicon River put the area in the forefront of stone production. For 50 years, the quarries accounted for millions of dollars in sales. Old records suggest some 1000 men worked the quarries creating 160 loads of stone. Much of the quar-rying was done by inmates at the prison. J.A. Green, who operated three quarries, envisioned a city, known as Stone City, made entirely of stone to accommodate the city which had grown from 60 to 500 by l880.

When Portland Cement Company, Waterloo, opened, the need for the quarries put the city on a downspin.

Edward Rowan, director of the Little Gallery in Cedar Rapids, and artist Grant Wood, who grew up on a farm four miles east of Anamosa and was dedicated to using local scenery in art, discussed making Stone City into an artists' colony. Other Midwest artists of-fered to join the venture and eventually become Iowa's major artists. The Carnegie Foundation invested in the project. Wood would not take payment for his teach-ing and art intellectual contributions.

By 1932, there were 90 students at the nationally renowned colony. But expenses were too great, and in 1933, the school was closed. Grant Wood had become a professor in the art department at University of Iowa. The area remains important in America's heritage.

in 1992, buildings included a South barn, a granary, root cellar, North barn, slaughter house, processing plant, seed house, dining hall, and cold frame. Some of those buildings remain.

When the state bought the property, there were 61 acres of farmland. Prisoners had a vegetable garden and raised some hogs. Farming did not become important until the turn of the century when they 80 more acres were added. By 1917, prisoners were farming 380 acres of state lands and 1,675 acres of leased lands. Eventually all of his land was converted to six prison farms. The operation existed until the 1970s when the slaughtering operation was discontinued. The tour will include other Stone City area barns.

The penitentiary, located at 406 North High Street, Anamosa, is a maximum-security prison with a capacity of about 911 adult males.

The tour, sponsored by the Iowa Barn Foundation, is free and opened to the public. The Iowa Barn Foundation, a non-profit, was founded in 1997 and is dedicated to promoting the preservation of Iowa’s barns through a magazine, publicity, and tours.

The Brown barn was built in the 1860s. The stone was taken from quarries at Stone City and the State Penitentiary. In 1963, a single tornado hit the barn twice causing roof damage. The Brown family has owned this property since 1953. Thanks to Shane, his wife Mindy and son Aaron for allowing us to tour this beautiful historic barn!

The Brown barn is located at 15381 County X31. From Anamosa, take North Ford Rd 3.5 miles straight to X31.

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Limestone under the Wapsipinicon River put the Stone City area in the forefront of stone production. In 1850, for some 50 years the quarries accounted for millions of dollars in sales. Old records suggest around 1000 men worked the quarries. Much of the quarrying was done by inmates at the prison. J.A. Green, who operated three quarries, envisioned a city made entirely of stone to accommodate a population that had grown from 60 to 500 by 1880. A memo-rable building (now gone) was Columbia Hall (1883) that had 54 rooms, a tavern, and a bank. When Portland Cement Company, Waterloo, opened, the need for quarries put the city on a downspin.

Edward Rowan, director of the Little Gallery in Cedar Rapids, and artist Grant Wood, who grew up on a farm for miles east of Anamosa, was dedicated to using local scenery in art, discussed making Stone City into an artists' colony. Other Midwest artists joined the venture and eventually became major Iowa artists. The Carnegie Foundation contributed to the project. Wood would not take payment for his teaching and intellectual contributions there. Wood, who later became world famous, concentrated on the rural Midwest in his paintings and often featured barns in them. The tour will feature a barn once owned by his aunt and the Antioch School, which he attended.

By 1932, there were as many as 90 students at the nationally renowned art center. But, closed the following year. Grant Wood then became an art professor at the University of Iowa. Many of his world-renowned paintings have overtones from his years in this area.

This special tour of Stone City is being organized by Jack Smith, Dubuque County representative, with assistance from Steve Hanken, Monticello.

Penn photos provided by Dave Austin. He grew up on a farm in Wisconsin and now resides in Des Moines.

This is a view of the 1918 root cellar. The door enters to a 36 by 80 room running west. A north facing 110 ft wing is the picture.

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Big Red Dairy FarmThe magnificent and huge dairy barn at the prison in Anamosa will be a highlight to the spring Iowa Barn Foundation area tour which will center in the intriguing Stone City area in Jones County. The barn was built in 1928 for $65,000. It was considered the largest barn in the state. The barn is northeast of the perimeter wall of the prison. It is 3 x 171 with another wing that measures 37 x 62.

This barn had a 77 purebred cow herd in 1929. It had a pipeline milker and water drinking cups for each cow. There was an air exchange every 15 minutes. The barn was built with prison labor.

The barn is at 22002 Buffalo Ridge Road, west of Anamosa. This is where lunch will be served for the tour.

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A CLOSE-UP OF THE

DERECHODwight Hughes, horticulturalist, tree and barn lover, and owner of historic Hughes Nursery and Landscaping, experienced Iowa's August, 2020 derecho at his home in Linn County, which was almost blown away by the winds. After checking the damage at his farm including barn and spruce his grandfather planted in 1923, he then drove the area and photographed the myriad barn losses to the countryside. He is sharing them with us. Hughes is an Iowa Barn Foundation board member.

Without warning, without previous history, without climate knowledge, the worst natural disaster crossed Iowa and much of the Midwest on August 10, 2020. The storm was initiated in west central Iowa and arrived in Cedar Rapids at approximately 12:20 p.m. packing 100 miles per hour straight winds for 45 minutes and gusting to 130 miles per hour.

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PHOTOS BY DWIGHT HUGHES

Derecho. is the term used to ex-plain extreme straight winds which continued upwards to 200 miles. The worst damage was caused by large gusts that occurred throughout Linn County. The storm followed Highway 30. going east 20 or 30 miles wide. destroying homes, build-ings, barns, grain bins, and, most devastating, trees. It is estimated that the metropolitan area around Cedar Rapids lost 65 per cent of its tree canopy. Every city street, park, cemetery, golf course, residential, and commercial property was af-fected. 200-year-old oaks, maples, cherry, hackberries, locusts, and cottonwoods were lost. Streets were clogged with limbs and branches causing snowplows to be mounted on city trucks to clear a vehicular pathway. Some 150 miles of utility poles were snapped off near ground level and tossed into road ditches and farm fields. For some time after the winds died down, no one in the Cedar Rapids area, had power. Most electricity was restored within a week. Some properties waited two weeks for power. Water service was functioning in the city, but rural residents had to tap into the supply

so they had water for themselves and their livestock. Thousands of acres of corn were pushed flat, forcing farmers to mow and disk what had been a beautiful crop. Less affected fields were combined in the fall with fifty percent of expected yield. Soy-beans were not damaged as much in most cases since they are lower and escaped the severe wind damage.

Clean up started immediately. For the health and safety to everyone, restoration and debris removal still continues. Iowa style--hundreds of people drove into the area to sup-port victims offering food, supplies, repair, tree removal, roof replace-ments, and barn rebuilding.

The most amazing statistic of all was that even with category three force winds for nearly an hour, only one person, a bike rider, died. A tree fell on him.

Hughes also recalled some personal memories and feelings from that day.

After the winds subsided, we could not believe the destruction. In my case, 45 years of tree growth and

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Iowa’s August derecho was historic. Those who lived through it won’t forget. Here are a few memories.

Kosteer Kameron, Toledo, who was born and raised on his farm, was at his south farm doing cattle chores, when he saw the knew a storm was coming.

“We had just finished when I saw a green sky. It was bluish-green with enormous clouds. We were a mile from home. We kept going in the pickup slowly. Debris was flying around. We got home and pulled into the driveway. My youngest daughter's swing set was flying across the yard. I told my daughter that she needed to go to the base-ment. My wife said, “There goes the roof of the barn.”

“I didn't believe it. It was blowing so hard that it blew basement win-dows out of the house. We lost two windmills and a large historic barn and 11 buildings.”

When the rain had stopped and the win had died down, Roberta Twedt, Story County, decided to walk around the farmstead to see if there had been any damage. She saw boards missing. The barn was off kilter.

“I just stood and cried,” she said.

Carpenters, friends, and family have since restored the barn to its glory.

canopy around our home and business was nearly totally destroyed or damaged in 45 minutes. We could not walk to our front door because of limbs, branches, and tree trunks littering the drive. It stopped my heart.

Working with city officers since 2016, we had been planning, constructing and preparing seven acres of the original Hughes nursery for a dedicated Cedar Rapids neighborhood park. The parcel of native land had over 100 trees that my grandpa had planted in 1908 when establishing the business. Oaks, maples, linden, sycamore, hackberry, white pine, Norway spruce, and arbor vine, many over 100 years old, were either totally destroyed or completely torn apart with the 140 mile an hour wind gusts. This site, after years of family use and plans for perpetual community use, was the most emotional and sad effect of the entire derecho experience.

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You will be treated to some of Iowa's best architecture. The west farm site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. When you see this incredible stonework, you'll understand why.

The stonework here is unusually ornate and obviously functional. The barns will be opened from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. both tour days. The fascinating prison museum will be opened from noon to 4 p.m. both days. Experts from the prison will be at the museum to explain its history and answer questions.

A light lunch will be served at the west farm at noon. For lunch reserva-tions, send a check for $10 to Iowa Barn Foundation to Roxanne Mehlisch, 17590 730th Avenue, Zearing, Iowa 50278.

Several other significant privately-owned barns in this idyllic area will also be on tour both days.

This area of Iowa is truly scenic. These landscapes inspired Iowa's most famous son, Grant Wood. His childhood years were spent here, and he was able to capture on canvas who and what he observed. Possibly his best landscape work was his first, a depiction of Stone City finished in 1930, the same year he painted American Gothic. We will see and learn about his role in the area.

I would encourage everyone to dig into the history of this area before you visit. This is a unique piece of Iowa history that needs to be shared.

This tour would not be possible without the consent of the prison warden Jeremy Larsen and his assistant, Tami Moore. Thank you for sharing these barns with Iowans! Thanks also to local historians Steve Wendl, Bob Hatcher, and Don Folkert for their help.

Special thanks to Steve Hanken for locating important barns throughout the area and introducing helpful people. Because of Iowa barns, we have become good friends!

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Iowa Barn Foundation Spring Tourat the Anamosa State Penitentiary

June26 & 27

2021

Jack Smith, president of the Iowa Barn Foundation, who organized this tour, will give a personal preview of the amazing historic and beautiful barns at the Anamosa State Penitentiary. This is a first. These barns have never been open to the public before. This one-of-a-kind tour is free and open to the public.

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wo men who dedicated time, advice, and work to the Iowa Barn Foundation for years, passed re-cently. Joe Lyon, Toledo, known and far and wide as a dairyman's dairyman, joined the board of the Foundation soon after it launched. He graduated from Iowa State and soon after, moved to Toledo to help on the family's dairy farm. He was still milking cows until shortly before he died. He was a leader in the industry nationwide. Before he left Iowa State, he was married to his Duffy, an ag graduate, who became the folk heroine of Iowa as the "Butter Cow Lady." Their son Eric has joined the board of the Iowa Barn Foundation.

Tom Lawler, long-time member of the board of the Iowa Foundation, generously handled legal issues for the foundation and served as president. Tom grew up on a farm west of Union and went to school in New Providence. He got his law degree at Catholic University, Columbus School of Law, Washington, D.C. He practiced law in Parkersburg for 46 years. He severed as president of the American Agricultural Law Association, as well as member of the board of governors of the Iowa State Bar Association. A few years ago, Tom and his wife Elaine, moved to Waverly.

Don Geiger, Ames native and Iowa State gradu-ate, served as treasurer of the Iowa Barn Foundation from the beginning. He knew every penny that went into the foundation and every penny that went out. He sent out yearly tax letters and gave good advice. Don started his started his financial career as a part-ner at De Loitte and Touche, Des Moines. Although Don never lived on a farm, he came from rural Iowa roots. He father was a leader in 4-H at Iowa State. Don is retiring from his job as treasurer of the Iowa Barn Foundation. We all owe him gratitude.

Taking over Don's job as treasurer is Steve Lawler, who farms in Ogden. He is dedicated to farms and barns. He grew up on the farm where he lives and raised four children. After graduating in finance at University of Iowa, he could have moved any place for work and chose to stay in Iowa. He has been active in Ogden especially in a local organization that gives college scholarships to students.

And, our new president of the Iowa Barn Founda-tion is Jack Smith, a true barn lover who cherishes his historic beautiful barn in the Bankston area of Dubuque County. His hobby is production agri-culture taking care to conserve our resources and working to improve our soil health. He says, "I also enjoy Iowa history—especially agricultural history. I love Iowa barns." He is putting a lot of time into the foundation. His wife Maria, and sons, Nick and Ted are involved in the farm too.

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The Grief Barn is thought to be an 1860’s threshing barn. The lack of openings for windows beyond the two at the peak, the deep threshold at the base of the doors, and the double doors on the north and south suggest this. This was a time when animals or flails were used to thresh small grains such as wheat or oats. The opposing doors could channel wind to winnow the chaff from the grain using screens. From all indica-tions this is a rare find for Iowa!

Thanks to Bill and Camela Grief for saving this barn and allowing it to be toured.

Please join us for our21st Annual All-State Barn Tour

SATURDAY, September 25,

AND SUNDAY, September 26

from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.For information about the tour,

go to IowaBarnFoundation.org, or call Roxanne Mehlisch, 641-487-7690.

2021

The Grief barn is located at 20028 Meadowlark Road, 1 mile south of Monticello on Hwy 38 then left on Meadowlark Road.

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LIFETIMECONTRIBUTORS(From 1997-2020)

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250,000 - $1,000,000 THE FRED MAYTAG FAMILY FOUNDATION, NEWTON

$100,000-$250,000 THE BROWN FOUNDATION, INC., HOUSTON, TX

$50,000-$100,000DAVID BRUSTKERN, WEST DES MOINES IOWA WEST FOUNDATION, COUNCIL BLUFFS THE REIMAN FOUNDATION, INC., MILWAUKEE, WI

$25,000-$50,000MARY DUNEA, OSAGEROXANNE MEHLISCH, ZEARINGJACQUELINE ANDRE AND RICHARD SCHMEAL,

HOUSTON, TX

$10,000-$25,000MR. AND MRS. JAMES BALLOUN, ATLANTA, GAPAUL AND GEORGIA CROCKETT, MINNEAPOLIS, MNEDNA HOSTETTLER ESTATE, DES MOINESJOHN AND BARBARA HAGIE, CLARIONLANNAN FOUNDATION, SANTA FELINDA AND KEN LAY, HOUSTON, TXPAUL RAMSEY, NEWPORT BEACH, CAMARTHA-ELLEN TYE FOUNDATION, MARSHALLTOWN ROYCE WINGE, AMES

$5,000-$10,000RICHARD AND JANET ANDRE, SANTA FE, NM ANONYMOUSBOYD FAMILY FOUNDATION, INDIANOLADENNY & CANDY ELWELL, ANKENYSOLON “BUD” EWING ENDOWMENT

TOM AND JOYCE HERTZ, AMESDONNA JOHNSON, BOONEKRAUSE GENTILE FOUNDATIONLAND O'LAKES FOUNDATION, MINNEAPOLIS, MNJOE AND NORMA LYON, TOLEDO, IARONALD G. MCBROOM AND VIRGINIA HARGIS,

WINTERSETPIONEER HI-BRED, DES MOINESROGER AND SUSAN RAMTHUN, CHARLES CITYCAROLE REICHARDT, CLIVEMATT AND JUDY SMITH, MARSHALLTOWN

$2,500-$5,000ALL CUTS (RAY MCFARLAND), AMESMARGARET ALLEN, SEATTLE, WAMICHAEL BAUER, CHARLES CITYCHARLES AND LAURA CHEBUHAR, BURLESON, TXTONY CLARK, JOHNSTONDENMAN & COMPANY, WEST DES MOINESMICHAEL & BRENDA DOERING, HUBBARDDAVID DOUGLAS, SANTA FE, NMCOLLEEN DURHAM, SPILLVILLELINDA DUTTENHAVER, HERMOSA BEACH, CAFARM CREDIT SERVICES OF AMERICA, PERRYELIZABETH GARST, COON RAPIDSSTEPHEN GARST, COON RAPIDSDON AND MARY GEIGER, WEST DES MOINEANN HEIMBERGER, DEXTERROGER AND JOEL ANNE HELMRICHS, DUNDEEJOHN RUAN FOUNDATION TRUST, DES MOINESDON KNIFFEN, CHANHASSEN, MNGERALD A. AND KAREN A. KOLSCHOWSKY

FOUNDATION, DOWNERS GROVE, ILL.

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DELORIS LANG, GRINNELLCHUCK AND JANE OLSEN, LEAWOOD, KANSASDUANE REMPE, PELLABILL AND COLEEN SANDQUIST, ADELHARRIET AND GARY SHORT, INDEPENDENCECHELON STANZEL, HILTON HEAD, SCSTEVE AND VICKI SUKUP, CLEAR LAKEDOUG AND LINDA VAN BERKUM, ORANGE CITYWILLIAM WINDSOR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION,

DES MOINES

$1,500-$2,500AVAILA BANK, NEVADA, IOWAALICE AND LEE BACKSEN, HOUSTON, TXDALE AND JULIE BARTELT, MEDIAPOLISJAMES BARTOSH, POCAHONTASSHIRLEY AND GLENN BORGMAN, PELLAJOHN & CONNIE BRUNER, FORT DODGEROBERT AND ANNE BUCK, AMESCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION,

LA KRETZ FUND, LOS ANGELES, CA.CENTRAL IOWA POWER COOPERATIVEPAT AND ROSS CHRISTENSEN, WATERLOOCHS, ST. PAUL, MNKENNETH DUNKER, AMESSTEPHEN FOX, HOUSTON, TXTHURMAN AND GERRY GASKILL, CORWITHGARY AND ELSIE GRIMM, CEDAR RAPIDSGRINNELL COLLEGE, GRINNELLNEIL AND DARLENE HARL, AMESROD AND KRISTI HASSLER, MARSHALLTOWNJO ELLA HELMERS, GREENVILLE, S.C.ALAN AND KAREN HERMANSON, STORY CITYDAN HOUSTON, URBANDALELEROY & WANDA INTVELD, HULLINTVELD, LEROY & WANDAIOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION, WEST DES MOINESIOWA SAVINGS BANK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION,

CARROLLTERRENCE & SUSAN JENSEN, AMESJAMES AND PAT JORDAN, ARVADA, COMARILYNN KELLER, CEDAR RAPIDSKEN SMITH LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, NEW YORK, NY

KARLENE AND DENNIS KINGERY, OMAHA, NEDON KNIFFEN, CHANHASSEN, MNCLARK KOLSRUD, WATERVILLEGEORGE AND MARLYS LADD, AMESTHOMAS AND ELAINE LAWLER, WAVERLYNORA LERER, SANTA MONICA, CABOB LEU, KEOKUKM & N ENTERPRISES, MINGOLOLA MACHANDE, DEMING, NMAMBASSADOR CHARLES MANATT, WASHINGTON, D.C.DR. RACHEL J. MASON, MARSHALLTOWNGLADYS MCBURNEY, HUMBOLDTSUE AND HOWARD MCDONOUGH, GRINNELLJOYCE LUND MEARS, LE CLAIREJIM AND BARBARA MILES, JOHNSTONCRAIG AND MARY PFANTZ, STATE CENTERTIM AND JANE RENZE, CARROLLKATHRYN RUSSI, JOHNSTONJIM & KRIS SAMS, CONRADRACHEL SCHEMMEL, EAST LANSING, MIRUTH SCHMALENBERGER, FORT DODGEJEAN AND JOHN SEBERN, CHARLES CITYJOSEPHINE AND RICARD SMITH, HOUSTON, TXJ.P. AND TAMARA STEIN, MUSCATINEBILL AND FRAN STONE, CEDAR FALLSDON AND SHARON STRUTHERS, COLLINSDARRELL AND SHIRLEY SUNDERMAN, CARROLLSWISS VALLEY FARMS COMPANY, DAVENPORTTERRY TERRILL, POCHANTASJIM & MARITA THEISEN, DUBUQUELARRY AND SARAH JANE VOAS, BILOXI, MSROBERT WALKER, MARENGOWAL-MART FOUNDATION, BENTONVILLE, AKROMAN WELTER, MONTICELLOTOM & JANET WHITSON, COUNCIL BLUFFSJUDY WINKEL, IRVING, TXDAN AND JOLENE WITT, CLINTONCARL AND NORMA ZURBORG, DAVENPORT $1,000-$1,500LARRY ABRAMSON, MAHWAH, NJWILLIAM ALBERTSON, ALPHARETTA, GA

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ANDERSON-ERICKSON DAIRY, DES MOINESCALVIN & BETTY ANDERSON, DECORAHROGER BAKER, CEDAR RAPIDSEDWIN BARTINE II, CLEMONSJONATHAN BEKEMEIER, MALDEN, MALONNIE AND DORIS BENCH, STUARTJOHN BOLTON, BOONEKEITH AND PHYLLIS BRIDSON, CLIVESTEVE BRUERE, WEST DES MOINESJOHN & CONNIE BRUNER, FORT DODGEEUGENE AND DONNA BUCKMILLER, DES MOINESKEITH AND KARLA CALTRIDER, CASEYTHOMAS CHIZEK, GARNERLARRY CHRISTENSON, KALONAGERALDINE CLANCY, POMEROYSARAH CLARK, IOWA CITYWAYNE AND PATRICIA CORRIELL, ATALISSADAVID AND CAROLE DEGRAFF, HOT SPRINGS, ARDAVID AND CAROLE DEGRAFF, HOT SPRINGS, ARK.W. DALE DEN HERDER, SIOUX CENTERDAVID DEWHURST, HOUSTON, TEXASMARK & ELIZABETH EARHART, STUARTLORYANN EIS, MOLINE, ILSTEVE FARNER, AMESFBL FINANCIAL GROUP, WEST DES MOINESMARLENE AND DUANE FENSTERMANN, DECORAHLYNN AND SHIRLEY FINKEN, LOGANBRIAN FOECKE, WEST POINTSUSAN FRYE, WALCOTTCARL GRAY, PELLASHERRY GRIBBLE, FT. ATKINSONMARY GRIFFITH, CARBONDALE, COCURT & DEBBIE HANSEN, BAXTERRONALD & SUSAN HAWK, NEWTONJERRY & PAM HEMPING, MITCHELLVILLEHENNING CONSTRUCTION, JOHNSTONCURT & DEBBIE HANSEN, BAXTERJOE HOLLAND, IOWA CITYDWIGHT AND DEBRA HUGHES, CEDAR RAPIDSLARRY AND CHARLENE HULSBUS, AMESMARY IPSAN, MOUNT VERNON

FRANCIS AND GLORIA JANSSEN, IOWA FALLSHARALD JENSEN, RINGSTEDJEFF JOHANESEN, WAUKEEGERALD KIRKE, WEST DES MOINESKENT KISCHER, WATERLOOGARY KNOX, IOWA FALLSSTEVE & JANE LAWLER, OGDENMARY AND TONY LEA, DECORAHKATE LEHMANN, ADELLYONS FAMILY FARM, ST. ANTHONYROBERT AND DOROTHY MANDSAGER, MARSHALLTOWNJANELLE & GEORGE MCCLAINMOIRA MCCLUNEY, WAVERLYKEVIN AND JULIE MONSON, IOWA CITYRUSSELL OLSON, WEST DES MOINESMERRILL OSTER, AURORA, ILGARY OSWEILER, AMESMARY SU PAINE, DANA POINT, CAQUESTERS DAISY AND BUTTON CHAPTER #637CONNIE AND RICHARD REINHART, CRESCOROBERT AND HELEN RENAUD, GRINNELLJOSEPH & JANICE REUTTER, BOONEROBERT AND HARRIET RIGGENBERG, AMESPAUL SCHENCK, HOUSTON, TXPAUL SCHICKLER, DES MOINESAMY SCHIFFER, LONDON, ENGLANDFLOYD AND VERLENE SENNE, ALLISONESTHER AND BOB SHAFFER, MOUNT PLEASANTMAURICE SINCLAIR MELROSELEE SMALLEY, MENOMONIE, WIS.TIM SMITH & BILL OLAFSEN, CHICAGO, ILCAROL & MARTY SNYDERSHERRY SUNDERMAN AND TOM MUELLER, DALLAS, TXWILLIAM TERBELL, NAPLES, FLKELLY AND IRENE TOBIN, NEW MARKETANTON VANICEK, MUSCATINEROBERTA VANN, ROCK RAPIDSVERMEER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, PELLAJAMES AND TRACY VOIGT, ALGONADONALD AND KAY WALL, AMESGALE WHITACRE, WASHINGTON

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