Clark Tower
Adventure to Clark Tower located in Winterset, Iowa.
Clark Tower is a castle-like limestone tower located in Winterset City Park in Winterset, Iowa, United States. It was erected in 1926, on the eightieth anniversary of the founding of Madison County, in memory of Caleb Clark, a stonemason who was the first white settler of Madison County, and his wife Ruth Clanton Clark. The tower stands at a height of 25 feet.
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Ep. #227 Clark Tower, Winterset IA
With some friends, we took a tour of Clark Tower in Winterset, Iowa. It's an interesting little place. And the kids (plus Robin) attempted acrobats on the top of it, which probably wasn't the best of ideas... Then we headed to Frostee's - great ice cream, and the sizes run LARGE.
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Madison County, Iowa
this is Clark Tower- sits way back in the City Park..Way back, small one way road...changeing of the trees makes a great a beautiful drive... I will be going back to do a photo shoot here..
Bridges Of Madison County, Winterset, Ia Travel USA, Mr. Peacock & Friends, Hidden Treasures
On Mr. Peacock's latest adventure, they discovered a hidden treasure of Iowa's covered Bridges of Madison County, The bridges are near the small town of Winterset, Iowa. Learn all about these unique covered bridges that were featured in the 1995 movie starirng Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep as well as the book, a new Broadway musical now going on tour across the USA from Mr. Peacock & Mrs. Peacock in their latest adventure.
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winterset iowa mx 2017
First race of the year
Winterset Iowa trip May 2017
Time for a taste of Holland. We have been there before, in the 70s, so this was a flashback. The Windmill tour is a must, it is very interesting. Go on a day when there is some wind however. Great camping spots at the Fair Grounds.
Covered Bridges of Madison County - Winterset, Iowa
Madison County, Iowa is home to six covered bridges out of an original 19 such bridges in the county. The area celebrates this heritage with an Annual Covered Bridge Festival.
The county's bridges came to national fame first in the 1992 Robert James Waller best-selling book The Bridges of Madison County, and then later in the 1995 Clint Eastwood-directed movie of the same name.
But that's not Madison County's only Hollywood connection. Western legend John Wayne was born here.
The Photos (in order)
R13A0336 - The Cedar Covered Bridge was originally built in 1883, and was restored in 2004 after an arsonist set fire to it in 2002; it is 76 feet long; the original bridge was moved to the current location in 1921
R13A0343 - The Roseman Covered Bridge was built in 1883; it is 88 feet long (not counting the approaches) and 15 feet wide, and was used until 1981
R13A0345 - The Cutler-Donahoe Covered Bridge was built in 1870; it is 79 feet long; it was originally located 18 miles northeast of Winterset, but it was moved to Winterset City Park in 1970
R13A0351 - The Holliwell Covered Bridge was built in 1880; it is 122 feet long, the longest of the remaining covered bridges in the county
R13A0358 - The Imes Covered Bridge was built in 1870; it is 81 feet long; it has been moved twice, first in 1887 and then in 1977; it is the oldest of the remaining covered bridges in the county
R13A0326 - The Hogback Covered Bridge was built in 1884; it is 98 feet long (not counting the approaches) and 15 feet wide
R13A0324 - This is the interior of the Hogback Covered Bridge
R13A0319 - While you're in the Winterset area, you should also check out the birthplace of one of Winterset's most famous natives, Marion Morrison, better known as actor John Wayne; his birthplace is now a museum
Timber Rattler Winterset, Ia.
Video on 10 August 2013, at Dick and Lou Hanson's farm
John Wayne Birthday Celebration 2018 - Winterset, Iowa
A wonderful celebration of John Wayne and the place he was born and the life and impact he made on so many...what a blessing to be able to go and experience this with two of my heroes...my Mom and my Dad...Thank you to everyone who worked and organized and made this weekend so special and most of all Thank You Jesus...
Jeepin’ through Winterset, Iowa
Driving through Winterset City Park in Winterset, IA with the KCNorthland Jeep Club
Music is “Bill and the Princess” by Its Only a Story
Copyright IOAS 2011 @itsonlyastorytv
Where in Iowa is Jeff?...The Sequel
Here is the 2008 version of Where in Iowa is Jeff? From February to November, I logged 9,850 miles and collected 300 dancing clips. Between the 2007 and 2008 videos, I visited all 99 Iowa counties and drove somewhere between 15,000 and 18,000 miles.
Since last year focused on the top-tier Iowa spots, this years video visits more obscure Iowa places and enabled me to interact more with Iowans along the way. If you think you've seen all of Iowa, you are wrong. Keep looking; you'll be amazed at what you find.
1. The 2008 Iowa Tractorcade (RAGBRAI for farmers)
2. Balsley family farm near Orchard
3. Straw Goat in Swedesburg
4. Bob Feller Museum in Van Meter
5. Lovers Leap Bridge in Columbus Junction
6. Danish Windmill in Elk Horn
7. Decorah Trout Hatchery
8. Loess Hills in Harrison County
9. Sundown Mountain in Asbury
10. Iowa Speedway in Newton
11. National Balloon Classic in Indianola
12. World's Largest I-80 Truck Stop in Walcott
13. National Advanced Driving Simulator in Oakdale
14. Gitchie Manitou State Preserve
15. World's Largest Bullhead in Crystal Lake
16. Connell Corner Lighthouse in Storm Lake
17. The Corn Parade mural in Mount Ayr
18. Anderson-Erickson Dairy in Des Moines
19. National Mississippi River Museum in Dubuque
20. Lake Rathbun Fish Hatchery
21. Paramount Theater in Cedar Rapids
22. Volkswagen Spider yard art in Avoca
23. Waukon Junction!!!
24. World's Largest Popcorn Ball in Sac City
25. Lansing's Black Hawk Bridge
26. ISU's Jack Trice Stadium in Ames
27. Maharishi University in Fairfield
28. Prairie Pedlar near Odebolt
29. Elkader Opera House
30. Iowa Stars (now Chops) Hockey in Des Moines
31. Hawkeye Buffalo Ranch near Fredericksburg
32. Cardiff Giant replica in Fort Dodge
33. Villa's Patio in Marion
34. Lidtke Mill in Lime Springs
35. Beebeetown!!! Population: not many
36. Oskaloosa town square
37. Osage HS wrestling
38. Channel Cat Water Taxi in Davenport
39. Music Man Square in Mason City
40. National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum in Knoxville
41. Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison
42. US's Widest Main Street in Onawa
43. Coffee Pot water tower in Stanton (home of Folgers icon Mrs. Olsen)
44. Gladbrook's Matchstick Marvels
45. Waubonsie State Park
46. Clark Tower in Winterset City Park
47. New Albin town hall
48. Queen II in Arnolds Park
49. What Cheer Opera House
50. Gravity!!! Population: slightly more than Beebeetown
51. Wadena: home of the 1970 rock festival Galena in Wadena
52. Iowa's only highway tunnel in Pammel State Park
53. Rabbit sculptures in Council Bluffs
54. Manning's Hausbarn
55. Shellsburg's Adventure Paintball Park
56. World's Biggest Strawberry in Strawberry Point
57. Trinity Heights in Sioux City
58. Galleria de Paco restaurant in Waterloo
59. Ida Grove, Iowas City of Castles
60. Sunken steamboat Bertrand at DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge near Missouri Valley
61. Lock and Dam No. 10 in Guttenberg
62. Perry's Reconfiguration Arches
63. Basilica of St. Francis Xavier in Dyersville
64. Maquoketa Caves State Park
65. Duffy Lyon (the Butter Cow Lady) Cow/Calf statue in Toledo
66. Wapsipinicon Mill in Independence
67. Shimek State Forest
68. The Old Home Fill er Up and Keep on Truckin Café in Pisgah
69. The Big Treehouse near Marshalltown
70. Iowa's first planetarium at the Sanford Museum in Cherokee
71. Town square in Mount Pleasant
72. Lone Tree!!! Population: more than Beebeetown and Gravity combined
73. Red Haw State Park
74. Story City 1913 Carousel
75. Promise of America Monument in Lake Mills
76. Airpower Museum near Ottumwa
77. Lincoln Highway Bridge in Tama
78. Bonapartes Historic Main Street
79. World's Biggest Cheeto at Sister Sarah's in Algona
80. Lost Island Lake in Ruthven
81. Brooklyn: Community of Flags
82. Dubuques Fenelon Place Elevator
83. Hawkeye Point near Sibley, 1,670 feet above sea level
84. Hotel Manning in Keosauqua
85. Catfish Bend Casino in Burlington
86. Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City
87. Wildcat Den State Park
88. Louis Sullivan's Jewel Box Bank in Grinnell
89. Eagle City Winery near Iowa Falls
90. Lacey Keosauqua State Park
91. Little Turkey River valley in Dubuque County
92. THE Butter Cow at our Iowa State Fair
93. Green Valley State Park
94. Donna Reed Center for the Performing Arts in Denison
95. Upper Iowa River in Bluffton
96. Glenn Miller Birthplace Home in Clarinda
97. Chief Keokuk statue in Keokuk
98. Rathbun Country Music Theater
99. Patriotic Rock near Greenfield
100. Pella's Vermeer Windmill
101. Volga City!!! Population: somewhere between Gravity and Lone Tree
102. Union County Visitor Center in Creston
103. Loess Hills State Forest
104. Home near Anamosa
Winterset Marching Band. - Warming Up. Winterset, Iowa Town Square.
Recorded LIVE! on the Winterset, Iowa Town Square (Madison County, Iowa Court House Lawn - N.W. Corner) on 1889.
1) Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman.
2) Zombie.
3) Wonder Woman.
4) Fight Song.
5) Drum Majors.
6) Warming Up.
Ohio 2016 Ohio 8 and I77 South from I80 to exit 107A
Finally off of Interstate 80 for the rest of this trip, we first got on it in Nebraska. Now heading south towards Bolivar, stopping for gas at exit 107A.
100-5/1993 to Winterset IA , Good Old Days RV Travels
Special Presentation of Good Old Days RV Travels, featuring video travels of the 80's & 90's and how it was back then in days gone by. This video was taken 5/1993. Winterset is widely known for its covered bridges. A total of six covered bridges are located in Madison County, including one in Winterset City Park. The annual Covered Bridge Festival celebrates the bridges and local heritage every second full weekend in October.Another notable landmark is Clark Tower, located in Winterset City Park, which offers panoramic views of the surrounding Middle River Valley area. The Madison County Courthouse, in the middle of the town square, was built in 1868, and rebuilt in 1876 after being partially destroyed by fire. The John Wayne Birthplace Museum is located near the downtown area at 216 South 2nd Street. Winterset was used as a shooting location for the films Cold Turkey (1971), The Bridges of Madison County (1995), and The Crazies (2010).
President Reagan's Remarks at a Reagan-Bush Rally in Winterset, Iowa on November 3, 1984
Full Title: President Reagan's Remarks at a Reagan-Bush Rally at Madison County Courthouse in Winterset, Iowa on November 3, 1984
Creator(s): President (1981-1989 : Reagan). White House Television Office. 1/20/1981-1/20/1989 (Most Recent)
Series: Video Recordings, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
Collection: Records of the White House Television Office (WHTV) (Reagan Administration), 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
Transcript: ...
Production Date: 11/3/1984
Access Restriction(s):Unrestricted
Use Restriction(s):Unrestricted
Illinois 2016 Lacon to Interstate 39
After a great lunch and catching up with what is happening in Illinois we are on our way to Ohio for the evening. I think I have left Lacon more then half a dozen different ways, this is the first time going this way to Interstate 39.
Let's Go! Pt.2 Macksburg/Winterset Trip | John Wayne, Police, and WHERE ARE WE?!
After seeing the skillet throwers in Macksburg, Iowa, we traveled to Winterset, Iowa. Join us for the covered bridges of Madison County, stay for the police pullover and traumatic John Wayne Museum experience. And how long is it, exactly, to Clark Tower?!
West Virginia 2016 US 250 and 50 White Hall to Grafton
West Virginia heading east, the beginning of our last day on our Summer 2016 Vacation/Roadtrip (I know it is spelled wrong). Leaving Fairmont picking at US 250 East in White Hall to US 50 East and Grafton.
Clark Tower Hike
Short hike in the woods near Cooperstown
Nebraska 2016 Omaha to Iowa I 80 and 480
Packed up and ready to leave Nebraska, Starting the morning from a Quality Inn in Omaha (we have had pretty good experiences with Choice Hotels) The plan was to get on I 80 and head east but I 80 was closed at the exit for I 480. Todays final destination is in the Peoria Illinois area.