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| LEGRAND | Pop. 400 Alt. 923 | Control, West Entrance to Village. |
| Cedar Rapids 64.9 |
Marshalltown 8.3 |
One hotel, 1 garage. Local speed limit,
10 miles per hour. Fine camping site. One bank, 1 railroad, 1 newspaper.
Commercial Club. "Devil's Anvil," a huge rocky promontory, 1 mile east. Immense quarries and the largest stone crushing plant in the United States. The Iowa River bluffs and valley between Tama and Marshalltown afford some beautiful views. |
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- A Complete Official Road Guide of The LINCOLN HIGHWAY Fifth Edition (1924)
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LeGrand.
The old Masonic Temple on the main drag of LeGrand. This was the 1913
Lincoln Highway route and it is still U.S. Highway 30. In 2001, however, the state
will build a bypass to the north of town and this street will lose its major highway
status for the first time in a century.
"We are passing beautiful farms. Here we see a group of splendid dappled grey Percheron draught horses, the pride of a stock-farm. Here we pass reddish-yellow shocks of oats. The country is more wooded now. We see maples, oaks, ash, willows, and black walnuts. Here and there are yellow wild flowers, somewhat like black-eyed Susans. One thing we remark in all these Middle Western farms. There seem to be almost no flowers around the farm houses. An English farmhouse or a French farmhouse would have a riot of color. We miss this in our Western farms and wonder why it is that we see so little color. We see practically no orchards, and very few grapevines. This is the country of wheat and oats. We have left the orchards and the vineyards far behind us in lovely California."
- Effie Price Gladding of California, 1914.
All images Copyright © Paul W. Walker, 1995, 1996, 2001.