Butler County

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Maddie Popp, Season 16 winner of "American Idol," is from Clarksville. Ed Yost, inventor of the modern hot-air balloon, was from Bristow. Pauline Pfeiffer, second wife of Ernest Hemingway, was from Parkersburg. Senator Chuck Grassley is from New Hartford.

A wife of Ernest Hemingway.

An American Idol singer.

A builder of hot-air balloons.

A powerful right-winger.


A county seat called Allison,

Which hosts the county fair.

But what is really curious

Is just what ISN'T there.


There's not a stoplight anywhere,

And not a KFC.

No Denny's there or Taco Bell

Or even Applebee's.


There's no McDonald's to be found.

No four-lane road, no Starbucks.

But it is well-known that Butler is

A great place to hunt ducks.