Cedar County
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In 1931, Gov. Dan Turner declared martial law and called out the Iowa National Guard to restore order, after outbreaks of violence over testing of cows for tuberculosis.
Iowa's only president,
Herbert Hoover came from here.
Born and buried in West Branch.
Got rich as a mine engineer.
The only county in Iowa
With the same name as a tree.
It was named for the Cedar River,
On its way to the Mississippi.
The county of Cedar, we're told,
Has a place in the state's history.
The Iowa Cow War of '31
Was fought over tests for TB.
The county seat city is Tipton.
It was founded by Henry Higgins.
He was not the famed phonetician
Who was a friend of Colonel Pickering's.