Fremont County

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Sidney was named for Sidney, Ohio. The Sidney Iowa Championship Rodeo began in 1923. Penn Drug in Sidney dates from 1863. Tabor, former home of Tabor College (1853-1927), was the home of many abolitionists in the years before the Civil War, and John Brown spent the winter of 1857-58 there.

Here, rodeo is pronounced row-DAY-oh.

Waubonsie is usually pronounced WAW-bun-see. For the poem, it is pronounced waw-BON-see.

Southwest corner of the state.

Named for the Pathfinder.

That was John C. Fremont,

If you need a reminder.

Fremont's right on the Missouri

And adjacent to two states.

The state park named Waubonsie

Is a most inviting place.

The county seat is Sidney.

Its name came from Ohio.

It's best known for its drugstore

And its very own rodeo.

The little town of Tabor

Has a most interesting history.

Many years ago,

It was a hub of antislavery.