Madison County

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Marion Robert Morrison was born in Winterset in 1907, weighing 13 pounds. "The Bridges of Madison County" (1995) was filmed in the county. The C.D. and Eliza Heath Bevington Privy (1856) is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Madison County, famous for bridges,

And for a baby named Marion.

Moved to LA, changed his name to John Wayne,

And died as a septuagenarian.

Eastwood and Meryl cavort on the farm.

Decided this wasn't the right time.

The Roseman Bridge was very romantic.

This certainty comes once in a lifetime.

At Pammel State Park, you can drive through the tunnel,

And then you can drive through the creek.

A few miles away, there's a historic outhouse.

Just for viewing. You can't take a leak.

The county seat, Winterset, has a town square

And a big, old courthouse with a dome.

The Iowa Theater's still showing movies

Near a museum that quilters call home.