Montgomery County
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The Villisca axe murders, in 1912, were among Iowa's most notorious unsolved crimes. Clyde Cessna (founder of Cessna Aircraft) and Senator Joni Ernst were born in Montgomery County, and musician Elvin Bishop spent most of his childhood there. Stanton, hometown of actress Virginia Christine ("Mrs. Olsen" for Folgers Coffee) has water towers shaped and painted like a giant coffee pot and a giant coffee cup.
Chautauqua is pronounced shaw-TAW-qua.
Montgomery County.
Town of Red Oak.
Spectacular courthouse.
Five thousand folk.
See the old mansions
On Heritage Hill.
Chautauqua Pavilion
Is in the park still.
Montgomery's history?
Axe murders, I fear
But Elvin and Cessna
And Ernst were born here!
The city of Stanton
Is famous for Swedes.
A pot and a cup,
Made for coffees, not teas.