Taylor County

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Before he was president (1849-50), General Zachary Taylor was a hero of the Mexican-American War. Blockton (pop. 125) was the birthplace of Bourke Hickenlooper, Iowa's governor from 1943 to 1945, and a U.S. senator from 1945 to 1969.

Not named for Liz

Or for Lawrence or Andy.

Not named for James

Or for Swift or for Opie.

But for Zachary Taylor.

Oh, what a man!

The American troops

Were once at his command!

In Bedford, the streets are all brick

'Round the courthouse.

And just south of town

Are located the fairgrounds.

In the town that's called Gravity,

They're down to earth.

And Blockton was birthplace

Of Hickenlooper.