Stuart is maybe 30 miles west of Des Moines. My dad had grown up in the area and we'd have many family get together's as I grew up at the park in town. About the only thing that ever happened in the town was back in 1934 when Clyde Barrow hit the bank. One of my dads cousin was was working at that bank back then when she was in her early twenties. According to her it was Clyde Barrow and Henry Methvin that robbed the bank that day and Bonnie wasn't there. I remember her telling the story of that day she was working at the bank, and she said Henry Methvin was a good looking guy and much more polite then Clyde. That's just one of the old stories of my ancestors I remember from those days. I would think the last get together like that was in the mid 1970's as I left the home turf for good shortly after that.Tamrock, lots of history in those lives and farm. Im not sure where Stuart is located, but think NW Iowa is that correct?
i really love driving the back roads of Iowa and looking for cool farms and barns. I did an article in an Iowa magazine called "Our Iowa" in last years March Febuary issue called "Rustic Roads". Lots of cool farms in Iowa and Wisconsin, well cool to me any way. You mentioned above obout the Wife of your Dads Cousin passing on after being put in old folks home. Sad deal, but that does happen. Thanks for you response I enjoyed reading it.
Van