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Kensett Iowa Centennial Fun Festival

Kensett Iowa Centennial Fun Festival Event Button Museum
Category: 
Event
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Kensett Iowa Centennial Fun Festival Event Button Museum
Kensett Iowa Centennial Fun Festival button back Event Button Museum
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Text on Button: 
KENSETT IOWA CENTENNIAL FUN FESTIVAL AUG. 25-27 824 1872-1972
Image Description: 

Illustration of a settler riding in a covered wagon being pulled by two oxen.  Black, bold text on orange background.

Back Style: 
Brass locking pin
The Shape: 
Oval
The Size: 
2 3/4 inch
Year / Decade Made: 
1970s
1972
Additional Information: 

In 1972, Kensett Iowa celebrated its 100th anniversary with a festival and established Centennial Park which is currently used for yearly town anniversary celebrations, and other outdoor events. Kensett is a small rural community in Worth County formed in 1872 shortly after the railroad was built through that territory. It was named after a Baltimore oyster packer named Thomas Kensett who vowed to build a church in the town if the citizens named it after him. The community was named Kensett but the town’s namesake never fulfilled his promise.

Catalog ID: 
EV0009
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