Steamboat Rock, Iowa
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ABOUT STEAMBOAT ROCK


The town took its name from a large projecting rock on a bluff of the Iowa River, which at a distance presented the appearance of steamboats lying at anchor. On one of these was what resembled a wheel-house, and on this grew a large pine tree looking somewhat like a smokestack which in 1885 was struck by lightning and the shock cut off the “wheel house” and ruined the resemblance to a steamboat. Floods later completely washed away the piece of rock known at the wheel-house. While it might have had to draw largely on fancy and imagination to ever have seen a steamboat on the bank of the river at that point, it was enough to forever give a pretty name to the town site.
Today it is know as "The Valley Of Friendliness". Know that you will receive a warm welcome when you visit.
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  • HOME
  • CITY
    • CITY GOVERNMENT
    • EMERGENCY SERVICES
    • EMPLOYEES
    • EMPLOYMENT
  • CALENDAR
  • ABOUT
    • HISTORY
    • FIND US
  • ORGANIZATIONS
    • CHURCHES
    • PINE LAKE SADDLE CLUB
    • PINE RIDGE RIFLE CLUB
    • PRIDE & BETTERMENT
    • PROGRESS CLUB
    • SCHOOLS
    • STEAMBOAT ROCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    • VISIONARY GROUP
  • BUSINESSES
  • TO DO & TO SEE
    • BOAT CLUB
    • CAMPS
    • CEMETERY >
      • Memorial Day 2020
    • CEMETERY THEATER
    • HARDIN COUNTY CONSERVATION
    • HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM
    • IOWA RIVER DAY CAMP
    • IOWA RIVER SCENIC DRIVE
    • Iowa River Trail
    • LIBRARY
    • VETERANS MONUMENT
    • WASHINGTON SQUARE