HISTORICAL
ATTRACTIONS
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Creston’s
Restored Depot
This restored depot signifies Creston’s
railroad heritage. The depot is listed on the National Register of Historic
Places. Inside and out you can see the buildings rich heritage and enjoy
the more than 40 trains that pass by daily. Tours are available.
For more information contact the Creston City Clerk's office at 641-782-2000
ext. 3. The Depot is located at 116 West Adams Street in Creston.
Frank Phillips
Information Center
This renovated Phillips 66 Gasoline
Station was built in 1931 and was one of the first operating Phillips stations
in Iowa. Period gasoline pumps, the Phillips 66 trademark shield and Phillips'
traditional colors of green and orange have been used to retain the historic
value of the building.
Frank Phillips, founder of Phillips
Corporation began his business career in Creston as a barber. He married
the banker's daughter and became a billionaire in a few years. The information
center is dedicated to Frank Phillips, an Iowa farm boy and entrepreneur
whose dreams and hard work led him many miles from his beloved Creston
home, but whose heart never left Union County.
The information center is located
on Highway 34 West. It is open to the public from May through mid October.
For more information, call Creston/Union County Tourism at 641-782-7022.
Mt.
Pisgah National Monument
Mt. Pisgah was home to thousands
of Mormons during their trek from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah,
and was the first white settlement in Union County. Between 1846 and 1852
more than 2000 people made their homes here while thousands of others simply
passed through on their way west. Even those headed west to the gold
fields in California stopped at Mt. Pisgah for supplies.
Today you can tour a cabin that
was built as a reproduction of the type built as shelter by those early
Mormons. You can trace wagon tracks across the prairie grass.
A monument has been erected at this site in memory of the three hundred
people who did not survive that first winter. An interpretive panel is
located at Mt. Pisgah. A museum, picnic facilities and rest area
are available.
Tours can also be scheduled by calling
641-763-2504 or email bbrown1704@yahoo.com.
To get to Mt. Pisgah from Creston,
follow highway 34 east, turn north (left) at the U.S. Highway 169 intersection,
go approximately two miles. Turn west (left) at the Beulah Cemetery and
follow the signs. From Lorimor go approximately 4 miles south then west
one mile just off Highway 169.
Union
County Historical Complex
This village in the south end of
McKinley Park depicts a rural community in the 1800s. Walk through 14 buildings,
including a schoolhouse, general store, log cabin, a church, blacksmith
shop, depot and a museum. The historical complex is open daily, seven days
a week, June through Labor Day weekend, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Call 641-782-4247
for more information.
Take Highway 34 to the west edge
of Creston, turn northwest at the Frank Phillips Visitor's Center on Park
Street and continue to McKinley Park.
