Fun Fact History

Did you know?

• Centerville native and jockey Mack Garner rode Cavalcade to win the Kentucky Derby in 1934.

• Brigham Young was named head of the Mormon Church in 1847 while traveling through Appanoose County at the “Ring of Rocks”.

• The machine gunner from the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre married Centerville native Bonny Porter on the historic town square.

• Jessie and Frank James may have robbed the bank in Corydon, Iowa, but they needed to hitch a ride there first. The brothers bought a pair of horses outside of The Continental Hotel & Restaurant just prior to riding to Corydon and making their mark in the history books.

• Howard Hughes’s round-the-world flight was managed by Albert I. Lodwick, who was born and raised just outside of Centerville in the town of Mystic.