Colfax - Veterans Memorial GPS Coordinates: 41.670266 by -93.243666

The Highland Cemetery, 663 Boise Street, Colfax, has a Veterans Memorial honoring all veterans with two concrete benches flanking the memorial. Each bench has an identical GAR and WRC plaque. The Veterans Memorial is about 12 feet high made of concrete painted white. The monument and benches were dedicated in 1939. Follow Walnut Street (main N/S street) south of town to the cemetery. The monument is visible from the first entrance. Photos taken 10/8/17.

Colfax - General James B. Weaver Memorial Bridge GPS Coordinates: 41.687222 by -93.182778

Highway 6 runs coast-to-coast and is named the Grand Army of the Republic Highway. The SUVCW in Iowa has named 11 bridges on the Highway after Iowa CW Generals. There are also 29 highway markers across the state - an example is listed under Oakland in Pottawattamie County. This bridge is named after General James B. Weaver. He entered the 2nd Iowa Infantry as a 1st Lt. and eventually became the Colonel commanding the regiment. Later he became a Brevet Brigadier General. He is best known as the nominee for President in the Greenback Party in 1880 and the Populist Party in 1892. For more information see the Weaver home and a plaque in Bloomfield in Davis County. Thank you to the Jasper County Historical Society for sponsoring this bridge. The location is just south of I-80, exit 159 on Old Highway 6. This exit is between Colfax and Newton. Photo taken 5/8/12.

Kellogg - General James Wilson Memorial Bridge GPS Coordinates: 41.703056 by -92.879444

Highway 6 runs coast-to-coast and is named the Grand Army of the Republic Highway. The Iowa SUVCW has named 11 bridges on the Highway after Iowa CW Generals. There are also 29 GAR Highway markers across the state - an example is listed under Oakland in Pottawattamie County. This bridge is named after James Wilson of Newton. He started as a 1st Lieutenant in the 13th Iowa Infantry Regiment and eventually became the Colonel commanding the Regiment and a Brevet Brigadier General. This regiment became part of Crocker's Iowa Brigade and was at Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg, Atlanta, the March to the Sea and the March through the Carolinas. The bridge is located near Kellogg and about 10 miles east of Newton on Highway 6 as it crosses the North Skunk River. Thank you to the Jasper County Historical Society for their sponsorship of this bridge. Photo taken 5/8/12.

Newton - Civil War Memorial GPS Coordinates: 41.716683 by -93.058600

This memorial is in the Union Cemetery, 1601 W 4th Street, Newton. It was dedicated in 1930. Thank you to Steve Hanken for notification of this monument. It is difficult to find - after going through the main entrance, turn right or north and the monument is about half way between the road and the large Maytag Mausoleum.

There is a large veterans section in the Cemetery. Also shown is a veterans memorial dedicated to all veterans. There is also a similar monument to POW’s and a rock monument in the background of the photo dedicated to unknown soldiers. There are 254 Union soldiers buried here. Union Cemetery is in the NW corner of Newton on W 4th St. N. The first photo was taken 10/8/17 - the second photo 11/2/07.

Newton - Civil War and Gettysburg Address Plaques in Courthouse GPS Coordinates: 41.699990 by -93.054167

On the first floor of the Jasper County Courthouse in Newton are two plaques. The "Boys in Blue" plaque was dedicated by the DAR in 1924. It is brass, 20 inches wide and 29 inches high. The Gettysburg Address plaque was dedicated by the WRC in 1927. It is also brass, 22 inches high and 25 inches wide. The Courthouse, on the town square, was completed in 1911 and seems very well maintained. It has an impressive 3 story rotunda and the plaques fit in very well with the surroundings. Photos taken 10/4/22.