100 YEARS OLD
CENTENNIAL 1855-1955

There are bridges to the future for Steamboat Rock. A new ethanol plant north of town offers new employment opportunities. Highway 20 offers easy access to the community. New homes have sprung up showing faith in the communities growth. 

How to build for the future is a challenge that every small town faces. How that challenge is met is a test of the will of the people living there. Those in the past that passed this same test had a dream. Isaac Lesh, Charles Boyle and John Royal had a dream of a town. Is there anyone today in Steamboat Rock that can catch the fervor of that dream and build on it? 

Improved communication and transportation were instrumental in stemming the growth of small towns. 

Today those same two factors can be an opportunity for growth. Communication via the internet and transportation via the modern highway makes opportunity for business possible anywhere. 

It is all there for Steamboat Rock as it celebrates it’s 150th birthday.