May 15, 2011: The Greene County Courthouse, as seen from the Lincoln Highway (above) and looking east on the Lincoln Highway from the Mahanay Memorial Carillon Tower (below).
Half a century plus one year after the Mahanay Memorial bell tower was erected in downtown Jefferson, the tower’s bells have been restored to full working order.
Greene County was the first county to pave the Lincoln Highway in Iowa (PDF). When the US highway system was designated, Greene County had the southernmost paved road in the western third of the state.
The Lincoln Highway convention tour stops in Jefferson today.