(1924-1989)
NORTH End: 6th St., Steamboat Rock, Hardin County
Contrary to what this site has said for eight years, the intersection with D35 was never the end of 118. (Mea culpa.) But here's what you see when entering/leaving town.
Facing north on 118
The final paving records give a distance that goes one block north of this point, then west on Market Street through downtown past the school and library.
LGS in above picture (by white car), on S56 (note "Business District" in middle background)
Hardin County, like other counties, occasionally has signs just after the intersection that would normally/should appear before it.
Facing south on 118
About half of the route is in Pine Lake State Park (see entrance picture below).
SOUTH End: Stop sign, IA 175, near Eldora, Hardin County
Facing south on 118
Facing east on 175
The arrow under the Greenbelt sign must have fallen off or been removed; you can make out the outline.
LGS at bottom of above picture
The sign for entering Eldora is on the far left. Although only 4 miles away from Eldora, Steamboat Rock is a part of the Ackley-Geneva-Wellsburg-Steamboat Rock school district, formed in 1999 after a controversial merger process.
Facing west on 175
Coming into Eldora from the west, there is a very pretty view of the Iowa River valley.
Facing west on 175
Facing north on 118
Immediately after you turn onto 118, you enter Pine Lake State Park. Pine Lake was created as part of a CCC project in the 1930s. Compare the plaque at right to the picture below:
Facing north on 118
RAGBRAI riders prepare to turn westward into Eldora in July 2004.
Facing west on 175
I'll let this picture speak for itself.
Last seen: 1989 (1986 map)
All pictures by me: First-third, seventh, and tenth, 3/23/02; fourth, sixth, eighth, ninth, eleventh, and twelfth, 7/28/04; fifth, 4/4/06
Page created 5/7/02; last edited 2/24/10