The 20th Century gallery is a work in progress as it attempts to capture 100 years of amazing changes from 1900 to 1999.

Busy Bee Bakery takes you back to the 1920's when there was a bakery in every small town.

The Filling Station attendant stands ready to wash the windows and pump the gas for the woman driving a 1933 Plymouth Coupe.

In 1960 a local electric company Iowa Southern Utilities built a prototype electric car with 12 large 6 volt batteries in both the trunk and engine compartment.

It traveled at 60 miles an hour for an hour, then it needed charged for 24 hours.

Some children attending one-room schools in Wayne County were lucky enough to ride in a horse-drawn school bus. This bus was used in the Sewal area until the end of World War II. No problem with gas rationing in that school district!

2007 makes 75 years since Corydon's own George Saling won a gold medal in the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles running the 110 meter high hurdles in a record-setting time of 14.6 seconds.






His uniform, track shoes, and official Olympic jacket are on display in the 20th Century gallery.

Read the story of this great accomplishment in the June 2007 Newsletter.