109 John Wayne Drive

Historical marker location:

109 North John Wayne Drive, Winterset, Iowa

( Marker is on John Wayne Drive north of Court Avenue, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2010

c.1914.

In the early 1900s, the town of Villisca, Iowa was the site of a gruesome murder that remains unsolved to this day. On June 10, 1912, eight people were bludgeoned to death with an axe in their home. The crime is known as the Villisca Axe Murders and has been the subject of numerous books, films, and TV shows.