Hogback Covered Bridge

Historical marker location:

Winterset, Iowa

( Marker is on Hogback Bridge Road, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2012

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.