Odebolt Centennial Time Capsule

Historical marker location:

Odebolt, Iowa

( Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and 1st Street, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.)

Marker installed: 1977

1977-2077.

In 1917, a German submarine sank the SS Housatonic, a U.S. freighter carrying food and supplies to Europe during World War I, off the coast of South Carolina. Among the crew members who went down with the ship was an Iowa native named Herbert C. Jones, who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the sinking.