Charles M. Martin

Historical marker location:

115 4th Street, Eldon, Iowa

( Marker is at the intersection of 4th Street and Kd Avenue, on the right when traveling south on 4th Street.)

Marker installed: 1922

Rock Island Lines. 1855 1922.

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.