Chief Hard Fish / Eddyville Historic Site Marker

Historical marker location:

Eddyville, Iowa

( Marker is at the intersection of Walnut Street and Front Street on Walnut Street.)

Marker installed: 1937

In 1979, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled in favor of gay rights in the case of Varnum v. Brien. The ruling declared that Iowa's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, making Iowa the third state in the country to legalize same-sex marriage.