Hartley Iowa Veterans' Memorial

Historical marker location:

Hartley, Iowa

( Memorial is on U.S. 18, ¼ mile N 8th Ave. E, on the left when traveling west.)

Audiobooks about the history of Iowa.

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.