1914 Built Convict Road - at River Forks

Convict Road

Discover 1914 Built Convict Road - at River Forks in Fredonia

The 1914 Build Convict Road is a  1.5 mile road, built with convict labor from the Anamosa Men's Reformatory, completed in 1914, through what was described as an "impassable bank of sand!" Where it was often difficult for tires to make it through the soft sand.  It was one of the first concrete roads build in a rural area, in the nation. 

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