On the morning of Tuesday, May 1st, we went on our Iowa History Bus Tour led by Mr. Mike Zahs. Mike Zahs is a local historian and retired history teacher from Washington. Students learned about the symbolism on grave markers and were shown how to determine if the ground has been altered. The students learned fun facts about the history of Washington County, including how Kalona got its name and why most of our towns are seven miles apart. Mr. Zahs then took the students on a hike on private property to a location where three different civilizations had lived. He showed the students grave markers from early settlers, Native Americans, as well as 2,000 year old mounds.
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| Mr. Zahs standing on top of the Indian mounds |
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