2018.021.005 [Store, Dealership]

This is a photograph of Roe Implement, an International Harvester dealer, located in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Mount Ayr resident C. Z. Roe started the business in 1940 and moved to this location in 1945. Prior to this, the building housed the Ringgold County Courthouse offices while the new courthouse was being built in 1926-27. The building still stands today and is used for storage. Content can be used with the following standards: SS-Econ. 9-12.24 Iowa Impact Upon Economy in a lesson on small town Iowa businesses in the early 1900s. For any use other than instructional resources, please check with the organization that owns this item regarding copyright restrictions.