Welcome to the
Mills County Historical Museum
Peg Barn, Jail and Outhouse
In 1988 the old barn was donated, torn down, and reassembled on the museum grounds. It has three floors and contains old farm equipment, mostly horse drawn. One of the main attractions in the barn is a hand carved, life sized mule with harness on it. This was carved by one of our former board members, Les Hunt.
In 1989, the town of Henderson, Iowa, abandoned their jail and was going to bulldoze it in. The people of the town tore it apart brick by brick. It was rebuilt on the museum complex site in 1989.
In 1994 the museum was given an outhouse to go with the country school.
Area Links
Indian Creek Historical Society & Museum
59256 380th Street, Emerson, Iowa 51533
(712) 824-7730
www.indiancreekmuseum.org
Mineola Historical Society
Box 174, Mineola, Iowa 51554
(712) 527-0353
Malvern Historical Society
Linda Marshall
Pacific Junction Historical Society& Museum
Pacific Junction, Iowa 51561
(402) 203-1232 Gary Williams
(712) 527-9519 Pat Holmes
www.pjhistsociety.org
Tabor Historical Society& Museum
PO Box 584, Tabor, Iowa
(712) 629-3164
www.taboriowahistoricalsociety.org