Hervey Dix was not a native of Missouri, but during his duties as a corporal in the early part of the Civil War, he became the first casualty of that war in Adair County, Mo. He was buried in Kirksville, and after the war, he was honored by having a post of the Grand Army of the Republic in Adair County named for him.
The Iowa State Fair is historically grounded in celebrating our state’s rich tradition of family farmers. It was, and still is, a time for us to showcase the diversity of