LaGrange, IA

From the Lucas County Heritage 2000 book     

     As for the community of LaGrange, IA, a community 11 miles east of Chariton, Iowa - it was formerly a 19th century stagecoach town about halfway between Albia and Chariton, IA.

   We, the Allen family, were privileged to move into the community in the spring of 1951.  We met some of the best people of the world, the families of Leo Hull, Edna Hull, Albin and Andy Walbertg, Tom Wilson, Bill Parish, Wayne Parish, Sterling Sr. and Sterling Jr. Martin, Lawrence Willson, Glen Abrahamson, Jesse Askren, Leonard Tuttle, Hall Hensley, Raymond Levis, Virgil Lewis, Jonathan Chase.

     Many changes have taken place in the last 50 years.