Iola’s close ties to the Neosho River will be examined at “A River Runs Through It” a Thursday program examining how the river helped shape the local community.
The Neosho runs along Iola’s eastern city limits, and is the primary reason Iola was founded where it was, yet most locals rarely think about it.
At one time, button factories flourished on its banks, pleasure boats piled on it, and residents drank from it and used its waters to irrigate fields. Men and, once again, eagles fish from it.
The…
