Editing Boone, Iowa (section)

==Arts and culture==

===Festivals and events===

Pufferbilly Days, an annual event celebrating Boone's railroad heritage, is held at the end of the summer and is one of Iowa's top five community festivals with over 30,000 attendees.<ref>{{cite web | title = Pufferbilly Days | url = http://www.pufferbillydays.com | publisher = Boone County Chamber of Commerce | access-date = February 1, 2022}}</ref>

The IMCA Super Nationals are held at the Boone Speedway, occurring during the week of Labor Day.<ref>{{cite web | title = IMCA Super Nationals | url =https://www.imca.com/supernationals/ | publisher = IMCA | access-date = August 31, 2019}}</ref>

Boone River Valley Festival was started in 2017 and takes place in May. It is an outdoor festival with events to celebrate all of the beauty and activities that Boone and Boone County have to offer.<ref>{{cite web | title = Boone River Valley Festival | url = http://boonerivervalleyfestival.com/ | publisher = Boone River Valley Festival | access-date = August 31, 2019}}</ref>

Boone is also a site of the annual [[Farm Progress Show]]. Originally the show rotated from one farm to another in Iowa, Illinois and Indiana before the permanent sites were established at Boone, Iowa and [[Decatur, Illinois]]. The show now alternates between these two permanent sites on an annual basis.<ref>{{cite web|title=Celebrating Over 50 Years of Farm Progress Show Success|url=http://www.kansasfarmer.com/show-history-farm-progress-show|website=Kansas Farmer|publisher=Informa USA Inc.|access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref>

===Tourist attractions===

[[Vincenzo Miserendino]]'s final and largest statue of [[Theodore Roosevelt]], which was eight times life-size was commissioned in 1941, and was scheduled to arrive in Boone, Iowa, in 1943. However, before casting, its 4,000 pounds of bronze was appropriated for World War II. Miserendino commented that Theodore Roosevelt himself would have approved of that decision to put the service of the country first. Later, in 1946, the Roman Bronze Corporation of [[Corona, Queens|Corona, New York City]], produced the casting in Miserendino's original mold.{{efn|Miserendino died in 1943 before the 1946 casting of Roosevelt.}} On January 6, 1948, it was placed in {{ill|McHose Park|ceb}}.{{efn|[[James Buritt McHose]] was an admirer of Theodore Roosevelt. On July 25, 1924, McHose and his wife, Ella, gave nearly 200 acres of land on the southwest side of Boone to the city for a park which is named in their honor. When McHose died in June of 1927 at the age of 78, shortly after the park's dedication, his last will and testament specified that a statue of Roosevelt be placed in the park. John W. Jordan, the attorney for McHose's will, oversaw the Roosevelt statue project for the park.}} Residing on three large granite blocks, the 6' 3" statue depicts Roosevelt rising out of a mountainous landscape with his hand outstretched as if addressing a crowd. Below the statue are ten bas reliefs of Roosevelt's outdoor accomplishments.<ref>{{cite news | last = Caswell | first = Suzanne | title = The statue of Teddy Roosevelt | url=http://www.iowalivingmagazines.com/2013/04/24/the-statue-of-teddy-roosevelt | magazine = Iowa Living Magazines | date = April 24, 2013 | access-date = January 23, 2016}}</ref>

[[Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad]] & the James H. Andrew Railroad Museum are other points of interest. The B&SVRR allows visitors to view Boone and the Boone river valley area via train, riding behind various historic train equipment. Thomas the Tank Engine makes annual visits to B&SVRR, at the Day Out with Thomas event, usually in September.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Staff |title=Day Out with Thomas |url=https://bsvrr.com/wp/events/day-out-with-thomas/ |website=Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad and James H. Andrew Railroad Museum |publisher=Iowa Railroad Historical Society |access-date=4 October 2019}}</ref> The railroad also hosts several "dinner" trains, a regular weekly train excursion as well as a special Christmas themed event. The James H. Andrew museum, located on site, highlights railroad history with a variety of exhibits and authentic railroad related artifacts.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Staff |title=James H. Andrew Museum |url=https://bsvrr.com/wp/james-h-andrew-museum/ |website=Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad |publisher=Iowa Railroad History Society |access-date=4 October 2019}}</ref>