Editing Cresco, Iowa (section)

==Arts and culture==

===Museums and other points of interest===
The '''Mighty Howard County Fair''' takes place in June each year. Originally established in 1868, the inaugural Howard County Fair took place in the Howard County Court House Square. The arts and crafts, as well as produce exhibits, were housed on the top floor of the Court House, while larger exhibits were situated on the lawn surrounding the Court House.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.mhcfair.com|title= Mighty Howard County Fair|publisher=Howard County Fairgrounds|access-date=March 22, 2011}}</ref>

'''Cresco Community Theatre''' is a nonprofit organization open to anyone with an idea or the desire to contribute. Contributing members decide which shows will be produced on the Cresco stage, and have ranged from famous productions to locally written plays.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cctheatre.net|title=Cresco Community Theatre|publisher=CCT|access-date=March 22, 2011}}</ref>

Cresco is home to the [[Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa]], which had its first inductee banquet in 1970. {{As of|2010|April|url= http://www.iowawhof.com}}, 97 members had made outstanding contributions to the sport of [[amateur wrestling]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.iowawhof.com|title= Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame|publisher=IROC Web Design|access-date=March 22, 2011}}</ref>

Although Cresco is no longer on a railroad line, it is home to a restored [[Milwaukee Road]] [[EMD FP7|FP7]] diesel engine known as the Heritage Train, displayed in Beadle Park at the center of the city on Highway 9. Cresco is also the headquarters of [[Featherlite Trailers]].

The Cresco post office contains a mural, ''Iowa Farming'', painted in 1937 by [[Richard Haines]]. Murals were produced from 1934 to 1943 in the United States through the [[Section of Painting and Sculpture]], later called the [[Section of Fine Arts]], of the [[United States Department of the Treasury|Treasury Department]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Public Library mural, Cresco, Iowa|url=http://livingnewdeal.org/projects/post-office-mural-cresco-ia/|website=livingnewdeal.org|publisher=Living New Deal|access-date=10 October 2015}}</ref>