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8. I haven't been there but this is the story...

Fri Oct 17, 2025, 04:55 PM

Oct 17

Stanton has been known as the “Little White City” since the1920s when conductors on passenger trains going through town pointed outits crisp, tidy look. To this day, every house is painted white. WhenI asked Donald Peterson, president of the Historical Society, why theywere all white, he replied, “I don’t know, but my guess isthat we Swedes have always been very frugal people and white paint wascheaper.”

Mrs. Olson’s Hometown

Those of you who have passed the 50-year mark may remember “Mrs.Olsen,” the kindly Swedish lady who served a good cup of coffee, “TheMountain Grown Kind,” on television ads for Folger’s Coffee a fewyears back. As a Hollywood film star and TV commercial personality, VirginiaChristine is Stanton’smost famous daughter.

https://www.iowasource.com/2008/01/09/travel_recreationstanton_0603/

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