Mayor Ernest Petersen turning the first spadeful of dirt for Marne's housing project with the construction of five homes.
Transcribed from "The First Century, A History of Marne, Iowa 1875 - 1975", published in 1975, Marne, Iowa: The Marne Centennial Historical Committee, pg. 55. Transcribed (2015) by Cheryl Siebrass and contributed September, 2019.