Surf Ballroom – Clear Lake, Iowa

The current Surf Ballroom reopened on July 1, 1948. The building project cost approximately $350,000. The Surf is closely associated with the event known as “The Day the Music Died” – early rock and roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and “The Big Bopper” gave their last performances at the Surf on February 2, 1959. The Surf Ballroom still hosts numerous events year round and has a seating capacity of 2,100 and a 6,300-square-foot dance floor. Clear Lake, Iowa is spectacular in Read More …

Geronimo Surrender Site

This Monument commemorates the final surrender of the famous Chiricahua Apache Chief Geronimo to General Nelson Appleton Miles on September 6, 1886, occurred at the western edge of Skeleton canyon. As the surrender site is now on private property, commemorative monument has been erected to the northwest along SR 80, where it intersects with Skeleton Canyon Road.