Ed Bear's Visit to Bristow Iowa in 2002

Here is the pictures from Ed Bear's trip to Bristow, Iowa. The trip was in honor of the Veterans from the Bristow area and two very important people, Ed Yost (the hometown boy done good), and his close friend Joe Kittenger. At least thirteen balloons turned out for the Saturday morning flight from a field just west of town. Ed Bear got the meet up with Ed and Joe during the ceremonies when the town honored them both with monuments across the street from the Post Office. Ed Bear suggest if you ever get the chance to drop by Bristow to see these two monuments you might enjoy the side trip.

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Ed Yost took a group on the tour of the area around Bristow. The tour included Ed's boyhood home and this "big" rock called Fort Sumter. The rock is a glacieral boulder left in the middle of Iowa in the last ice age. Ed Bear thought it was a great place to catch a few rays!
	The long line of cars and trucks on the tour of Ed's boyhood home.
The Mayor of Bristow Karen Cornwell and her husband Larry sit around at the festivities on Saturday with Ed Bear.
.	At the ceremony where the two monuments were unveiled honoring the Veterans from Bristow and hometown boy Ed Yost. Joe Kittenger, Ed Bear, and Ed Yost pose for photographs
Sitting around outside the post office in Bristow, listening to Ed tell us about his adventures and growing up in the Bristow area.
	A picture of the memorial for the Veterans from the Bristow area.
Ed Bear got a quiet moment and sat down to read through the little hand out about Ed Yost, Joe Kittenger, and Clayton Folkerts. Clayton Folkerts was an early plane builder who was born just east of Bristow.

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