Boswell - And the early history of Benton County

Some might travel through Boswell today and totally miss the unique history of the small prairie town. It would be easy to do. George the Cyclist did it as he pedaled into town on two wheels in 2017. "I could read the first two words of Boswell's slogan "Hub of" on its freshly-painted water tower near the center of town and tried to guess the rest of it as I circled around it. It came as a great shock that this sad, tiny forlorn town of dilapidated and vacant buildings considered itself the...