Green Mountain Train Wreck Book Talk & Signing

Author Scott Foens

Marion resident Scott Foens is at the Marion Public Library to discuss his new book "Green Mountain: Iowa's Deadliest Train Wreck". Book will be available for purchase and signed by the author.

Buried under the silt of Hawkeye state history lays the story of Iowa's deadliest railroad disaster: the March 21, 1910, derailment of a Rock Island passenger train outside the small town of Green Mountain that killed 54 people and injured nearly 40 others. Today, only a vague public awareness of the wreck exists. This book lifts the fog of myth about the incident and effectively describes what happened, to whom, and why.

Scott Foens is a historian who writes about emergency services and disaster history. He holds a BA in History from Wichita State Univ., an MA in History from the Univ. of Nebraska, an MBA from St. Ambrose Univ. and is a Veteran of the USAF. He is a member of Phi Alpha Theta, the National History Honor Society, SALUTE, the Veterans’ National Honor Society, and the American Historical Association.

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