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The Roswell and Elizabeth Garst Farmstead Historic District is a farm in Guthrie County, Iowa, United States, near the city of Coon Rapids. It is significant as the home of farmer and hybrid corn populizer Roswell Garst. During the 1930s and 1940s, Garst played an active role in the conversion of old-style family farms to modern agribusiness.
Roswell "Bob" Garst (June 13, 1898 – November 4, 1977) was an American farmer and seed company executive. He developed hybrid corn seed in 1930 that allowed greater crop yields than open-pollinated corn.
The main office of Whiterock Conservancy is the historic Roswell and Elizabeth Garst Farmstead, which is also an active bed and breakfast and part of the Whiterock Resort. In 1997, the farm house and surrounding lands became an agritourism destination [4] which later became the Whiterock Resort in 2007. [5]
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, left, and Roswell Garst, his farmer-businessman host in 1959, talk outside the Hotel Fort Des Moines before a tour of Garst's farm near Coon Rapids.
As the Des Moines Register marks its 175th year, today's historic front page is from Sept. 22, 1959: Soviet premier lands in Des Moines for farm visit
Roswell and Elizabeth Garst Farmstead Historic District; Geode State Park, Civilian Conservation Corps Area; Gilbert-Linn Street Historic District; Glenwood Archeological District; Goddard Bungalow Court Historic District; Gordon–Van Tine Company Historic District; Grand Avenue Historic Commercial District
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
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