Members of the Dysart community including Mayor Tim Glenn (center left) and Dysart Sesquicentennial Committee Chair Marcia Knupp (center right) assemble around the The Great Dysart Gorge for a drone photograph on Sunday, July 3, as part of the town’s 150th birthday celebrations. PHOTO BY SOREN M. PETERSON

Dysart Mayor Tim Glenn, sporting a rather bushy beard, provides opening remarks during the Sesquicentennial community worship service held on Sunday, July 2, in city park. While great effort was made, Glenn did not go on to win the Sesquicentennial Beard Contest. PHOTO BY SOREN M. PETERSON

The Dysart Sesquicentennial community worship service – ‘Singing in the history of our land” – held near the gazebo in City Park on the morning of July 2. PHOTO BY SOREN M. PETERSON

Deb Oliver speaks during the Dysart Sesquicentennial community worship service held in city park last Sunday morning. PHOTO BY SOREN M. PETERSON

Dysart resident and Zion Lutheran Church member Richard Arp speaks during the community worship service held on Sunday, July 2, as part of the Dysart Sesquicentennial celebration. PHOTO BY SOREN M. PETERSON

Zion Lutheran Church Pastor Matthew Muters provides an opening prayer as part of the Dysart Sesquicentennial community worship service held in the city park last Sunday morning. PHOTO BY SOREN M. PETERSON

Zion Lutheran Church Pastor Matthew Muters, center, helps lead the Dysart Sesquicentennial community worship service held near the gazebo in City Park last Sunday morning. PHOTO BY SOREN M. PETERSON

Members of the Dysart community stand while singing the song "God Bless the USA" by Lee Greenwood during the Sesquicentennial community worship service held in the city park on Sunday, July 2. PHOTO BY SOREN M. PETERSON

Members of the Union Community School District's High School Jazz Band perform in the Dysart City Park shelter on Sunday, July 2. PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

People check out the inside of the State Historical Society of Iowa’s mobile museum on Sunday, July 2, near the city park in Dysart. The bus is visiting all 99 counties this year. PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

The Dysart Main Street Pocket Park — completed just in time for the Sesquicentennial celebrations — pictured on Sunday, July 2. PHOTO BY SOREN M. PETERSON

A colorized reproduction of a photograph of the original Dysart railroad depot. The image is part of Vision Dysart’s Main Street Pocket Park located between Eikamp Insurance and the library in downtown Dysart. PHOTO BY SOREN M. PETERSON

PHOTO BY SOREN M. PETERSON

Quilts on display as part of the Dysart Historical Society’s Sesquicentennial quilt show on Sunday, July 2. PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

Quilts from the Dysart Historical Society’s Sesquicentennial quilt show on display at the museum complex on July 2. PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

Dysart Sesquicentennial Committee member Catharine Wieck pictured on Sunday, July 2 inside the Dysart Historical Center’s one room rural school while holding a copy of the Sesquicentennial book put together by herself and fellow members of the Dysart Historical Society. The books were hot off the presses on Friday and are now available for purchase from the Society. PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

Dysart Sesquicentennial Bike Rodeo participants pose for a group photo on Monday, July 3, alongside law enforcement officers including (center back, left to right) Tama Co. Detective Trevor Killian, Tama Co. Deputy Dallas Dvorak, Dysart Police Chief Joe Hols, Tama Co. K-9 Deputy Casey Schmidt (front), and Dysart Police Officer Jeremy Stenda. PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

A youngster participates in the Bike Rodeo on July 3 in downtown Dysart. PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

Tama Co. Detective Trevor Killian, left, assists four-year-old Huxley Dumas with his bike this past Monday morning as part of the Dysart Sesquicentennial Bike Rodeo. PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

Huxley Dumas, 4, navigates the Bike Rodeo obstacle course on July 3 in downtown Dysart. PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

Messiah Johnson expertly manages the obstacle course’s turns on Monday morning in downtown Dysart. PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

Dysart Sesquicentennial Bike Rodeo participants patiently await their respective turns on July 3. PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

Tama Co. K-9 Deputy Casey Schmidt, center, acts as emcee for the Dysart Sesquicentennial Bike Rodeo on July 3. PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

Four-year-old bike aficionado – he learned to ride without training wheels at 3-years-old! – Huxley Dumas, 4, powers his way toward the finish line during the Dysart Sesquicentennial Bike Rodeo race held Monday morning along Main Street. PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

Briggs Douglas Stoner, born June 18, is lifted into the air by his mother Kelsi Stoner after being crowned Dysart’s Sesquicentennial Prince on Monday, July 3, as the youngest member of the community. His dad, council member Steven Stoner looks on. PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

Dysart Sesquicentennial Prince Briggs Douglas Stoner, center, who was born on June 18, pictured with his parents Kelsi and Steven Stoner following his crowning as the youngest Dysart resident on July 3 in the community building. PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

Dysart Sesquicentennial costume contest winners in the Historical Dress 1873-1923 category including Curt and Aubri Hansen pictured on July 3 in the community building. PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

Dysart Sesquicentennial Festive Hat category winner Glen Salisbury, left, and Festive Dress category winner Tom Brandt pictured on July 3. PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

Beard and Mustache Contest winners pictured on July 3 in the community building including (left to right) Tim Nass, Walter Brandt, and Matt Albertsen. PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

Dysart resident Janet Wilson, wearing a hand-sewn dress her aunt made for the Kansas Centennial in 1961, stands next to the entries her extended family entered into the Dysart Sesquicentennial Fine Arts Contest including adult prose written by her mother Martha Baker, a wooden toy horse made by her eldest daughter Laura Wilson, youth poetry and a blacksmithed metal dinner triangle made by her eldest grandson Joe McFarlane, a woven belt and a painting made by her youngest grandson Kaleb McFarlane, and a painting by her granddaughter Emma McFarlane. PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER

Time capsule contents on display in photograph form. PHOTO BY RUBY F. MCALLISTER