1914 Kenyon Road Map of Iowa Published for the Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Assn

This is a 1914 Kenyon Company road map of Iowa issued with overprinting to promote the Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Association.

A Closer Look

Coverage embraces Iowa. Overprinting in red, green, and blue highlights highways, routes, pikes, railroads, and other roads across the state, each of which is numerically identified. Black lines illustrate 84 more roads, routes, trails, and highways. Cities and towns are labeled across Iowa and into eastern Nebraska and northern Missouri.

The Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Association

The Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Association (1884 - Present) is an insurance company in Des Moines, Iowa. It was founded on January 2, 1884, by J. B. Herrisman as the Iowa Mutual Tornado, Cyclone, and Windstorm Insurance Association. It changed its name to the Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Association in 1903. The company changed its name again in 1970 to IMT Insurance Company, under which it still operates.

Publication History and Census

This map was compiled, engraved, printed, and copyrighted by the Kenyon Company in 1914 for the Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Association. This is the only known cataloged example.