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Boone, Iowa
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| A short drive north of Des Moines, Boone makes a | Can I make the Boone reservation by phone? We |
| nice day trip from the capital. The Mamie Doud | would be happy to help you make any Boone hotel |
| Eisenhower Birthplace offers a look at the house | reservation by phone. You can call our toll free |
| where the former first lady lived until age 10, | number between the hours of 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. |
| complete with period furnishings. Ledges State Park, | Monday through Friday (CST). 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
| just outside town, has intriguing sandstone ledges in | Saturday and Sunday. |
| an area near the Des Moines River. | |
| | How can I be sure information about my credit card is |
| Rail buffs have several reasons to visit Boone. One | secure? We use secure-socket-layer (SSL) |
| is the Kate Shelley High Bridge, said to be the | encryption, the standard encryption on the Internet. |
| highest and longest double-track railroad bridge in | This type of encryption allows you to feel confident |
| the U.S. Another is the ride on the Boone & Scenic | and secure about supplying personal and credit |
| Valley Railroad, which is powered by a steam | card information. |
| locomotive on its weekend runs. Finally, the Kate | |
| Shelley Park and Railroad Museum offers exhibits | Is free breakfast available? Some hotels offer free |
| on rail history. Kate Shelley, whose name adorns the | breakfast with each room night booked. This |
| bridge and museum, was a 15-year-old girl who | information can be found on the property information |
| crawled across a bridge during a rain storm in 1881 | "detail" page for your specific property. |
| so that she could warn a passenger train about a | |
| collapsed bridge ahead of the train. Pufferbilly Days, | Is there a minimum age requirements to reserve a |
| a railroad heritage celebration, is held every | room? A minimum age of 18 is required by most |
| September in Boone. 50 mi/80 km north of Des | hotels to book a room. Some require the guest(s) be |
| Moines. | 21. These requirements and other amenities |
| | information on the property "Detail" pages. |
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