Price Decreased
250606
$1,390,000
Sale
Single Family Residence
Ranch
RESIDENTIAL
24425 178th Street
Okoboji
IA
51355
3
3
1
2
1
2680
17837
Attached
2
East Okoboji Lake
9808
2023
Okoboji
1993
Yes
Lake View, Low Bank
Boat Slip, Deck, Dock, Driveway-Concrete
Hardwood Floors, Kitchen Center Island, Main Floor Bedrooms, Vaulted Ceilings
Water Heater-Gas
Forced Air
Public/City
Public Sewer
Central
Full,Walkout
Poured Concrete
Frame/Wood,Stick Built
Vinyl Siding
Stauss Realty, Kirk Stauss (712.320.0123)
241077
3
3
2,166
250733
3
4
2,400
Licensed In Iowa Each Office Independently Owned And Operated.
"The Tressle" bridge used to carry the old railroad that traversed the area. Now the tressle is home to some of the areas best fishing. Served as a hot spot for fisherman, and a trail for walkers and bikers, the tressle is a classic structure of the Okobojis. We spent days jumping off of the tressle doing cannonballs, preachers, flips and the like. I know in my life my friends and I have caught literally tens of thousands of crappie and blue gill off the tressle bridge.
Looking for a unique experience, here is one for you. If you are interested in coins and different paper money, come to The Okoboji Museum
The O'Farrell Sister is a historic Okoboji Tradition that one must check out for breakfast and lunch!
'Farrell Sisters History
The O'Farrell Sisters restaurant was born in 1949 at the bridge on Hwy 71, between East and West Lake Okoboji. Edna Mae and Arlene O'Farrell bought the business from Ike Kissinger who was running for Sheriff of Dickinson County.
In the early years the girls were open seven days a week and had a booming business in no time. The fried chicken dinners on Sunday evenings were especially popular. There were times when the line waiting to get in was so long they'd have to lock the door and would often run out of chicken!
In 1959 Arlene married and moved to Tallahassee, Florida with her husband Furman Henderson. Edna Mae and Ferne continued in the restaurant, moving to its present location that same year. This spot had a garden and chicken coup, which was moved to the house across the street.
Ferne died in 1974 and Edna Mae in 1978. Arlene sold the business to nieces Joyce Gapinski, Jo Ann Anderson, Charlotte Sarvie and Cheri Petersen (these are married names). The nieces successfully ran the restaurant from 1979 through 2003. After losing Jo Ann in 1997 and Cheri in 2002, Joyce and Charlotte decided to sell after the 2003 season.
The rest is to be continued...
