Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Audio Tours

Ushers Ferry Audio Tours
If you are visiting the Village on a special event day, you will find many staff members and volunteers who are eager to visit with you about Ushers Ferry. However, if you’ve come on one of our quieter weekends or week days, you may want to try one of our new audio tours. If you are tech-savvy and have your own Mp3 player, you are welcome to download a tour from this page. If you are not so good with this new-fangled technology, but would like to try it, ask about it at the Ushers Ferry Visitor Center and our staff will provide you with an audio tour and help you get started.


Usher Road Tour
Download the Entire Tour 12 :35

Individual Tracks:
01. Introduction to Village 1:15
02. Henry A. Usher Home history 1:45
03. Ushers Ferry Parsonage 1:20
04. Dr. William J. Miller, Wilton Jct. Iowa 1:30
05. J.C. Murray Profile 2:00
06. Hoover Family Telephone Exchange 1:45
07. Czech House 1:00
08. Frantisek and Marie Snoble Home 2:00


Curator’s Guided Tour of Main Street
Download the Entire Tour 32:22

Individual Tracks:
01. Introduction to Main Street 1:20
02. Rubek’s General Store 3:33
03. Ushers Ferry Times Newspaper Office 5:17
04. Post Office 2:35
05. Miss Beverly’s Millinery Shop 1:37
06. Jail and Barber Shop 3:13
07. The Tokheim Company 2:52
08. Opfer’s Livery Stable 1:09
09. The Bachelor’s House 2:48
10 Blacksmith and Tinker Shop 1:40
11 Log House and Ford’s Crossing Road 3:43
12 Scale Shed 2:29

Keep checking back as we add more audio tours of the Village!






Cedar Rapids, Iowa