Minnesota Prairie Roots

Writing and photography by Audrey Kletscher Helbling

Part V: The artsy side of Clear Lake, Iowa » Art in Clear Lake, Three Stars Plaza

This stacked album sculpture in Three Stars Plaza next to the Surf Ballroom honors Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson. All three musicians died in a 1959 plane crash near Clear Lake after performing at the Surf.

Art in Clear Lake, t-shirts at Larson’s Mercantile
Art in Clear Lake, winter dance party poster
 

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