Bob JACOBS
Bob JACOBS began operating a freight line between
Lacona and Des Moines in 1930. He retired from the trucking business
July 31, 1974. In spring of 1933 Lacona's fourth baseball diamond
was built near his house. (Source - Chronology of the
early settlers of White Breast Township and Lacona compiled by Edith
HEEMSTRA and John FORD sometime around 1980.)