5 Minutes with Steve Francis, local "history detective" and retiree

• HOMETOWN: Creston.

• FAMILY: A wife, Kathy. Two kids: one in Colorado, one in Oskaloosa.

• FAVORITE HOLIDAY: Thanksgiving. I just like fall.

• WHEN DID YOU FIRST BECOME INTERESTED IN HISTORY: I don't know, probably ... probably in my 20s or 30s.

• FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR: Vanilla.

• FAVORITE THING ABOUT CRESTON: The (Historical) Village.

• RESPONSE TO PEOPLE CALLING YOU OUR "LOCAL HISTORIAN": I don't really consider myself a historian, I'm more of a ... history detective.