The City of Casey welcomed back a feathered former resident in conjunction with their sesquicentennial.

Jack Pershing, also known as the Red Cross Rooster, was presented at Rolling Hills Bank in Casey Wednesday. Almost a century ago Jack was owned by Casey auctioneer D.R. Jones and traveled from town to town to be auctioned off, and raised over $40,000 for the Red Cross during World War I. Jack eventually passed away and was preserved and given to the State Historical Museum of Iowa. The museum has agreed to loan Jack to the City, where he will be on display at Rolling Hills Bank until the sesquicentennial celebration this July.

Rolling Hills Bank Branch Manager Corrine Palmer says the City plans on harkening back to Jack’s roots with an auction this summer, “Kind of in the same way that he was sold originally they would auction him off and they’d receive the money and I think at the time they had him for like five minutes or something they never did actually get to keep the rooster so it’ll be the same type of thing for us.”

Proceeds from the auction will be given to the Adair-Casey Food Pantry located at the Casey Methodist Church. Until then, visitors are welcome to see Jack at the bank, where there are other artifacts on display about the history. Casey’s Sesquicentennial will take place July 12th-14th.