SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE AND READ ABOUT IOWA/POW COUNTY GHOST TOWNS......
No real changes to the previous forecast. More Rain!
Today and Wed 19th/20th: Rain with Isolated Thunderstorms/Breezy Today (1" Rain) - Dry Wed - Temps 40/50.
Thurs and Fri 21st/22nd: Dry - Showers overnite Thurs - Thunderstorms/HVY Rain and Wind Fri (some Storms Severe) - Temps Mid 50's.
Sat thru Mon 23rd-25th: Showers/Breezy Sat Morning - Then Dry - Breezy/Showers overnite Sunday into Monday - Temps Low 60's.
Tues and Wed 26th/27th: Rain/Breezy/Tshowers.
Thurs thru Sat 28th-30th: Dry - Tshowers Sat.
Sun and Mon May 1st/2nd: Storms - Expect Some Severe Storms.
Tues thru Thurs 3rd-5th: Dry.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OBSERVED 4 INCH SOIL TEMPERATURES...
DAVENPORT : 47
JOHNSTON : 42
DECORAH : 46
LAMONI : 50
NASHUA : 41
TOLEDO : 38
Ghost Towns in Iowa: When Iowa was just begining there were many towns and villages being planned and built.
A lot of those towns became very important business areas. They had many types of businesses and some did prosper for a time. While still others were no more then a town on paper. Some of the businesses were Grist Mills, Lumber Mills, Lumber Yards, General Stores, Harness Shops, Blacksmiths and clothing stores just to name a few.
Some towns were built and doing fairly well but when the railroads came through and located miles from where the towns were located, they packed up and moved with them. Since the railroads meant business and their products could be moved in and out of town easier they moved to where the railroad was situated and the people gradually moved with them and the town would disappear.
Sometimes river towns would disappear because river traffic was not as good as sending product and traveling by railroad had become important they gradually moved with them.
The names they gave the towns and villages were many times a reflection on where the pioneers had came from or maybe named them after the area they settled in. Drawing upon the name of a river, grove of trees, a bluff or other things from their new surroundings. They also named the towns after themselves or even a loved one who had died during their trip to Iowa.
Some towns are now just a corn field, pasture or timber with nothing left to show that the town ever existed.
Poweshiek County is no exception. Over the next couple of weeks, I will highlight the 28 known Ghost Towns in Poweshiek County. Some are obvious - some may not be. You may be living In or Around one of them and not even know it...........
GHOST TOWN #1: BEAR CREEK. A post office (1849-65) near the east edge of Bear Creek Township on the south side of Bear Creek, about one mile northeast of the present town of Brooklyn.
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