Todays featured POW COUNTY Ghost Town at bottom of page.
Areas of rain and some thunderstorms will move over Central Iowa in the next few days. The heavier rainfall will remain south of the I-80 Corridor where up to 1/2" of rain will fall in thunderstorms thru Friday Night. Rain will taper off early morning Saturday - the rest of the weekend looks dry until the next system moves in overnite Sunday. Expect Isolated Showers Monday thru Wed Morning, with heavier rainfall thru out Tuesday.
Today and Fri 21st/22nd: Dry - Showers and Breezy after 3pm - Showers/Tstorms/HVY Rain Fri (some Storms Severe south of I-80) - Temps Low 50's.
Sat thru Mon 23rd-25th: Showers/Breezy Sat Morning - Then Dry - Breezy/Tshowers overnite Sunday into Monday - Temps Low 60's.
Tues and Wed 26th/27th: Breezy/Tstorms into Wed morning - then Dry - Temps around 60.
Thurs thru Sat 28th-30th: Dry and Breezy Thurs - Tshowers Fri/Sat.
Sun thru Tues May 1st-3rd: Dry Sunday and Monday - Tshowers Tues.
Wed thru Fri 4th-6th: Stormy.
Ghost Towns in Iowa: When Iowa was just begining there were many towns and villages being planned and built. Poweshiek County was no exception to rest of the state. Over the next couple of weeks, I will highlight the 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.
GHOST TOWN #2: BROWNSVILLE. A village in the southwestern part of section 35, Jackson Township, five miles south and one and one-half west of Montezuma, and just north of the Mahaska County line. The name of its post office (1864-95) was Sherman.
GHOST TOWN #3: MANAT. A post office for a short time in 1884 at or near the location of the railway station at Carnforth.
GHOST TOWN #4: WILSON. The original name of the present town of Victor. The name was changed from Wilson to Victor in 1862 when the post office of Victor, which had been in existence from 1854, and located about two miles to the south, was removed to near the newly built C., R. I. & P. depot.
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