Todays featured POW COUNTY Ghost Town at bottom of page.
More cool temperatures and wet weather will continue across all of Iowa today - with pockets of heavier rainfall south of the I-80 Corridor. It does look like we will finally see a break from our overcast skies on Saturday as a weak area of high pressure pushes through the state. By late Sunday another storm will approach and bring wet weather again Monday and Tuesday. Catch the nice weather this weekend while you can!
There's signs of a pattern change in the next 7-10 days. By the end of next week, High Temps should jump into mid/high 60's, and rainfall amounts will back off to normal...........
Today 22nd: Showers - Tstorms with pockets of HVY Rain thru the Aternoon, ending after 8pm (some Storms Severe south of I-80) - Temp 53.
Sat thru Mon 23rd-25th: Dry/Breezy Sat - Dry Sun - Breezy/Tstorms overnite Sunday into Monday - Temps near 60.
Tues and Wed 26th/27th: Breezy/Tstorms into Wed morning - then Dry - Temps near 60.
Thurs thru Sat 28th-30th: Dry and Breezy Thurs - Tshowers Fri/Sat - Temps near 70.
Sun thru Tues May 1st-3rd: Dry/Breezy.
Wed thru Fri 4th-6th: Stormy.
Sat and Sun 7th/8th: Dry.
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.
GHOST TOWN #5: MILL GROVE. A village in the northern part of section 35, Sugar Creek Township, on the north bank of North Skunk River, and just NW of where the present HWY 146 crosses the North Skunk. Post office, 1856-72.
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