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Category Archives: Iowa Miscellaneous
Dec
21
The Final Countdown: 4. Archer
October 3, 2016: Archer, like MANY other hamlets in Iowa, owes its existence to the railroad, but the rails were pulled up when a Cherokee-Sioux Falls line was abandoned in the mid-1980s. Archer, pop. 131, is five miles from US 18 … Continue reading
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Dec
20
The Final Countdown: 4 1/2. Meriden
The trio of Meriden, Cleghorn, and Marcus were once served by individual spur routes from IA 5 (now IA 3) until the highway was moved closer to the railroad. Today, IA 143 is the only number that remains, because downtown … Continue reading
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Dec
14
The Final Countdown: 5. Varina
October 3, 2016: No big stone lions guarding this library. As I crossed IA 4 on US 20, I saw long green tubes on freshly churned dirt in the middle of a cornfield, and I realized I was entering Bakken … Continue reading
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Dec
13
The Final Countdown: 6. Duncombe
October 11, 2002: Mile marker 11 on IA 928 near the Highview elevator in Hamilton County shows a countdown to Fort Dodge, even though the Webster County segment was turned over almost right away. On old 20, you can be … Continue reading
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Dec
09
Visits to new Iowa cities in 2016
September 26, 2016: In March 2010, the Volga post office was “temporarily closed”. Now, there are these cluster boxes outside, which often signal the town’s post office is gone for good, but the letters are still on the building clear … Continue reading
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Dec
06
How many cities are on Iowa highways?
August 4, 2015: After IA 122/old US 18 was turned over, Rudd remained a city “on” the Iowa highway system because the four-lane is still within the city limits. I’ve sporadically mentioned my resolution to visit all 944 existing incorporated … Continue reading
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Nov
24
Raise the song of harvest home
October 3, 2016: County Road B40 east of Primghar. MidAmerican Energy has two wind farms in O’Brien County. Northwest Iowa has substantial capacity for wind energy generation.
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Nov
16
The last time the county voted for…
Donald Trump’s near-sweep of Iowa in the 2016 election is even more shocking when you take it into longer-term context. The only time in the past half-century that the Democratic candidate failed to win at least 10 counties in Iowa … Continue reading
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Nov
14
Mount Union disincorporation passes by one vote
Sixty-three votes were cast in a referendum on whether Mount Union should continue to exist as a town in Iowa. The vote was tied on Tuesday and was decided by one absentee ballot. The town will dissolve. (Story via KCCI, … Continue reading
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Nov
10
Republicans expand rural reach in Iowa
New York Times visualization of the 2016 presidential vote by county. Note that the Driftless Area (NE IA, SW WI, SE MN) tilted Republican, and while not strongly so, it’s in deep, stark contrast to the 2008 map. First, go read … Continue reading
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