On the grounds where the Ferguson school used to stand in Marshall County, a class ring was lost in 1961. The ring’s original owner and the boyfriend who lost it still got married.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, someone with a metal detector found it. The Marshalltown Times-Republican<\/em> has the story.<\/a><\/p>\n In Creston, the missing pieces were a bit more substantial: the most important pieces of the 1926-89 building. The limestone engraving that said “CRESTON” had been in a pile of rubble for decades, broken into three pieces. The cornerstone had been in the weeds by the bus barn, its time capsule intact.<\/p>\n The Creston News Advertiser<\/em> has a story<\/a> about the men who found these pieces of history and restored them for display at Union County Historical Village.<\/p>\n In Story County, nothing has been lost, but you might be able to find your next home. The 1923 Milford Township school can be yours for $1.7 million, the Ames Tribune<\/em> says<\/a>. It’s\u00a0on E29 two miles east of I-35 (no nosy neighbors!), closed in 1991, and was painstakingly turned into a “prairie castle” earlier this century.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On the grounds where the Ferguson school used to stand in Marshall County, a class ring was lost in 1961. The ring’s original owner and the boyfriend who lost it still got married. Earlier this month, someone with a metal … Continue reading