October 3, 2016: The Curlew Cannon ranks up with the Coin Overpass in my observations of Iowans’ modest humor.
You can see the regularity of railroad stops along the diagonal from the junction west of Fort Dodge: Clare, Pioneer, Gilmore City, Rolfe, Plover, Mallard, Curlew, Ayrshire, Ruthven. Today, the tracks stop at Mallard, but Curlew remains.