Pete
You are right. When we think of ghost towns you always see images of the
WEST. But there were many towns east of the Mississippi which are now ghost
towns. Or some are near it. One problem is the weather drops the buildings
with no occupancy. Who knows where Clarion is/was. I know Bob knows
sjh
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From: <PSHedgpeth@a...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Centerville combine
> I believe that kliner has the last official and accurate word re the
> Centerville Combine...I for one appreciate his detail. Keep up the
stories.
> I live by them.
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> Just to clear up the record....Last night after writing that I saw a
picture
> somewhere of the railfan special from Keokuk to Humeston in 1958 showing
> along with the heavyweight coaches the combine on the rear. I remembered
> that it was in Corbin's book Across Iowa on the Keokuk and Western and
> Humeston and Shenandoah.
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> Speaking of Centerville, it has long been on my to do list to make a
"journey
> to yesterday" in search of SEDAN. Sedan no longer exists, but I "have a
> thing" about finding where things that are no more used to be. Robert
Brown,
> who most of you know, has provided me with a bit of information regarding
the
> "townsite", but I haven't followed up on it yet. I had planned to do so
in
> connection with a trip to the Old Threshers Reunion in Mt. Pleasant over
the
> Labor Day weekend, but wife has put out a holding order on that trip for
this
> year.
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> Just wondering if anyone has been to Sedan in the last few years. I
> understand that there is now nothing whatever there now. The only photo I
> have ever seen is in Corbin's book Across Iowa.....There were at one time
> rails running in 5 directions from Sedan. Just like Clarinda which at one
> time had 6 lines radiating.
>
> Pete Hedgpeth
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