Defunct Buena Vista Towns Mapped From Old Maps
Prairieville once seemed set as county seat though no such town existed. Juniata Leverette Elkton Mayview and West Scott survive only as traces with abandoned buildings and grassed roads. Hanover Crozier and Blaine show German Lutheran links and shifting post offices.
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Prairieville
Buena Vista County
Sioux Rapids
Lee Township
Juniata
Leverette
Providence Township
Poland Township
Elkton
Elk Township
Mayview
Menoti
Iowa
Lee Twnship
West Scott
Vanished Buena Vista towns echo through the region
The piece catalogs Juniata Leverette and Hanover as ghostlike towns in Buena Vista County. It notes Juniata’s 1960 population of twelve, the loss of post offices at Blaine and Sulphur Springs, and the shift to rural delivery and Alta addresses. The article laments changing life styles and ponders which towns will remain in a century.
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Hanover
Blaine
Frances Lucretia Griffith Patten
James G. Blaine
United States
Maple Valley Township
Juniata
Leverette
Iowa
Poland Township
Althe
St. John’s Lutheran
Buena Vista County
RFD
Alta
Providence Township
HARKER BUYS TRAIN LOAD OF PLOWS FOR PRAIRIE SETTLEMENT
A scrapbook note reveals James Harker, Storm Lake's first banker, bought nineteen car loads of horses and plows in Chicago and shipped them via the Illinois Central to break 10,000 acres of prairie. The Storm Lake Reporter described the plan and land sales by the bank, targeting Buena Vista and Clay counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
Marie Harker) Marshall
James Harker
Storm Lake
Chicago
Sinois Central
Storm Lake Reporter
Harker
Buena Vista
Clay County
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Crozier
Uitie
Racine
Scott” Township
Elk Territory
Hires Grove
Post Office
Scott
Zion Lutheran Church
Chozier
St. John’s Lutheran Church
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