― Michael Burble, Tuesday, 26 July 2005 17:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 17:09 (eighteen years ago) link
http://ludb.clui.org/ex/i/SD3127/The geographic center of the USA, including the lower 48, Alaska, and Hawaii. A bit awkward, perhaps. The geographic center for the lower 48 is marked with a monument in Kansas, and the geographic center of North America is also marked by a monument in North Dakota.
So there are two places that lay claim to geographic center, neither of which is in Iowa. I've been to Centerville and can't remember any landmarks or monuments there...
― mike h. (mike h.), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 17:14 (eighteen years ago) link
ZERO Zero was located in the far northeast corner of Washington Township. There's no trace of it today, although the site still is accessible via a road leading south off Highway 34. Here's what the 1978 "History of Lucas County, Iowa" had to say about it: "Located halfway between Melrose and Russell, Iowa, is the ghost town of Zero. Only a couple of old wooden buildings and a few foundations remain of the old town that was platted in 1883 by the Zero Coal Company. There were 61 lots, 5 streets and 3 alleys drawn into the town." "Zero did have a post office operated by Aquilla Kern and there was a general store run by Henry Gettinger. The Zero mine was never a big mine. It never exceeded 20 railroad cars of coal a day and finally closed in 1886 because there was too much water in the mine." "Today Zero, Iowa, is losing its contest with time. Fred Schreck is the last person living there in 1978 and he is 78 years old. The few buildings that remain have deteriorated past the point of ugliness and have achieved a weathered beaut of their own. The lovely countryside is closing in on the once proud house and sagging barn, and the shingle roofs no longer hold back the rain."
Zero was located in the far northeast corner of Washington Township. There's no trace of it today, although the site still is accessible via a road leading south off Highway 34. Here's what the 1978 "History of Lucas County, Iowa" had to say about it: "Located halfway between Melrose and Russell, Iowa, is the ghost town of Zero. Only a couple of old wooden buildings and a few foundations remain of the old town that was platted in 1883 by the Zero Coal Company. There were 61 lots, 5 streets and 3 alleys drawn into the town." "Zero did have a post office operated by Aquilla Kern and there was a general store run by Henry Gettinger. The Zero mine was never a big mine. It never exceeded 20 railroad cars of coal a day and finally closed in 1886 because there was too much water in the mine." "Today Zero, Iowa, is losing its contest with time. Fred Schreck is the last person living there in 1978 and he is 78 years old. The few buildings that remain have deteriorated past the point of ugliness and have achieved a weathered beaut of their own. The lovely countryside is closing in on the once proud house and sagging barn, and the shingle roofs no longer hold back the rain."
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 17:35 (eighteen years ago) link
*ROFL*
― nathalie's body's designed for two (stevie nixed), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 17:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― StanM (StanM), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 18:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― Draw Tipsy to see if you give a shit about art (Dave225), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 18:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 18:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― j. niimi (litotesia), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 19:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 19:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lukas (lukas), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 19:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― willem (willem), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 19:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Deluxe (Damian), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 09:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 27 July 2005 09:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 09:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tumililingan (ex machina), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 11:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― naus (Robert T), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 11:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 12:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tumililingan (ex machina), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 12:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― SoHoLa (SoHoLa), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 12:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 14:00 (eighteen years ago) link
They almost had a hit with "Outdoor Miner". They were due to appear on Top of the Pops but somebody went on strike (ah! the 70s, when the workers ruled!)
― Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 14:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 14:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 14:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 14:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 14:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 14:36 (eighteen years ago) link
I've heard it on a "alt rock" station's "retro lunch".
― Tumililingan (ex machina), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 14:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 14:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 14:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 14:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 14:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 15:06 (eighteen years ago) link
WOT?
― Tumililingan (ex machina), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 15:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 15:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Maxwell von Bismarck (maxwell von bismarck), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 15:25 (eighteen years ago) link
Actually, "Kidney Bingos" kinda prototypes the more poppy Disco Inferno numbers like "The Last Dance" a bit.
― donut ferry (donut), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 16:33 (eighteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-J7G7uGhBg
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 1 May 2021 08:48 (three years ago) link
Aw
― imago, Saturday, 1 May 2021 08:58 (three years ago) link
Sweet.
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Saturday, 1 May 2021 09:22 (three years ago) link
Iowa is pig latin for Wire
― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Saturday, 1 May 2021 09:48 (three years ago) link
I love this song so much
― brimstead, Saturday, 1 May 2021 16:28 (three years ago) link