Eleanor, Clutterville and Bear Grove are names that younger Iowans might only know from conversations with elders who still remember the pull of those spots on the surrounding farm communities. Wind back the clock in Cedar Valley to a time when Butler Center was the center of Butler County and Fort Eads and Pilot Rock were useful directions instead of faded memories. Astonished nostalgia awaits the reader in the panorama spread out in this chronicle. More than forty towns, stretching from Shell Rock to Cedar Falls, vanished when the railroad passed them by, and local historian Linda McCann reveals the various causes that contributed to the disappearance of these formerly thriving settlements.
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