[AT] Re: Floyd River

[Dean VP]

Ron/Kathy:

I agree, good to hear from the folks close to the old farmstead. Keep it
coming. Lemars is only 12 miles South of where I was born and raised. Played
Baseball and Fast Pitch softball in Akron many times. Akron suffered from
the same Malaise due to the Big Sioux as did those towns next to the Floyd.
When both flooded and dumped into Sioux City at the same time, it was
trouble right here in river city. 

We used to take a highway from our home place along the Big Sioux River into
North Sioux City (Prairie Creek Road?) to go to a place called the Normandy
Restaurant, an eat all you want kind of place. That was a very rare and a
big treat for us farmers. I have no idea if it is still there or not. 


Dean A. Van Peursem
Snohomish, WA 98290

I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
storeroom door 


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-----Original Message-----
From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Ronald L. Cook
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 7:54 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Re: Floyd River

Hello, Kathy.
         I enjoy hearing of the Floyd and Big Sioux rivers.  It is nice to 
visit about familiar places and events.  Don't be shy.  Just post away.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA
>Hi ya'all, We have been here for a rather long time, but have been to shy 
>and too busy to post. My mother grew up along the Floyd just south of 
>LeMars. She used to tell of all of the times that "a wall of water" was 
>rolling down the river. They would scoot out and retrieve the cattle to 
>prevent their drowning. The buildings were about a quarter of a mile from 
>the river. She had many pictures of the water right up to the buildings. 
>My husbands Mother lives on the Big Sioux right across from Akron, Iowa. 
>She Has been underwater sooo many times. She has told of the 8' wall of 
>water that came down in 1923. Their horses drowned. And of course, there 
>are flash flood watches and warnings for this night and 
>tomorrow.    Signed by the wife of an antique tractor addict.   Kathy

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