Post by "Mysti" on Oct 11, 2007 11:48:40 GMT -5
This really isn't a "ghost story" but more a little information I recieved in reguards to Iron Hill (a suspected haunted location). Nothing really scary, but still interesting all the same.
I was recently in Des Moines for a Family Reunion and was sitting and talking with my Great Uncle. I really haven't ever really had much time to talk with him or my Aunt because they live in Washington so the distance is kind of an issue.
But they learned that I lived up here in Northern Iowa and so he asked if I knew of or had ever heard of Charles City & Iron Hill. When I said Yes, he was excited because he said I was the first person in all of our family who didn't think he was confusing towns (everyone thought he was meaning St. Charles lol)
Like I said, they live in Washington (and have since before I was born) so I was pretty curious as to how he knew of CC since unless your from this area most people don't know about it. So he decided to tell me the story of CC & Iron Hill.
We all know the "haunted story" about the orphan train and how the area is suppossedly haunted by the children that died. But although we pretty much debunked that story, the true story is that there were trains that ran through there including Orphan trains, that did actually make stops at that location.
Some of the trains that ran through and stopped there were Military trains that carried Soldiers from location to location. The trains stopped at Iron Hill as a rest stop area, and all of the local women (and young ladies) would bake goodies and cook meals then take them up to Iron Hill and feed the Soldiers before they left to their final destinations.
That is how my Uncle's parent's met, his Mother was from CC and his Dad was one of the Soldier's on the train. I wasn't able to get any more info that night, but I'm hoping I'll be able to call and ask for more details on both his Mom's name and also about if he has ever heard any stories in reguards to any Orphan trains
that might have been stopped there & had burned.
Like I said, it's not alot of info, but interesting none the less. And if he has ever heard anything about the Orphan trains he might be able to shed some new light on the story.
I was recently in Des Moines for a Family Reunion and was sitting and talking with my Great Uncle. I really haven't ever really had much time to talk with him or my Aunt because they live in Washington so the distance is kind of an issue.
But they learned that I lived up here in Northern Iowa and so he asked if I knew of or had ever heard of Charles City & Iron Hill. When I said Yes, he was excited because he said I was the first person in all of our family who didn't think he was confusing towns (everyone thought he was meaning St. Charles lol)
Like I said, they live in Washington (and have since before I was born) so I was pretty curious as to how he knew of CC since unless your from this area most people don't know about it. So he decided to tell me the story of CC & Iron Hill.
We all know the "haunted story" about the orphan train and how the area is suppossedly haunted by the children that died. But although we pretty much debunked that story, the true story is that there were trains that ran through there including Orphan trains, that did actually make stops at that location.
Some of the trains that ran through and stopped there were Military trains that carried Soldiers from location to location. The trains stopped at Iron Hill as a rest stop area, and all of the local women (and young ladies) would bake goodies and cook meals then take them up to Iron Hill and feed the Soldiers before they left to their final destinations.
That is how my Uncle's parent's met, his Mother was from CC and his Dad was one of the Soldier's on the train. I wasn't able to get any more info that night, but I'm hoping I'll be able to call and ask for more details on both his Mom's name and also about if he has ever heard any stories in reguards to any Orphan trains
that might have been stopped there & had burned.
Like I said, it's not alot of info, but interesting none the less. And if he has ever heard anything about the Orphan trains he might be able to shed some new light on the story.
