Rockville, a ghost town..! Traditional Cache
Rockville, a ghost town..!
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FTF...April 27, 2007 by copperdog (65
found)..............................!!!!!!!....... Parking is
available. Need to bring a pen/pencil to sign log. First to find
prize.....$2.00.
History of Rockville, IA
Rockville is a true Iowa Ghost Town, haunted by the hope and dreams
of me. At one time, Rockville had three (3) hotels, a schoolhouse,
post office, several stores and was one of the most important
trading and mill points in eastern Iowa. In 1835 to 1850, when the
early settlers of this territory came west from Dubuque by stage
coach, one of their first stops was a small town named Rockville,
about two miles northwest of Worthington on the banks of the North
Fork Maquoketa River. This place soon developed into a thriving
community and had a large water-powered feed mill, hotel, wagon
shop, church, etc. The Rockville post office served the surrounding
area. Later on some of this area developed into the towns of
Dyersville and Worthington. Some people came with teams as far away
as twenty miles to get their wheat ground for flour, sometimes
staying overnight before returning home. In those days water was
the cheapest source of power so different types of mills were built
along the river, as many as seven from Dyersville to Cascade, such
as flour, paper and lumber mills. Then in 1858 to 1860, when the
railroad came to Worthington and another railroad in 1857 was with
a few miles of Dyersville, the Rockville enterprises began to move
to the towns on the railroad and the town of Rockville began to
deteriorate. There is very little remaining of the town except the
ruins of the old mill building and a house reputed to have been the
Stage Coach Stop, but the size of the cemetery is good proof of
it's very existence. When you travel east on Rockville Road the old
Rockville Grist Mill is on the left side of the road.
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