Welcome to Modale,Iowa

I had to put some pictures on from our stop in Modale, Iowa. The town where my mother was born and raised. Modale has a population of 300. The city has a total area of 1.1 square miles, all of it land. Modale stands for "Missouri-dale", a reference to the nearby Missouri River. When my mother lived there it was a water stop for the train and also the grain elevators were right next to the tracks. The original grain elevators are still there and also new ones are built right next to it. Modale was a passenger stop. That is how my mother's family would go to Omaha and Mitchell. When Donna and I drove to Modale from Omaha it was only 25 minutes. I don't know how long it took on the train. In that era passengers and freight would use the same train. There was never a train depot in Modale. It was called a whistle stop.

The one and only bank in Modale. This is the original building. It says 1904 over the top of the door. I am sure it has been updated some starting with the front door.

Above is the Post Office. It looks like the original building too.

This is the Modale School. The sign on the building just says Modale School. It doesn't say grade school or high school, it just says Modale School. We could see that it has been added onto several times. On the far left is the original part of the building.

This is the busy downtown street in Modale. We came into Modale on a Sunday. Absolutely everything was closed except a tavern. (One and only tavern in the town). It is the yellow building on the far left. Also there is no grocery store in Modale. I am sure when my mother lived there Modale must have had a grocery store. The nearest large city is Omaha but there were small communities all along so I am sure people do not have too far to go. The small building on the left of the building where the truck is parked is the Cafe and Lounge. It was closed also. It would have been fun to say I ate in Modale.