Lesan was a former railroad station on the CB&Q railroad. It was located 5 miles east of Mt. Ayr. It held a post office from 1884-1899.
The area in this railroad station's vicinity was known as Lesanville, in Poe Township, Ringgold County, Iowa.
The following fifteen article segments are scanned from the Mt. Ayr Record-News, and together comprise a serial history of the Poe Township neighborhood of Lesanville.
The history was prepared and submitted to the newspaper by Arthur L. Lesan in May, 1931.
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Introduction |
Families settle, first babies born, & schools established |
Schooling, Families in the neighborhoods, & Sweet Home Cemetery established |
Smokehouse School and others & Sabbath School |
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Early church Services & Joseph Smith's son preaches |
(after a small interruption) Grist Mills, Lumber Mills, Saw Mills |
Postal routes; Early Farm Machinery & Implements |
Corn Dropping (Planting) |
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Hay Harvesting & Threshing |
Mowers, Reapers, & Binders |
Grass, Hay, Pasture, & Livestock |
Going to Market |
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This Little Piggy Went to Market |
New Pants for Rev. Brown |
Bluegrass Comes Home to Live |
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