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Rowley "A Ghost Town of Central Alberta"

Less than a year before the new millennium, the last train passed through Rowley. And now the Alberta prairie town's future may once more belong to the ghosts. In the mid-1970s, Rowley, which once boasted a population of about 500 in the 1920s, was a beat-up dying community, with rows of empty houses and businesses, and inhabited by only a few dozen prairie-hardened souls. I think the homes were built in the ealy 1920's. The movies Bye Bye Blues, some of Legends of the Fall and The Magic of Ordinary People was shot here. It's an interesting place to see. Not much there, but lots of history. It's now a little ghost town on the bald prairies.... I believe there is only 8 people that live there and a couple from day one...which will probably pass away there... as more info come I will add it.. Even has a postal code T0J 2X0 It resides in Starland County
Pizza Night
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I used google to find as much info as I could.. Thanks for the information I found. If anyone feels that the info I found is not to be use, let me know and I will delete it... thanks...Ron
Three Grain Elevators of Rowley
Three Grain Elevators of Rowley
Rowley A Ghost Town Of Alberta
Rowley "A Ghost Town Of Alberta"
Rowley Train Station 1923
Rowley Train Station 1923
Rowley Train Station 1923 B
Rowley Train Station 1923 B
Prairie School at Rowley
Prairie School at Rowley
Cloak Room at the Prairie School
Cloak Room at the Prairie School
Prairie School Inside
Prairie School Inside
Prairie School Teachers Desk
Prairie School Teachers Desk
Old Homes of Rowley
Old Homes of Rowley
The last homes left at Rowley Alberta
The last homes left at Rowley Alberta
The Rowley Hospital
The Rowley Hospital
Rowley's Hospital
Rowley's Hospital
Rowley United Church 1938
Rowley United Church 1938
Inside the Churh
Inside the Churh
Oldest House in Rowley
Oldest House in Rowley
Main Street of Rowley Time out after a hot day
Main Street of Rowley "Time out after a hot day"
Three Oldest Business Buildings from the past...
Three Oldest Business Buildings from the past...
The Funeral Home
The Funeral Home
Rowley Bank built 1989 for Movie Bye Bye Blues
Rowley Bank built 1989 for Movie "Bye Bye Blues"
Rowley Alberta Bank
Rowley Alberta Bank
Rowley Livery Barn and Buidings
Rowley Livery Barn and Buidings
Livery Barn in Rowley
Livery Barn in Rowley
South end of Rowley
South end of Rowley
Make a point of seeing Rowley
Make a point of seeing "Rowley"