Currie, MN

Wednesday, August 27

Today we drove around the little town of Currie.   Currie is in Murray County, Minnesota. The population was 233 at the 2010 census. Lake Shetek State Park is nearby. The city is known as the "Gateway to Lake Shetek".

The main attraction in Currie is the End-O-Line Railroad Park.

After getting some pictures we headed towards the visitor center and discovered the park was closed, so we did not get to go into any of the buildings.

This caboose was by itself.  By the ramps leading up to the front and back we are guessing that when the park is open you can go inside the caboose.  In front of the caboose is a little tug that was used to move cars around within the train yard.

Here is the steam engine with coal car on display.

This car was just behind the coal car.  They had replicated several buildings that would be found around the train station and in the town in the 1800's.  See below.

There was even a display of buffalo roaming in the prairies. 

Next we went to the other point of interest.

Keep looking.  You are going to be impressed.  Hee Hee

A little history about the Des Moines River for you. 

This is the Currie Dam.  Yes we even were allowed to walk across the walkway to the other side.

This is the walkway across and the view upstream.

This is a picture from the other side of the river.

This is the view down stream from the dam.

Later in the evening we drove to Sibley, IA and met Tic's brother and his wife at the 1015 Steakhouse to celebrate her birthday.  We shared a KC strip.  It was satisfactory, nothing special.  Best part was the company.