Decatur County Journal Leon, Iowa Thursday, July 13, 1911 A fire supposed to have been started by sparks from the southbound passenger trains just at noon on Wednesday of last week burned over considerable meadow and pasture, also destroyed some timber, hay in the stack and about ten cords of wood and a quantity of fence posts before it was extinguished in the vicinity of Koyle Junction three and one-half miles south of Leon. The fire was discovered soon after it started by the family of D.P. Leahy. Others in that neighborhood saw the fire shortly afterwards and soon neighbors were here in large numbers working hard to stop the flames that roared across the meadow on the Leahy place. They were unable to stop the course of the fire until after it had burned over the Leahy meadow, about eight acres of meadow on the Fred Jones farm, and some pasture and timber on A. Brazelton's farm. The fire also destroyed a rick of hay for Mr. Brazelton, about ten cords of wood and a quantity of fence posts and did considerable damage in some timber on his place. Some timber on the Leahy farm was also burned. The men fought fire all afternoon and evening and finally stopped the flames. The loss was considerable and for a time the fire had a good chance of spreading over much more territory. The shower that night extinguished what small amount of fire that might have been smoldering. Owing to the dry weather many pastures and meadows have been burned over in various parts of the county recently. --------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert December 9, 2009 [email protected] Does anyone know where 'Koyle Junction' was?