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Last Night at Byron's
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Last Night at Byron's
Copyright KC McGinnis 2025
Updated Apr 2025
Location Iowa
Summary

A Fading Farm Town Seeks Salvation in an Unlikely Spot—the Local Bar

Photos by KC McGinnis for The Wall Street Journal

Pomeroy lost its high school, grocery stores and many of its young people, but music fans still flocked to Byron’s bar. Then came the order to vacate.

By Dan Frosch and Paul Overberg

A Fading Farm Town Seeks Salvation in an Unlikely Spot—the Local Bar

Photos by KC McGinnis for The Wall Street Journal

Pomeroy lost its high school, grocery stores and many of its young people, but music fans still flocked to Byron’s bar. Then came the order to vacate.

By Dan Frosch and Paul Overberg
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