What is Prairie Junction / Prairie Center, WI

The very small town in which the Goodwin's farm is the last rural property, Prairie Center until recently is called Prairie Junction, and locals are still confused by the name change, which follows a flourishing of businesses around a new racetrack. Housing tracts have taken over most of the land. Theresa Collins is a native of Prairie Center, who has returned after seeking her fortune in Chicago. Cites mentioned in Prairie Center include the unnamed hospital to which Lizzy Collins is taken after drowning. It is newly-remodeled and modern. The Presbyterian church from which she is buried is small. Out Highway P is the library, once a Sinclair Station, where Howard Goodwin picks up interesting bits of history, and Del's Diner, the heart of the community. An old man at Del's tells Howard the history of his house.