By the end of the 40s it seemed Rowley was going through changes. The municipal district office had moved
from Rowley to nearby Morrin. A series of fires over many years had leveled many stores, services and homes.
Businesses were closing up. New highways and roads were built without stopping range of Rowley... Traffic
just bypassed the town.

By the end of the 50s, many farmers found it impossible to make a living of their land. Rising transportation
costs and sagging grain prices forced some to leave. During this decade, Rowley's hotel burnt down and wasn't
replaced. Many original pioneer homes were abandoned.

The sixties weren't much better. The third and last school closed in 1965, and that same year, the railway
station shut its doors.

During the 70s, the last Rowley business - the grocery store - shut its doors in 1973. There were a dozen or so
residents left, and the post office and community hall still served residents from Rowley and the surrounding
area. Money was raised to restore and convert the railway station to a museum, and that's what you can see
there today. Residents from Rowley and the farms around it collected old items from the past and fixed the old
train station to look like a museum.