The town's history and contemporary state (circa 1995) is discussed at length in travel writer Jonathan Raban's book, Bad Land: An American Romance. According to Raban, Ismay's story is emblematic of the settlement and depopulation of the northern Great Plains.
The town's history and contemporary state (circa 1995) is discu,ssed at length in travel writer Jonathan Raban's book, Bad Land: An American Romance. According t:o Raban, Ismay's story is emblematic of the settlement and depopulation of th,e northern Great Plains.