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The work will contain historical, statistical, and commercial information of every county, city and town in the State, compiled and arranged in proper order.'
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CONTAINING An Epitome of the Early History of the State, County, and City; a List of State, County, and City Officers ; Street, Resident, and Business Directory ; Map of the State, Views of Public. Buiffinge, and
Post-Office Directory of the State.
JANUARY, 1871.
Jos. P. BUSHNELL, COMPILER AND PUBLISHER.
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PREFACE.
In presenting this volume to its patrons and the public, it is the Lape of the compiler that it will prove the valuable book of reference which it is intended to be. It has been with pleasure that we have Inbored to compile and publish a work representing la city of 15,000 inhabitants, that is the capital city, the parent commercial center of the west, and that Is destined to be one of the greatest differfon the One of ralfronda com. munieating between Han Francisco aul Nay York.
The work contains a Bobonete and Realdent Directory, business cards, cal matter If each raffroad in the city, aghillary of the city and the new State Thune, How I I Hhtoa fost Offer, a lot of little, aby, a directory of the state oftheuse of the til the Directory has en etten
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TRADE INDEX.
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Abstracts .
175 Dollar Store 180
Agents, Collection
175 Druggists
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Agents, Insurance
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Agents, Real Estate
175 Dyeing and Cleansing House 180
Agent, Sewing Machines
176
Express and Dray 180 Fancy Goods and Notions 180
Agricultural Implements Architects,
166
Flouring Mills 180 181
Artists
176
Flour and Feed
Attorneys at Law
170
Fruits and Confectioneries 181
Auction and Commission Bakeries
177
Bands
177
Banky and Bankers
177
Furniture Dealers
Barbelf
177
Gas Company
181
Billiard Halls "
177
Gas Fitting and Plumbing
Blacksmiths
Grain and Produce
Boiler Works ? ?
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Groceries
Wholesale Grocers
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Gun Smiths
Hair Jewelry
Breweries
178
Halls and Public buildings Hair Dressers
Hardware Dealers
Bridge Builders
Harness Makers and Dealers |
Brokers, Real Estate
Hats, Caps;and Furs
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Hides, Furs and : Wool
Cabinet Makers
178
Candy Factories
178
Hotels
Carpenters and Builders
Carriage and Wagon Manufac- tories
Chins, Class and Queensware
('igans and Tobacco
Civil Engineers
Intelligence Office
Coal Dealers
179
Justices of the Peace
Clothing Dealers
179 179
Lentlier and Shoe Findings
Cooper Shops :
179 179
Liquor Leafers
Dairy and Milk Business Dentists
179 Lithographers
170 Livery, Feed and Sale Stables Locksmiths
170 Lumber Dealers
Marble Works
180 Masons and Contractors
182 182 182 182 182 183 183 183 183 183 183 183 183 183 :184 184 184 184 184 184 184. 184 185 185 185 185 185 185.
178 Ice-Cream and Oysters Ice Dealers
179 179 179
Insurance Cos., Accident
Insurance Cos., Fire
Insurance, Life
179 179 Jevelers and Watch Makerg
Collection Offices
Laundries
Commission Merchants
Lime Dealers
Coroner
Directory and Ga: etter-Com- piler and Published Dining Halls and Restaurants Dress-Making
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Fur Manufacturers Furniture Manufactories 181 181 181
181 181 181
Book Binding
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Books and Stationery
Bootsfand Shoes
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BrickJavers and Contractors
Brickyards
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Dry Goods 180
176 Founderies and Machine Shops 181
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Meat Markets Merchant Tailors Midwives Millinery
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Potteries
1185 Printing Offices
1185 Saloons and Restaurants
Roofing Contractors;
Music Dealers
186
Saloons
Music Teachers
186
School Furniture
186 Sewing Machines
Newspapers
Nurseries
bil Mills
Omnibus and Transfer Line
Tea Dealers
188
U. S. Marshal 188
Veterinary
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Vinegar Factory
Phonography
Photograph Galleries
Physicians and Surgeons
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Planos and Musical Instruments 187 187
Planing Mills
Plow Makers
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Pork Packers
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Paper Hangings and Window Shatles
Phtent Rights Pension Agent ;
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188 Wagon and Carriage Makers :189
Watch and Clock Makers and Repairers 189
Window Shade Makers 189
Woolen Mills 189
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News Depots
186 Soap and Candle Factories
186 186 Stone and Lime 188 Stoves and Tinware 188 188
186 186 Telegraph Offices Transfer Co. 188
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS.
Anneberg, J
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Innes, Robert
Bárlow, BK
172 Iowa State Register
Bartholomew & Coyle
60 Iowy Staats Anzeiger Jans, ED
Beatty, Dr John
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Bowman, M T V, first cover
page
Johnson, S R.
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Brown, G B & Co
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Kent, W O & Co
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Bush H M
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Kraetsch, E
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Kremling, CHI
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Lel man & Corliss, first page cover
Capital Coal Company
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Loughran & Hillis
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C, RI& PRR
102 Mckay, C J
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Maish'& Bro;
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Dickerson, M S
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Mumzenmaire, G
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Dickerson, Wm, outside back .cover
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Mitchell Ira
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Dippert, Wm
Mueller, J
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Eastman, J W :
Orfvig, TG
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Owens, P 1
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Freeborn, L II
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! Paterson, WA
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(Foodin Bros
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Groen, S
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Grefe, A
92 Republic Life Ins Co
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Haack, F
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Roberts, A E & Co
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Hahnen, J F
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Schramm, S C
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Harbach, C & L, 2nd; page of front fly-leaf
Shortridge, E W
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Harbert & Co
Smith, J B
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Simnington, J
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Skinner & Bro
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Hawk-Eye Insurance Company imside front cover Heif & Mattes
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Higgins, A L .
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Higgins, Edward
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Iowa Business College
178
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Iowa Homestead
168
Iowa Review
156
Weitz, Chas
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Iows School Journal
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White, B C
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Yeoman's, T D
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Retthead & Wellslager
Shepard, Perrior & Co
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Haskell'S HI, 2nd page of front 'ny-leaf
State Ins Co 80
The Statesman, first page of back fly-leaf
Vận Duyne, HI E
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Washburn, E D 100
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Carter, Hussey & Curl
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Mc Claine, D R
Chase, E P & Co
Johnson & Griffith
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Mills & Co
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Wright, Ritchie & Co 76
CITY OF DES MOINES, IOWA.
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: Settlement and Early History of the State | Early History of Des Moines-Its Past Growth, Prosent Prosperity and Future Prospects,'
In the following pages it is designed by the writer to give, not the nast history of a young, vigorous, and rapidly-rising city of the New Northwest, but to convey in the simplest, readiest and most pleasing language and manner, such known facts and data as are at hand and sought for by the hundreds of thousands of our countrymen and foreign- ers, who are looking westward for new homes and seeking to find more attractive locations than the large monied centers and crowding commu- nities of other sections now afford, for the development and reward of energy and thrift of men of moderate means and large enterprise.
Much of the earlier history of Iowa is involved in traditionary . recollections, and not until it was almost too late has any effort been made to rescue the earlier incidents from oblivion. The services rendered by the State Historical Society in the matter are not to be lightly regarded by those who take an interest in contrasting her beginning and her attainments of wealth, growth, and prosperity.
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Bancroft, who has carefully preserved, with historical fidelity, the facts relating to the tribes and original discoverers of the great North- west, gives only a few chapters on Iowa, or the territory now called Iowa, but which, at the date covered by his last volume, was more distant from the Atlantic States than China or Japan is from us now.
Father Marquette, through missionary zeal, crossed the Mississippi, ani was the first white man known to hayo set his foot upon the prairies of Iowa.
September 22d, 1788; Julien Dubuque, a Frenchman, arrived at the (9)
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place now taking his onme, and purchased from the Fox Indians the lands now included within the boundaries of the city. Dubuque was we believe, the first regularly organized town in the State.
Robert Lucas was the first territorial Governor, and was appointed in 1838.
"In 1832, itumediately after what is known as the " Blackhawk pur- chase." being the first purchase of land from the Indians in lowh, a few white persons began to settle on the west side of the Mississippi. A military post was established at Montrose, and the place was called " Fort! Des Moines." It remained a military. post until 1837, when the troops! were removed to Fort Leavenworth. 'Traces of the primitive occupancy of Iowa soll at this point by the white cian are still visible, and there are !! those who remember the old apple trees at Montrose planted by Ilonori seventy years ago !
[owa remained from' 1836 to 1846 a separate Territory, during which time the office of Governor was held by Robert Lucas, John Chambers und James Clarke. Congress maile provision by an act, approved March 8, 1845, for its admission into the I'nion as a State, with boundaries quite at variance with those finally established. extend north to the parallel of latitude Blue Earth River, in the present State
By this law the State was to passing through the Mankato, or of Minnesota, and west to the meridian of 17 degrees 80 seconds west from Washington. This western boundary would very pearly correspond to the line between the present counties of Ringgold and Taylor, and its adoption would have deprived our State of all that fertile portion denominated the "Missouri Slope.", In October, 1844, a constitutional convention had been held at Iowa City, and a constitution framedl which embraced boundaries far more extensive / than those of the present State, taking in much of the southern portion of the present State of Minnesota. The people of the Territory, disapproved: of the reduction of these boundaries by Congress, and at the election held August 4, 1845, rejected the constitution-the vote being 7,235 for, | 7,656 against it. In 1846, Congress proposed the present boundary lines, and another constitutional convention convened at Iowa City on the 4th of May of this year.[ A session of fifteen days resulted in the framing of the constitution which was sanctioned by the people at an election held August 3, 1846-the popular vote this time being 9,492 for, and 9,036 against the constitution. This constitution was agreed to by Congress and on the 28th of December of the same year, Iowa was admitted into the Union as a Sovereign State. On the IBth of October preceding, how, ever, the first election had been held for State officers, when Ansel Briggs. was elected Governor ; Elisha Cutler, jr, Secretary of State; Jos. IT. Fales, Auditor, and Morgan Reno, Treasurer.) |A third constitutional convention,
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cinyened at Iowa City In January, 1857, and framed the' presenti Stato Constitution, which was sanctioned by the people at an election held Algust 3, 1857-the popular vote being 40,311 for, and 38,681 ugnings the constitution.
At the time of the organization ofthe 'Territory of Wisconsin in 1830, the entire white population of that portion of said Territory which now constitutes the State of Iowa, was 10,681. The following is an palabit of the population, as shown by the different census reports :
IN 1838.
22,85|
Id 1854
$20,013
1840
44,114
1850
019,056
1844
75,152
4:1859. ($38, 776
1846.
07,683.
1860 ₫74,918
1847
110,001
1803.
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1849
$2,999
1865
764,499
1850 ..
101,083
1867
$2,040
1851
201,751
1849)
1,010,819
1852.
280,713
1870
1,131,830
The permanent s cent of lowe by the whites can hardly I said to have commenced before the year 1833, and was then for a number of yours confined to the contige along the Mississippi, the central and west ern portions remaining still in the possession of the Indians.
The first Legislative Assembly was held | at Burlington, November 19th, 1838. In 1841 the Territorial capital was removed to Iowa City, where it remained until the admission of the State, in 1846, and was the State capital until 1898, when, on the 11th of January of that year, the Seventh General Assembly began its session at Des Moines.
Notwithstanding the removal of the capital from Iowa City, it has continued to flourish, having now a population of about 10,000 inhabit- ants. It is the permanent seat of the chief educational institution in the State-the Iowa State University-endowed and fostered by the com- monwealth.
The prestige and influence of the Stato capital being transferred from Iowa City to Des Moines, the
latter has grown up with wonderful rapidity, in the midst of oneof the fuestagricultural regions in the world. .It has the advantages of a fine water power, which is rapidly becoming utilized,; and the contributions of two important railways -- the Des Moines Valley and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, (and others almost finished)-making it a place of no small importance to those proud of the growth and energy of our young State. '
As a State we can render thanks for Town, the Indian name for bonn. tifo land, for the porcation of over Aly-five millions of nered for four million dollars school fund, six thousand and seventy nine school build. inge, twelve thousand teachers, flay three colleges and nondemlen, and over four thousand students. Also, for its nineteen dafly papers and
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two hundred and forty six weeklies, for the railroads across the State and its many land owners, for your almost unrivalled reputation as a State, for patriotism, integrity, temperance and morality.
The city attracted most by the capital and interprise of the east is DES MOINES,
the Capital of the State, a city of over 15,000 inhabitants, situated at the. junction of the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers, and occupying a sort of amphitheatre, the bluffs rising by gentle acclivities on all sides, affording fine residence sites, while the level portion is large enough to accommo; I data the business of a large city. The city is not compact, except in the business portion, but scattered ofer considerable territory, the corporation extending 216 miles from north to south, and 412 miles from . east to west. The traveler is apt to be deceived in the number of inhab- itants, from the fact that the residences are scattered far back on the woofled hills where they are invisible in a bird's-eye view. The principal buildings which arrest the attention on entering the place, are the State House and Public School Building on Capitol Hill, in the east part of town, the University building on a hill in the west, and the.Court House; two very fine and expensive Public School buildings, costing $145,000; United States Post Office, the many fine large church edifices together with many fine residences, as fine and costly as there are in the State. Af new: State House is now being built, which will be one of the finest Capital buildings in the West, it will cost an enormous sum.
The Des Moines River, which flows through the heart of the city, is spanned by four bridges 600 feet in length, while the Coon has also two bridges, affording to South Des Moines and the rich prairie beyond, easy communication with various parts of the city ..
In 1853, by act of the Legislature, Fort Des Moines was incorporated as a town. At this time the town Had increased to such importance that attention was turned to it as the Capital of the State. Its central geo -; graphical location at. once induced the sanction of the people of the State, and in 1854 an act was passed by the legislature designating Fort Des Moines as the Capital of the State. . A subsequent convention to revise and amend the State Constitution permanently fixed the Capital at this place.
In 1857 a successful movement was made to incorporate: the city of Des Moines. An act of incorporation was passed by the legislature, and approved by James W. Grimes, Governor, January 28, 1857.
The first white child born in the town of Fort Des Moines was a daughter of Col. Grier, commanding the military post, in an old cabin a portion of which is now standing
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The first white child born in the county, outside the town, was a daughter of J. M. Thrift.
The first marriage in the town was Benjamin Bryant and Barbary Elvira Birge, June 11th, 1846, at the cabin of Henry Birge, by Aaron E. Starke, Justice of the Peace .. V The first death in the county was a child of Col. Grier.
The portion of the city east of the river was not included in the orig; inal town of Fort Des Moines, and was called Dembine, a title and the orthography of which, many of
the early residents are very tenacious about to the present day, although the city charter sought to expunge all distinctions. : Des Moines was first called Raccoon Forks, then Mont Des Moines.
The first election for city officers yan held May 4th, 1868, on hich occasion W. H. Melloary was elected Mayor.
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