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In 1856 John Rolph and W. L. Fox built a story-and-a-half building, 12 x 12 feet, in the brush, on the east side of Main street, near Commercial, every stick of timber in which, says Mr. Fox, was taken from public lands. The upper floor of this building was designed as a paint shop by Mr. Rolph ;
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the lower floor was supplied with a few rude benches, and in that same summer the first school in town was opened in it by Miss Hattie Fleming (now Mrs. James Fosdick), of Jesup.
The first school-house was built of logs on " school-house square." The second was a frame building, built in 1863-'4, on the same site. Near this a brick school- house was erected in 1871-'2, and both are now occupied for school purposes. The principal is C. A. Woodey, with an assis- tant principal and four teachers.
John Thompson was the blacksmith who struck the first ringing blows on the anvil in La Porte, in a log shop, near the corner of Commercial and Main streets.
The town was originally called La Porte, simply, but there being another place of the same name in the State a change became necessary, so after a vote had been taken on the subject (about 1858), "City " was added to the name.
ORGANIC.
October 7, 1870, G. W. Hayzlett, Jasper Parks and thirty-nine others presented a petition to the Circuit Court praying for the incorporation of La Porte City. An election was ordered, and held at the "Ken- nebec House " (now the National), January 31, 1871, which resulted-110 votes " for incorporation " and seventy-five votes "against incorporation ;" and on the 11th day of February, 1871, the court declared the town of La Porte City duly incorpo- rated.
B. S. Stanton, George Walts, Hiram Goodwin, C. T. Ingersoll, William Chap- ple, Commissioners appointed by the court, called an election on the 6th day of March, 1871, for the election of officers. The elec- tion resulted as follows : Mayor, R. J. Mc- Quilkin; Recorder, W. H. Brinkerhoff ; Trustees, G. W. Hayzlett, W. A. Walker, William Chapple, John Hilferty and W. L.
Fox. The municipal government was duly organized March II, and its first act was the adoption of rules of order. April I, T. H. Cole was elected Marshal and Henry Chapple, Treasurer, and April 15, O. G. Young was elected Street Commissioner. Following are the officers since :
1872 .- R. J. McQuilkin, Mayor ; W. H. Brinkerhoff, Recorder; G. W. Hayzlett, W. A. Walker, J. R. Stebbins, B. S. Stan- ton and William Chapple, Trustees.
1873 .- R. J. McQuilkin, Mayor ; J. R. Stebbins, Recorder; W. H. Brinkerhoff, W. A. Walker, B. S. Stanton, George Ban- ger and R. M. Lane, Trustees.
1874 .- R. J. McQuilkin, Mayor; Henry Chapple, Recorder; R. M. Lane, George Walts, George Banger, W. H. McKee and John M. Wright, Trustees.
1875 .- Jesse Wasson, Mayor; E. K. Mc- Gogy, Recorder; Jacob Wagner, Robert M. Lane, G. A. Watson, John M. Wright and W. H. McKee, Trustees.
1876 .- Jesse Wasson, Mayor; E. K. Mc- Gogy, Recorder; R. J. McQuilkin, W. A. Walker, John H. Fisher, William Rolph and George Banger, Trustees.
1877 .- Jesse Wasson, Mayor; B. A. Chapin, Recorder; R. J. McQuilkin, John H. Fisher, Henry Sharon, W. A. Walker and George Banger, Trustees.
1878 .- William A. Walker, Mayor; B. A. Chapin, Recorder; John H. Fisher, John E. Eberhart, Nelson Taylor, Adam Keller and William Hamilton, Trustees.
1879 .- Jacob Wagoner, Mayor; Henry Chapple, Recorder; George Banger, Nel- son Taylor, A. Keller, J. P. Strong, John H. Fisher and W. W. Hamilton, Trustees.
1880 .- Jacob Wagoner, Mayor; A. Van Valkenburg, Recorder; George Banger, Nelson Taylor, A. Keller, J. P. Strong, John H. Fisher and W. W. Hamilton, Trus- tees.
1881 .- Jesse Wasson, Mayor; Cato Sells, Recorder; John Treanor, John McQuilkin,
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W. W. Hamilton, Nelson Taylor, J. P. Strong and George Banger, Trustees.
1882 .- William Rolph, Mayor; Cato Sells, Recorder; W. A. Buchanan, N. T. Van Winkle, George Banger, W. W. Ham- ilton, John Treanor and W. D. Wagoner, Trustees.
1883 .- Cato Sells, Mayor; A. Van Valk- enburg, Recorder; A. U. Evarts, W. L. Fox, R. J. McQuilkin, W. D. Wagoner, W. W. Hamilton and John Treanor, Trustees.
1884 .-- William Rolph, Mayor; A. Van Valkenburg, Recorder; G. W. Hayzlett; W. W. Hamilton, W. D. Wagoner, W. L. Fox, A. U. Evarts and R. J. McQuilkin, Trustees.
1885 .- William Rolph, Mayor; S. A. Wagoner, Recorder; A. U. Evarts, John Treanor, W. D. Wagoner, G. W. Hayzlett, W. W. Hamilton and R. J. McQuilkin, Trustees.
POSTMASTERS.
Following are the names of those who have been in charge of the postoffice, with the year of their respective appointments: Jesse Wasson, 1855; Lewis Turner, 1857; William L. Fox, 1858; Cyrus C. Charles, 1861; George W. Hayzlett, 1868; John R. Stebbins, 1874; Buren S. Wasson, 1885.
FIRST IRON BRIDGE IN COUNTY.
The first iron bridge built in the county was one thrown across Big Creek, in this town, in 1867, at a cost of $4,500, and in 1874 a substantial Howe truss bridge was built across Cedar River, nearly opposite the town, which cost over $7,000.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Independent Fire Company, No. I, was organized in the fall of 1881 as a hook and ladder company. The necessary appara- tus was purchased by the city. In 1875 a hand engine was purchased which previ- ously belonged to the Cedar Rapids Fire Department. In 1884 an additional hose
cart was purchased. About 750 feet of hose are owned for the two carts. The first foreman was John Hilferty. In 1886 there are thirty-five members. M. L. New- ton is Chief, and A. U. Evarts, Foreman.
BANK.
The Union State Bank was organized in 1885. George W. Hayzlett is President and A. Van Valkenburg, Cashier.
CHURCHES.
The oldest religious organization at La Porte City is the
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH .- This was organized in 1856, and was first supplied by Rev. Mr. Hollingsworth, then of Vinton. Meetings were held first in a private build- ing on the west side of Big Creek, and af- terward in the school-house and in a public hall until 1872, when a church edifice was erected on block 10, in Wasson's addition, which was dedicated by Rev. John Clin- ton, from Mt. Vernon. The present pastor, Rev. C. L. Gould, came from Mt. Vernon in the early autumn of 1885. The member- ship of the society is nearly sixty. A Sun- day-school was started at the time of the organization of the church, and A. N. Day was its first superintendent.
EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION .- The early history of this church, at La Porte, is identi- fied with that of the Waterloo church, it being a part of the same until 1873, when the work was divided and the La Porte church became independent. A church was built in 1868, and dedicated by Bishop Long, from Illinois (now occupied by the American Evangelical Association). Until 1874 the American and German societies were united, but in that year they were divided, the German division having pur- chased the Presbyterian church in 1873. The first German pastor after the separa- tion was Rev. Mr. Egge, who was followed successively by Revs. Eckhart, W. Kolb,
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N. Knoll and the present pastor, N. Shook. The Sunday-school was started in 1870, with T. Lunerman as superintendent. The present superintendent is Rev. Mr. Shook. A nice parsonage has been built near the church. The American society still occu- pies the church purchased in 1858. Their first pastor was Rev. A. Wagner; the next was Rev. W. J. Hahn, who came in the spring of 1877. His successors came as follows: Revs. C. Manwell, 1879; William C. Skates, 1881; S. Hoover, 1882; G. M. Johnson, 1883; D. P. Ellenberger, 1885. The church has sixty-three members. The pastor is superintendent of the Sunday-school, which has an attendance of seventy.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH .- The first pub- lic services by this denomination were held by Rev. N. C. Robinson, in November, 1857, in a log cabin, which stood on Commer- cial street. The church was organized November 4, 1867, by a council consisting of Rev. Luther Dodd and R. Wylie, Ruling Elders. The first members were James McQuilkin, T. L. Mayes, R. J. McQuilkin, Jennie H. McQuilkin, John McQuilkin, William P. Mayes and Annie Mayes. Rev. J. A. Hoyt was first pastor, and James Mc- Quilkin and T. L. Mayes, Ruling Elders. In 1868 the society purchased the church built by the Adventists, about 1861, and occupied it until 1873, when they sold it to the German Evangelical society, reserv- ing the privilege of occupying it for morn- ing services until the Ist of November.
In June, 1873, Dr. C. T. Ingersoll, R. J. McQuilkin and B. S. Stanton were ap- pointed a committee to select and purchase a site for a new church edifice, who soon afterward reported that they had selected lots on the corner of First and Sycamore streets, which were purchased for $400. J. T. Wagner, an architect, drafted a plan for the building, which was accepted, and a building committee appointed, consisting of C. T. Ingersoll, B. S. Stanton, R. J. Mc-
Quilkin, F. S. Boynton and F. M. Thomp- son. Work was commenced in July, 1873, and the vestry was completed ready for occupation in the last part of November, 1873. The church proper was completed and dedicated on the last Sabbath in No- vember, 1874, the dedicatory sermon being preached by Rev. Stephen Phelps, of Vin- ton. The building is 60 x 36 feet, and cost, including the site, $8,372.74.
After Mr. Hoyt's pastorate, Rev. N. C. Robinson occupied the pulpit about six months, when Rev. D. S. Morgan became pastor, who was succeeded by Rev. J. A. Donahey, who retired April 1, 1878. Since that time the church has not always had a regular pastor, but has been served by Revs. W. R. Stewart, G. W. Hayes, N. Olerenshaw and A. Taylor. The last named, the present pastor, came in the spring of 1885. The church has now a membership of seventy-five. R. J. Mc- Quilkin is superintendent of the Sunday- school, which has an attendance of seventy- five to eighty.
THE ADVENT CHURCH had a society some years ago and built a church, which was finally sold to the German Evangel- ical Society.
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH also had an or- ganization once, but never built a church, and but few meetings were held.
SECRET SOCIETIES.
Trowel Lodge, No. 216, A. F. and A. M., was organized under a dispensation dated March 26, 1867. The petitioners were : George W. Dickinson, G. W. Hayzlett, George Raines, O. A. Phillips, F. S. Boyn- ton, R. C. Heath and Hubbard Moore. George W. Dickinson was the first Wor- shipful Master, and George W. Hayzlett the first Senior Warden. The lodge was chartered June 3, 1868, and the first officers were, besides the two above named, who were re-elected: William Chapple, J. W .; B.
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S. Stanton, Treas .; Jesse Wasson, Sec .; Will- iam Cooper, S. D .; R. C. Heath, J. D .; Mil- ler Edsil, Tiler. The officers for 1886 are: John S. Eberhart, W. M .; C. S. Shepherd, S. W .: Clarence Young, J. W .; John Water- son, Sec .; B. S. Stanton, Treas. The lodge has between fifty and sixty members, and meets the Wednesday evening on or before each full moon.
Shield Lodge, No. 127, A. O. U. W., was organized in August, 1877, with the follow- ing officers : B. A. Chapin, P. M. W .; E. M. Sharon, M. W .; Nelson Taylor, F .; John McQuilkin, O .; G. S. Bishop, Recorder ; John S. Eberhart, Fin .; B. S. Stanton, Re- ceiver. The officers at present are : R. J. McQuilkin, P. M. W .; C. W. Ravlin, M. W .; John McQuilkin, F .; B. S. Stanton, O .; A. Van Valkenburg, Recorder; E. M. Sharon, Fin .; H. Shubert, Receiver ; J. H. Schneider, G .; C. L. Parsons, I. W .; S. O. Fox, O. W .; J. B. Darling and W. F. Da- vids, Med. Ex .; E. M. Sharon, Rep. to G. L. The lodge has a membership of thirty- one, and meets the first and second Tues- day evenings of each month.
F. M. Thompson Post, No. 187, G. A. R., was mustered in June, 1883, with about twenty members. This number is now in- creased to sixty-two. Meetings are held on the first and third Monday evenings of each month. The officers in 1886 are: J. C. Adams, Com .; G. F. Sanford, S. V. C .; Peter Frost, J. V. C .; F. S. Bowen, Q. M. S .; Alva Colvin, Chap .; R. J. McQuilkin, Adj .; William Hamilton, O. D .; Henry Kahler, O. G.
The next largest place in Black Hawk County, after La Porte City, is
HUDSON.
This little village was surveyed and plat- ted by George W. Miller, June 15, 1857, John L. Alline and Asaph Sergeant, pro- prietors. It was located on the west half of section 26, township 88, range 14 (Black
Hawk), on the southeast side of Black Hawk Creek, eight miles southwest of Waterloo. Through it passed the Water- loo and Eldora road, a great wagon thor- oughfare, over which mail stages made semi-weekly trips. About the time this line was projected, which was probably before the plat was made or recorded, speculation was rife and everybody wanted all the land they could see.
The first house on the village site was built in 1852, by Hiram Ludington. He abandoned the house, and the land was af- terward entered by Adam Shigley, in the autumn of 1853.
For two years, the little village of Hud- son had flattering prospects. During that time there were erected seven dwellings, one brick, one log and five frame; two hotels, one brick and one frame; one frame store, on the corner of Fifth and Washing- ton streets, Asaph Sergeant, proprietor, and one blacksmith shop.
A saw-mill was built a quarter of a mile distant in 1857-'8, by Tewksbury Brothers. The dam was made of logs and brush. The mill was afterward converted into a flour- ing mill, and is now a feed-mill.
The population of the village is between 200 and 250. Prosperity has been experi- enced since the building of the W. I. & N. Railroad, in 1884.
An elevator was built in the spring of 1884, by Brackett, Armstrong & Co., of Marshalltown. It is in charge of Byron Sergeant. About 50,000 bushels of grain is shipped annually from this elevator.
Following is a business directory of Hudson in 1886: H. A. Lane & Co., gen- eral store; Deitz & Popp, hardware; Slushar & Shank, drugs and groceries ; M. Schneck, saloon ; Adam Young, restaurant; William Eighmey, general store; Wash- burn & Brooks, general store ; Frank Ward, harness ; A. Beard, blacksmith ; P. B. Cur- tis, Hudson House; D. B. Washburn &
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Co., lumber ; George Severance, livery ; W. F. Brown, creamery ; James Holmes, feed-mill.
The postmasters at Hudson have been appointed as follows : Lyman Pierce, 1857; Rufus W. Wass, 1864; Philander B. Curtis, 1874; H. A. Lane, 1878; M. Oppel, 1880; J. H. Washburn, 1881; Samuel Wilson, February 1, 1886.
CHURCHES.
BRETHREN CHURCH .- The members of the Brethren church commenced to hold meetings at Hudson in the spring of 1884, and in the following autumn they moved their church from the country to the village. The society has about 100 members, and services are held every Sunday (alternately in the forenoon and evening), by Rev. S. H. Bashor, who commenced his labors here in the autumn of 1884.
THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH was or- ganized in October, 1885, by a council of ministers, and at present occupy the Breth- ren church. Rev. E. E. Webber preaches every Sunday, one time in the morning, and the following Sunday in the evening. The church has twenty-one members. H. A. Lane and William Hicks are deacons; S. D. Mitchell is clerk, and A. Cottrell, Samuel Wilson, and C. F. Brandhorst are trustees.
There is a Union Sunday-school, attended by perhaps 150 pupils. H. A. Lane is superintendent.
UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH-In May, 1860, George W. Wilson organized a Sab- bath-school at Jockeytown school-house, which became the nucleus of the first organ- ized United Brethren church in the county, under the charge of Rev. John Rowan, with George W. Wilson as class-leader and John D. Ferris as steward. The organiza- tion, with a membership of fifteen, was con- summated in the autumn of 1861, using the same school-house. In 1879 a church edi-
fice was erected near by. In the spring of 1884 the building was moved to the village of Hudson. The building is of wood, costing about $2,200. The society num- bers in 1886 about 100, with Rev. H. H. Maynard in charge asits pastor; Alexander Glenney, class-leader. John D. Ferris, stew- ard. Rev. Mr. Maynard is also in charge of an auxiliary society which holds its meetings at the Pratt school-house, and numbers about forty members, with Frank M. Bain as class-leader and Edward Vial, steward.
THE BAPTIST CHURCH was organized about 1880 in the school-house near Eagle Center, and in August, 1884, the meeting place was changed to Hudson. Meetings are held on alternate Sundays in the United Brethren church, by Rev Mr. Onderdonk, of Cedar Falls. The officers of the church are : James Holmes, Peter McNally and William P. Thompson, Deacons ; Robert McNally, Secretary; George Holmes, Peter McNally and William P. Thompson, Trustees.
CEDAR CITY.
The first settler on the site of Cedar City was Paul Somaneux, who built a cabin there in 1847-'48. The town is located near the east bank of the Cedar River, on south half of sections 6, 89, 13, and was laid out in 1856 by William M. Dean. Prior to the advent of railroads, it was a town of some importance. In 1865, it had a population of about 200, and had a hotel, a school- house, two breweries, two stores, etc. When the railroad was built, however, its business was drawn to the neighboring town of Cedar Falls, and now there are but few evidences remaining of its former prosperity.
Just west of Cedar City, on the flat, is where Newell and his companion camped when returning from the Upper Cedar in the spring of 1845; and when Somaneux
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decided to make a claim, he could find no more suitable spot than where Cedar City now stands. He lived here, accordingly, when not engaged in trapping, till 1851, when he died. Mr. Newell has recorded that the honest Frenchman sent for him when he felt death approaching, and, with Newell, went carefully over his little ac- counts with the few neighbors at Cedar Falls.
Cedar City has been prominent only since the advent of the railway, from the notori- ety derived from the attempted murder of Byron Wright by Almira Stickles.
It is not likely that the town can regain its former thrift, owing to the fact that Ce- dar Falls has ample room to spread out on the south side of the river, and it will re- main only as another little landmark of the restless energy of 1856, that marked out town plats all over the West, where town lots would not sell to amplify their pro- jectors' bank account.
GILBERTVILLE.
This town was located on sections 22, 23 and 27, township 88, range 12, in Poyner Township, John Chamboud and John Fel- ton, proprietors. The county records show that it was platted in 1856, but it seems probable that it was laid out at least a year or two prior to that date. In a sketch of this town, published in the Iowa State Re- porter in 1875, it is stated that in 1854 John Chamboud and John Felton came into the township and founded the city of Gilbert- ville. As Rome was called the "seven- hilled city," Gilbertville might be called the " sand-hill city," provided it ever as- sumed such proportions. The question has often been asked, why a town was laid out on such a barren place. The only reason to be given is that the good land had been entered before this, and the rock bottom and fall in the river make it a suitable place for a mill, which was much needed. A
mill was built on the west bank and run by steam for two or three years. Arrange- ments were also in progress for the build- ing of a dam and ferry, when the accidental death of John Felton, by drowning, put a stop to the work. Felton and two other men were out in a boat stretching a cable across the river for the ferry, when in some manner the boat was caught by the rope, upset and all thrown into the water. Two of the men were rescued, but Felton was unable to swim and was drowned before assistance could be given him.
Messrs. Chamboud and Felton were well calculated to carry out the plans which they had made together, the former possess- ing good planning talent, and the latter great executive ability. One was theoret- ical and the other practical, and worked well together, but neither calculated to do much alone.
The city was a magnificent one-on pa- per. It was extensively laid out in blocks, lots, streets and avenues on both sides of the Cedar River. There were seventy- eight blocks subdivided into 714 lots on the east side, and 120 blocks on the west side. The plat represented a beautiful city pos- sessing unequaled natural advantages. It showed a large public square in the center, a beautiful lake in the center of the square, a nice pleasure boat in the center of the lake, with a party. of pleasure seekers on board the boat enjoying a sail. Such a magnificent plat was well calculated to give one an exalted opinion of the place ; but, says the writer of the sketch above alluded to, " I must confess I was somewhat disappointed when I came to visit it for the first time, June 10, 1856. I drove into town with three yoke of heavy cattle to a light loaded wagon. I had crossed many sloughs without getting sloughed, but in Gilbert- ville I got sanded-stuck in the deep sand. I had to put my shoulder to the wheel and call on Hercules to help whip the cattle."
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Mr. Chamboud, the projector of this mag- nificent enterprise, took his plat and went to Dubuque to sell lots and to induce emi- gration to his new city. Christopher Kel- ley was pleased with the glittering pros- pect. He sold his possessions in Dubuque and invested the proceeds in seven lots in the " sand-hill city " of the Cedar. On his arrival, however, Kelley's wrath was right- eously kindled, and there was some pretty loud and pretty hard talk; but he was in for it ; he had invested his all in lots in a paper city ; his hopes and his money were all sunk together, and he was obliged to remain to watch the spot where they had disappeared. Nicholas Bowden also in- vested in town lots after a careful exami- nation of the plat; but when he came to examine his Gilbertville property it is said he gave free vent to his rage without being very fastidious in his language. John Fa- gan was very cautious ; he didn't want to invest until he had seen the spot. He did not place implicit reliance in Chamboud's plat, and with Joseph Mathews he came out to see. They were in a hurry (perhaps being fearful that the lots would be all sold before they could get back) and made the journey from Dubuque to Gilbertville in a day and a half, Mr. Fagan coming on foot and Mathews on horseback. They came, saw and returned to Dubuque, but concluded not to invest.
For a few years the city grew rapidly. Chamboud, Kammon & Felton opened a store with a general assortment, well adapted to the wants of the country. Nich- olas Bowden also opened a small store, but did not continue long. John Snyder had the first blacksmith shop, in 1855, and the first in the township. John Eickelberg, now a resident of Waterloo, started a wagon shop soon after.
In 1857 Peter Felton started a steam saw-mill on the Cedar bottom, under the
bluff, on some vacant lots. In the summer of 1858 the top of the smokestack was visi- ble above the water of the Cedar. The next season he moved it out of the bottom and set it in the center of the public square, and where the lake was represented to be on the plat, and then had to dig a well . twelve feet deep right in the middle of the lake to get water to supply the engine.
Many people who owned land in the vicinity built in town, but finding it incon- venient they removed their buildings to their farms.
In the early settlement of the place, it supported a small brewery and tannery, but they soon ceased operations. A few years after, two small distilleries existed for a short time. In 1856 a small Catholic church was erected and used until 1868, when a larger one was built, which was destroyed by wind in 1874. Another church was built and dedicated early in 1875.
RAYMOND.
This is a small village and station on the Illinois Central Railroad (originally Du- buque & Pacific). It issituated on the north- west quarter of the northwest quarter of section 2, and the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 3, township 88, range 12, and is about the center of Poyner Township. It was surveyed by John Ball, County Surveyor, for Edward E. McStay, proprietor, April II, 1866; plat filed for record January 14, 1867, at 10 o'clock A. M. Edmund Miller built a house and an eleva- tor in 1860, the first building in the place. Porter M. Chaffee built and opened the first store in 1865.
There are several other postoffices in the county, and several have at times been "boomed" into temporary prominence, but have succumbed to the enterprising competition of their more successful rivals.
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