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members of Ivanhoe Commandery No. 17, at Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Iowa Legion of Honor-D. S. P. Michael, President. Num- ber of members, 25.
Fuller Post, G. A. R -Organized 1878, Col. French, Com- mander. Number of Comrades, 43.
Camp Stocker, Sons of Veterans-J. P. Creager, Commander. Number of members, 22.
Independent Order of Good Templars-Mr. Guy Petrie, W. C., with 60 members.
MISSOURI VALLEY
was for twenty-five years last past known as McIntosh Point, and to the casual observer presented no distinctive features except that it was the place where the Boyer river debouches into the Missouri Bottoms. Notwithstanding the general suppression of the surrounding country, any person having sufficient per- ceptive faculties would soon arrive at the conclusion that in case a railroad should strike out from the Mississippi river for the mighty West, this place was constructed by the Maker as the best and most practicable route for such an undertaking. This fact was soon caught sight of by the railroad creators, and in 1866 a puffing, screaching, full grown engine came snorting down this matchless valley and brought up at a dead halt at the place last named. Following this in 1867 the Sioux City & Pa- cific Railroad Company completed their road from Sioux City to this place, and soon thereafter the C. & N. W. Railway extended their road bed to Columbus, Nebraska, then on to Chadron, and thence onward toward the Black Hills. In 1868 the Company commenced the building of round houses and machine shops, which at the present time gives employment to over 200 men. Missouri Valley at the present time has over ten miles of side track and switches within her corporation, and as far as the hurry and hustle of railroad life are concerned is to-day the live-
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liest railroad town in the county. While this place does not command the extent of trade in grain and stock that many other portions of the county possess, nevertheless the employment given to men in the employ of the railroad, and the money spent by these men in the way of the necessaries of life, give this locality a cash trade such as is the envy of the other rural dis- tricts. Eliminate from the Valley the support furnished by the railroad employes and the locality would fall into "inocuous desuetude." The junction of the roads at this place and the necessaries attendant on railroad enterprises, will always furnish employment at that place for a goodly number of men, and this will increase as the trade and traffic of the West increase. The only drawback to this will be the building of other bridges across the Missouri river at points higher up the stream, but these can only in a feeble measure affect this established trade. The land upon which the town is located was entered by numer- ous persons, among whom is Mr. Boone McIntosh, now deceased, and Samuel Addis. Part of the town is located on disputed ter- ritory, but the question of title has been twice before the Supreme Court of the State, carried there by Henry Kittering- ham, and is now said to be on the way to the Supreme Court of the United States. This should not give much uneasiness to the property holders, from the fact that this case will be a legal miscarriage or else still-born when the opinion is rendered therein. This place is situated in sections 15 and 16, and by the county records shows a muchly additioned city, having only seven additions marked on the records-not taking into consid- eration the grave yards added; and was incorporated in 1872 with a population of 759, and a present population of 2,700.
In 1868 the following business firms stood at the head of the list, and are here mentioned to show what vast changes have taken place during the past score of years:
Dealers in Hardware and Agricultural Implements-R. McGavern & Co., D. A. Babcock.
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Drug Stores .- McGavren & Hull, McBride & Birchard.
General Merchandise-H. C. Warner.
Saddler-J. M. Riley.
Carpenters-Smith & Cogswell.
Attorneys at Law-T. E. Brannon, P. D. Mickel.
Physicians-Drs. Coit and G. H. McGavren.
The growth of this place has been steady and healthful, and at the present there is a population of 2,700 and with a busi- ness as shown by the directory hereto attached.
Six churches, viz .: The M. E. church, Presbyterian, Chris- tian, Roman Catholic, Baptist and Lutheran, have all good com- modious buildings; and the two school buildings of the place far outreach any of the other towns in the county.
The public enterprise of the place is manifest in the erection and completion of a building known as the Town Hall, costing the tax-payers of the city not less than $5,000. It is two stories high. In the front of the lower story is kept the fire-engine; back of this is the calaboose (but that is tenantless since prohibition came); the front room in the second story is used for a library room, in which 2,500 volumes of a Public Library are maintained for the benefit of the public and those who are literarily inclined. This library is a great recommendation to the intelligence and benevolence of the people of the place, from the fact that it indicates the make-up of the persons who have control of the business and morals of the locality. This library is under the immediate supervision of Mrs. Annie Shultz, and the manner in which it is controlled by her speaks volumes in her praise.
Two newspapers are published at this place, viz .: The Harri- son County News and Missouri Valley Times, the former Republican and the latter Democratic. The editor of The News came from the school room and has only had two years experi- ence in wielding the shears and peu, while the editor of the lat- ter may claim an experience as an editor of more than a quarter of a century. Both these sheets are well supported by the busi-
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ness men of the place and both are non-compromising in their views on National matters.
The following is a list of the present business firms of Mis- souri Valley, viz .:
General Merchandise-Shields & Massie, stock $12,000, build- ing owned by Shields; C. A. Walker, stock $5,000; Comiskey & Bloski, stock $6,000; B. Cohn, stock $8,000; G. B. Smith, suc- cessor of Bump & Smith, stock $18,000; M. E. Smith & Co., stock $25,000.
Jewelry-J. H. Crowder, stock $8,000.
Hardware-Boies & Anderson, oldest firmn in the town, stock $12,000: Carlisle Bros., stock $12,000.
Boots & Shoes-J. C. Caley, owns the building, stock $4,000; Perry & Wilkins, stock $4,000; Adlum & Hopkins, $4,000; J. J. Sullivan, owns his brick block, $4,000.
Drug Stores-J. W. Huff, stock $5,000; B. A. McKay, stock $3,000; Shiley Bros., pioneer drug store, own building, stock $1,000.
Clothiers-Cramer Bros., stock $5,000; D. Baum, stock $1,000.
Hotels-Cheeny House, 4 stories, 40 rooms; St. Elmo, form- erly known as the Sutter, or American.
Dentistry-H. N. Warren.
Agricultural Implements-Boies & Anderson, C. H. Deuer, Carlisle Bros., E. F. James.
Groceries-W. H. Fensler, (owns building), $3,000; J. D. Tamasia, $2,500; Perry & Wilkins, (Kreeder's building), $4,000; A. G. Brown & Co., $2,000; J. C. Prater, $2,000; L. N. Good- rich & Co., $4,000.
Harness Shops-A. L. Tamasia, John Crossley and R. McTwiggin.
Land and Loan Agencies-F. L. Davis and Dorr & Walbum.
Merchant Tailors-D. G. Herron, owner of a fine two story building on Fifth and Erie, stock $2,000; M. O'Rorke & Son, stock $2,000.
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Butchers-Briggs & Son, also dealers in fine horses; Williams & Watkins, oldest market in town.
Billiard Halls-McGavren & Griggs, W. H. Harmon, in Masonic building.
Gunsmith-J. Jordan, old timer.
Restaurants-J. A. George, L. Breed and J. Dooley.
Postmaster-T. O. Carlisle; O. B. Walker, cigars and sta- tionery in postoffice building.
Millinery Goods-Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Seely and Mrs. Bresee.
Marble Works-J. A. Starlin.
Lumber & Coal-R. Newton; C. H. Deuer, successor of Kel- logg & Hibbard.
Furniture-T. Foss, owns the building, stock $5,000.
Merchant Mills-Edgcomb & Kellogg, capacity 125 bbl. per day, and has roller process.
Livery Stables - Pickett and Rans Beebee, at old court house building: Evans Bros., on Erie street.
Lawyers-Dewell & McGavren; James S. Dewell & John McGavren; L. Brown; Cy Arndt; F. M. Dance.
Physicians and Surgeons-Dr. Geo. W. Coit, Dr. E. J. Chap- man, Dr. George McGavren, Dr. C. W. McGavren.
Veterinary Surgeon-H. J. Moss.
House, Sign & Fancy Painter-G. M. Goodrich.
SECRET SOCIETIES.
Valley Lodge No. 232, A. F. and A. M., meets every Thursday evening on or before full moon in each month. G. W. Bur- bank, W. M. F. M. Dance, Secretary.
R. A. M .- Triune Chapter No. 81, R. A. M., meets every second Tuesday evening. Visiting companions welcome. M. Weston, H. P. C. S. Hoar, Secretary.
Valley Chapter No. 26, O. E. S., meets first Friday evening in each month. Mary E. Boies, W. M. Anna Schultz, Secretary.
Missouri Valley Lodge No. 170, I. O. O. F., meets every Wednes- day evening. F. C. Humphrey N. G. W. F. Blain, Sec'y.
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Red Cloud Encampment No. 97, I. O. O. F., meets regularly every second and fourth Friday of each month. All Patriarchs are invited. Wm. Neufind, C. P. Geo. Burbank, Secretary.
Lillian Lodge No. 20, Daughters of Rebekah, meets every first and third Saturday evening in each month. Mrs. W. H. Bradly, N. G. J. H. South, Secretary.
Anchor Lodge No. 66, K. of P., meets every Monday evening. Visiting Knights always welcome. Dr. H. N. Warren, C. C. Dr. Warren, K. of R. and S.
I. O. of G. T., meets every Tuesday evening in the Good Temp- lars Hall. H. O. Smith, C. T.
CHURCHES AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
Presbyterian Church-Services every Sunday morning at 11 o'clock; Sunday evening services at 7 o'clock. Sabbath-school at 2 o'clock, immediately after the morning services.
Preaching at the Christian church in Missouri Valley each alternate Sunday through the year. Services in the morning at 11, in the evening at 7:20. Sunday-school at 10 A. M. J. Hurd, Pastor.
Methodist Episcopal Church-Corner of Third and Superior streets. Preaching at 11 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. Class meeting at 12 M .; Sunday-school session at 10 A. M. H. D. Meech, Class Teacher. H. B. Coe, Superintendent. Rev. J. H. Hestwood, Pastor.
St. Patrick's Church-Divine service every Sunday and Holi- day, except the third Sunday of each month. Rev. Father P. J. Morrin, Pastor.
DUNLAP
Is located on part of the west portion of the southwest quarter and on a part of the west portion of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 2, and on a part of the east por- tion of the southeast quarter and the east part of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 3, in township 81, 25
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range 41, the north line of the town site being 110 rods south of the north line of the county. This land was first entered from the Government by and came into the hands of John I. Blair, and by him was laid out into town lots and platted and recorded as a town at and about the-day of-, 1866. The town site is one of the most beautiful in the West, is situated on a well ele- vated second bench, and by reason of the turn in the Boyer valley at this place, affords a magnificent view of all the Boyer valley for ten miles up or down the same, then to the west and northwest, the wavy like appearances of the bluffs suggest the rolling of the waves on a somewhat broken surface of the ocean; then far away to the east and south, the long expanse of prairie, so thickly dotted with farms and farm buildings, convince the beholder that this is a very paradise.
Scarcely had the Blair Town Lot and Land Company placed the lots in market until there was a rush for property in this place, and by the fall of 1867 a snug little town appeared on the hill above the railroad. The Railroad Hotel and the Lawson House were in full blast, and Wheeler & Warner, as well as Coldren & Swart offered in the market a large, well selected line of lumber. At the same time the Pioneer Drug Store of Cotton & Manning offered their stock to the public, and J. J. Williams & Son opened a well selected stock of groceries, etc., etc.
Mitchell & Bryant were the first dry goods merchants and Dwight Saterlee, M. D., the first physician in the place.
Tommy McDonald's saloon, under the head of a " Respectable Place," was the first gin shop in the town.
Passing from 1867 to 1877, finds Dunlap at the zenith of her greatness, for at that time this town had by far the largest trade of any town in the county, occasioned by reason of the quantum of territory which was dependent on her for supplies; but when the Maple branch of the C. & N. W. R. R. was built a great part of this northern trade was held at home, and also when the Chi- cago and Milwaukee passed east of the place, her towns spring-
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ing up every eight miles, captured another slice, and crippled the trade in proportion to the extent of the country cut off.
In 1877 the old wooden buildings began to give place to and disappear on the approach of the large brick blocks, viz .: The Taylor block, the Hillas block, the Sherman building, the Exchange Bank, the Lehan block and the Patterson and Moore block. These are such buildings as do great credit to the push and energy of the people of the place, and though at the present, the town not commanding such a scope of country for trade as formerly, yet the more thickly settled condition of the country and the great improvements therein, give the town a magnifi- cent support.
There is at present a stability of men and capital at Dunlap that makes Dunlap one of the best towns in the country for trade. Dunlap ships twice the amount of cattle of any one locality in the county, and stands third in the matter of ship- ment of grain. At the present Dunlap possesses the following conditions :--
One Opera House, value, $10,000; M. E. Church Building, value, $5,000; Congregational Building, value, $6,000; Catholic Building, value, $5,000; Catholic Parsonage, value, $5,000; Baptist Church, value, $2,000; Free Methodists' Church, value $1,500; High School Building, value, $20,000.
There are three resident ministers, Rev. H. H. Barton, M. E .; Rev. J. C. Cummings, Congregational; and Father MacCormack, Catholic.
In the Dry Goods and Grocery trade are the following:
Barrett & Sons, buildings and cash in business, $45,000; Mr. M. C. Dalley, & Co., buildings and cash in business, $20,000.
Hardware-O. W. Taylor & Co., buildings and cash in busi- ness, $35,000; J. A. Moore & Co., buildings and cash in business, $5,000.
Drug Stores-D. & E. S. Saterlee, cash in business, $5,000; L. G. Tyler & Co., cash in business, $5,000; F. A. Dean & Co., $4,000.
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Newspapers-Dunlap Reporter, Editor, J. H. Purcell, circula- tion, 1,500.
Hotels-Depot Hotel, C. L. Chapman, proprietor; City Hotel, Edward Murphy, Proprietor.
Banks-Exchange Bank, Hon. H. B. Lyman, President, L. A. Sherman, Cashier; Dunlap Bank, Lorenzo Kellogg, President, S. J. Patterson, Cashier.
Grocers-Samuel Liscomb, cash in business, $2,000; D. A. Mires, cash in business, $2,000; L. H. Pepper, cash in business, $2,000; J. H. Reed & Co., cash in business, $3,000; William Forest, cash in business, $2,000.
Boots and Shoes -- Fox & Davelstein, cash in business, $5,000; Jacob Stilt, $500.
Restaurants-J. M. Tanner, Samuel Ettenger.
Livery-Mr. Samuel Baird, cash in business, $5,000; H. E. Pease, cash in business, $3,000; J. B. Frazier, cash in business, $1,000.
Agricultural Implements-A. D. Jones, cash in business, $3,000; all the hardware firms deal in this line.
Millinery Goods-Mrs. L. A. Ballard, Mrs. M. A. Tyler.
Wugon Manufactories-G. W. Pease, cash in business, $6,000; John Gall, cash in business, $2,500; Joseph Wettengell, $1,000; L. Dickson, blacksmith.
Grain and Lumber-Col. J. R. Wheeler, cash in business, $50,000; A. J. McMartin, cash in business, $10,000; Benjamin Jackson, cash in business, $10,000; Clement & Mace, $4,000.
Lawyers-Major Charles Mckenzie, P. W. Cain, L. S. Ams- den, J. A. Phillips, M. B. Baily, J. A. Travers, S. E. Wilmot.
Dentist-B. F. Philbrook.
Physicians-D. Saterlee, S. J. Patterson, C. F. Clark, G. B. Christy, P. Cavenaugh and D. L. Livermore.
Butchers-J. M. Roskoph, Dago & Fagan.
Furniture-S. Jenson, Charles Reiker & Son.
Loan Agents-Reuben Ballard, W. H. Squire.
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This town is well governed, and contains a population of 1,700, and was incorporated in 1872 with a population of 450.
WOODBINE,
located in the center of section 14, township 80, range 42, was laid out in 1866, and was named for the old Postoffice at But- ler's Mills near by. If the reader remembers, it has been form- erly stated that the naming of the Postoffice was the work of, or at the suggestion of, Mrs. L. D. Butler, and hence, indirectly, Woodbine was named by her.
There is not a more beautiful location for a country town in all the United States than that of Woodbine, and it is perhaps the best locality for trade in the county, where such trade is based on the interchange of the product of the country for the goods of the merchant and the labor of the mechanic.
This town got fairly on its feet during the year of 1868, at which time the business of the place was represented by the following:
Woodbine Hotel-G. W. Pugsley.
Physicians and Druggists-Cole & Crosswait.
Woodbine Mills-J. W. Dalley.
Lumber-Wheeler & Warner.
Dry Goods, Groceries, etc .- Herman Bros. & Davis.
Dry Goods and Notions-T. H. Abbott.
Saddler and Harness Maker-D. S. Forney.
There has been a radical change in Woodbine since that time, for this little village produces a very creditable showing, which is as follows:
Dry Goods, Groceries, etc .- Kibler Bros., own building, $10,- 000, money in business, $20,000; C. D. Stevens, owns building, $3,000, money in business, $7,000; W. D. Crommie & Co., money in business, $4,000.
Groceries and Provisions-F. A. Folts, money in business, $2,000.
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Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes-L. Crane & Son, own building, $2,000, money in business, $2,500.
Banks-Boyer Valley Bank, P. Cadwell, President, Wm. C. Cadwell, Cashier; own bank building, $5,000, money in business, $10,000; Commercial Bank, Josiah Coe, President, H. M. Bost- wick, Cashier; own building, $3,000, money in business, $11,000.
Drug Stores-J. Giddings & Co., own building, $2,000, money in business, $2,000; Wm. Sass & Co., own building, $1,000. money in business, $1,500.
Lumber, Wire and Agricultural Implements- Mathews & Kling, own elevator, money in business, $25,000.
Hardware-J. A. Boies, money in business, $2,500; T. J. Can- field; money in business, $2,500.
Harness, etc .- S. L. Jefferson; money in business, $900.
Boots and Shoes-Lennox & Co .; money in business, $900.
Furniture-N. L. Cole; money in business, $1,500.
Jeweler-F. M. Smith; money in business, $1,500.
Hotel-Woodbine House; proprietor, A. F. Clark.
Attorney at Law-Wm. M. Magden.
Physicians and Surgeons-T. M. Edwards, E. J. Bond, L. H. Buxton and W. C. Sampson.
Loan and Insurance Agent-J. V. Mallory.
Land and Insurance Agent-A. H. Williamson and L: W. White.
Postmaster-L. W. White.
Justice of the Peace-J. S. McClain and J. D. DeTar.
Barber-A. F. Schuler.
Auctioneer, Livery, etc .- E. R. Hefflin.
Butcher-J. J. Weiss.
W. J. Callender is now erecting a $2,500 building, and by the first of July, will have a $2,000 stock of groceries.
In this village, during the fall of 1887, was established a Nor- mal School, which, from the outlook at the present, bids fair to become a permanent factor in the make-up of the town, and
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though at the time of the beginning it showed some signs of weak- ness, it has received that encouragement that indicates the staying qualities sufficient to warrant the prediction that this institution will live and greatly benefit the place, and not only this, but the western part of the State. In another part of this work, the attention of the reader has been called to the cost and the pres- ent prosperity of this laudable undertaking in which the whole county should manifest a deep and abiding interest.
There are at the present four handsomely constructed church edifices in the town, each of which, as well as the membership and Sunday-schools connected therewith, are favorably noted in the Ninth chapter hereof, to which the attention of the reader is now respectfully directed.
The farming lands in the immediate locality of Woodbine, are of the very best quality, as is manifest by reference to the amount of corn marketed at this place between the 1st of November, 1887, and the 1st day of April, 1888, the same amounting to 200,000 bushels, with 100,000 of the last year's crop, to be sold by the 1st of July. Mondamin is closely pressed by Woodbine, in this particular.
LITTLE SIOUX
First had an existence on the records of the county on the 1st of October, 1855, at which time the plat of the town was filed and placed on record.
The land on which this town was located was entered by S. W. Condit. The money necessary for the entry thereof was furnished by said Condit and the Hon. Thos. B. Neely.
This village is the only place in the county which has stood the storms and weathered the blasts of a railroad rivalry, for it was the deliberate purpose and intent of the S. C. & P. R. R. Co. to knock the enterprise out of this place by the location of the tracks southwest of this town, but fortunately for the latter the make-up of the country was an injunction on the purpose and as
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subsequent events panned out, the location of the railroad station at old River Sioux, at a point so unwisely selected in the Gumbo, it became necessary for the railroad company to change its first selection and relocate the same on the left bank of River Sioux.
Notwithstanding the railroad company has done all in its power to wipe out the village of Little Sioux, the place has grown and kept an even pace with the development of the surrounding country, and to-day is as lively and exhibits as much kicking propensity as any of those places situated on the railroad.
Little Sioux has grown and prospered in spite of the railroads and will continue to exist until the present town of River Sioux merges and becomes part and parcel of the present town.
In 1858 the business on Little Sioux was quite circumscribed, as manifest by the names of the following firms, viz .: D. M. Gamet, general merchandise; William Allen, Sea Foam saloon; Scofield & Son, flouring and saw mills; Hotel, Bonney House; Dr. Drake, physician and surgeon.
Little Sioux was incorporated in 1880 with a population of 369 and at present is possessed of 800 inhabitants. The business firms of the present are as follows:
General Merchandise-Murray & McWilliams, money in bus- iness $12,000; G. M. Scott, money in business $5,000; Minturn & Bonney, money in business $1,500; C. H. Noyes & Co., money in business $2,500.
Druggists-Hope Bros., money in business $2,000; Clark Ellis, money in business $2,000.
Hardware-B. L. Jones, money in business $4,000.
Boots and Shoes-Setchell & Son, $2,000.
Lumber-A. M. Jones, money in business $3,000.
Grocers-J. W. Alton, money in business $500; T. J. Lanyon, money in business $1,500.
Hotels-Bonney House, F. M. Lanyon; City Hotel, J. E. Hunt.
Banking-B. F. Freeman, President; F. L. Ellis, Cashier; money in business $20,000.
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Graded school building cost $4,000; Catholic church building, $1,600; M. E. church building, $1,500; Latter Day Saints church building $2,000.
Meat Markets-John Crabb, money in business $800; Old Reliable, Geo. McEwen, money in business $200.
Millinery and Dress Goods-Mrs. P. R. Long, $2,000.
Dress Maker-Miss Laura Stewart.
Physicians-Wallace & Silsby; Miller & Cad well.
Attorneys-Linus Bassett.
Livery-H. H. Bonney,
RIVER SIOUX,
as known at the present, is the Railroad Company's second addition, from the fact that the first place known by this cog- nomen was so located in the Willows and Gumbo that it was impossible for passengers and freight to make the station, and hence when Samuel Dewell, Esq., had purchased and laid out a town, which was the rival of the last named place, and had christened the same " Malta," the Railroad Company purchased his interest in the same and removed the station to its present site, still retaining the name of River Sioux. This was done in 1875. This place at the present is represented by the follow- ing firms, viz .:
General Merchandise-Ed. Califf, money in business $6,000; Henry Herring, $6,000.
Groceries and Drugs-G. W. Chace, money in business, $2,000.
Hardware-Harrison Driggs, money in business $2,000.
Elevator-T. McLogan, money in business $40,000.
At the two places last named there is in store at the present 200,000 bushels of corn in the ear, waiting for better prices in the way of shipment and at the end of the roads.
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