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The bill went through the senate chamber at a quick pace which ended a long, hard fought battle in which right and justice draped the victors. On May 14th, a contract was awarded to the Huffman Bruner Granite Company of Cedar Rapids for the erection and completion of the proposed monument.
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On May 20th, Representative Ellis departed for Council Bluffs and was met there by Representatives Brandes of Pottawattamie, and an undertaker. The next morning Senator Saunders, Mr. Brandes and Mr. Ellis boarded a car and went over to Prospect Hill cemetery in Omaha. Here he found the superin- tendents and two assistants at work opening the grave. There were present, Mrs. John S. Briggs, a daughter in law of the governor and at whose home he died, and Captain Martin Dunham, an early day resident of Jackson county, son of old Esquire Dunham, of Dunham's Ferry, who claimed to be the only pallbearer now alive. These with the undertakers and some newspaper reporters of Omaha, witnessed the exhuming of the remains. The contents of the badly decayed cas- ket were placed in a new casket which was in turn put in a large metal lined box and the lining soldered over and the pitiful remains of the kindly old man were hidden from the gaze of the world forever. The remains were taken back across the river by the undertaker, into the land that he had loved and the state which he had served, and his temporary resting place in the Nebraska city is but a memory.
Senator Saunders, Representative Brandes, Captain Dunham and Mr. Ellis were entertained at luncheon by Mrs. Briggs.
From there our party went back to Council Bluffs, called on General Gran- ville M. Dodge with whom we spent a pleasant and profitable half hour. Message was received from Frank Evers, a prominent business man, to wait there until he could bring around his Oldsmobile, which he did. We arrived at Delmar at 4 o'clock and were fortunate in obtaining a suitable conveyance home.
The remains of the governor arrived in Maquoketa on the early train and were taken to the undertaking parlors of Lane & Buchner where they were kept until Sunday afternoon, when they were taken to Andrew accompanied by the board of directors of the historical society.
Several hundred people had gathered at the cemetery and witnessed the lowering of the casket into the grave which had been prepared on the old family lot where his wife and child had reposed for more than half a century.
As we stood by that grave a feeling of gratification came over us knowing that a long cherished design had been accomplished and that the stigma of allowing Iowa's first governor to lie in an unmarked grave in a nearby state on account of his poverty at the time of death had been wiped out.
A WORD PERSONAL FROM HON. J. W. ELLIS.
Having heard many expressions of regret and disappointment, that I did not take a part in the program last Wednesday, I feel that a brief explanation is necessary from me.
When I arranged the program for the exercises two weeks prior to the date set for dedicating the monument, I fully realized that there was a greater num- ber of prominent and able people had accepted our invitation to take part in the exercises than time would allow to be heard, and I felt that our people would rather hear those distinguished guests who had honored us with their presence, than to listen to me. I had promised our guests who took part in the program to get them back in time to get the afternoon trains, and we were fifteen minutes late in starting our exercises, and it is a matter of regret that we had to hurry some of the speakers away and thus disorganize the audience before the pro- gram was carried out.
I desire through the columns of the press of the county to acknowledge a debt of gratitude to all who assisted in any way to make this occasion a success. I feel especially indebted to those guests who left their homes and occupations to come at their own expense and take part in the program; also to those good, broad minded, liberal gentlemen, Thomas Hench, F. E. Wirth, A. A. Hurst, Frank Coverdale and Dr. Skelly, who kindly donated their services and automo- biles to carry our guests to Andrew and return; to the members of the press
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who gave us free use of their columns to advertise the event, and to all of those who contributed of their means to cover the incidental expense, and especially to those outside helpers like Charley Wyckoff, Henry Ottens, Andrew Chase, Mr. Sampson, Superintendent Stoddard and the teachers and the schools of the county. Last, but by no means least, those good men with whom I feel honored in being associated with in the great and good work of collecting and reserving the history of our county and state.
I am asked very often how I feel now after the successful culmination of my (Signed) JAMES W. ELLIS. hopes and plans of years. I will say that I am deeply gratified, I am satisfied, I am happy.
HISTORY OF SABULA, IOWA.
COMPILED BY WADE GUENTHER, EDITOR OF SABULA GAZETTE.
The first actual settlement of the spot on which the town of Sabula, Jackson county's easternmost point, stands was originally entered from the government by two men, Dorman and Hinkley, in the latter part of 1835. It is traditional that Isaac Dorman, the first named of these two crossed the Mississippi River on a log. In April, 1836, James and Margaret Wood, natives of Ohio, but for two years previous residents of Michigan, arrived on the spot settled the year previous by Dorman and Hinkley and Dr. E. A. Woods ; one of their son's bought out Hin- kley's interest in the claim. Shortly afterwards Charles Swan and W. H. Brown purchased Dorman's interest. Wood, Brown and Swan then conceived the idea of platting a town on this site and engaged one Albert Henry to survey the claim and lay it out in town lots. It was felt that as there was no town between Lyons and Bellevue, a distance of some forty miles by the river, the location here would be an ideal one. The survey was made in 1837, and the plat of the new town re- corded in Dubuque, as this was at that time a part of Dubuque county.
Carrollport was the first appellation given the new town, but this was soon changed to Charleston, largely on account of the fact that a man named Carrol living in the village had an unenviable reputation. It is asserted that the name Charleston may have been given, owing to the fact that the first name of Swan, one of the owners, was Charles. But this name was not destined to be carried long as it developed that there was another town named Charleston in the state, this one in Lee county. In 1846, it was decided to change the name of the vil-
lage to something that would not be apt to be duplicated and on account of the sandy condition of the soil it was suggested by William Hubbel that, the Latin word Sabulum, meaning sand, be adopted. About that time a party was held in the settlement and the new name was being discussed, when one of the guests, supposed to have been Miss Harriet Hudson (later Mrs. E. A. Wood) remarked that by changing the word Sabulum to Sabula a vocable more easy of pronun- ciation and elegant of sound would be the result. So thus Sabula it became and has remained for over sixty years.
In the early part of 1837 William H. Brown received the appointment of post- master from the government and goes down in history as Sabula's first "Nasby." A forge for rough blacksmithing was built in 1836 by James Wood, but the first real blacksmith shop was that of James Dominy erected several years later.
Isaac Dorman, in 1837, constructed a scow of goodly proportions and engaged in the business of ferrying settlers across from the Illinois shore. About four- teen years later Wade H. Eldredge put a horse ferry into the service, the demands for transportation having become much greater. In 1859, a steam ferry was started by Jacob Oswald and Matt Hodson, and later sold to a railroad company which established a transfer here. This company rebuilt the boat to meet its needs and named it the "Iowa."
As to taverns or public houses the first in the new settlement was the Iowa Exchange, kept by Thomas Marshall, who proved to be a most acceptable boniface
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in those frontier days of open handed hospitality. The Eldredge house, which forms the east half of the present Hotel Riverside, was built in 1854 by Wade H. Eldredge and conducted by that gentleman until 1861. Since that time the hostelry has been under the management of various landlords, among them being : Cornelius Peeslee, D. D. Smith, M. C. Lawrence, Thomas Darling, J. D. Smith, A. Hyman, J. L. Kimbell, E. L. Smith. The property is at present owned by J. D. Smith, but is rented for hotel purposes to W. E. Baum.
The Sabula house, Sabula's only other hotel, was built in 1871 by Jerry Blenner. Besides the hotel proper there is a saloon and Sabula's only opera house. Mr. Blenner conducted this establishment until his death some fifteen years or more ago. Since that date it has changed hands several times and on January 1, 1910, was owned and managed by William Schepler.
Another hotel of an earlier day was the Berner house, conducted by A. H. Berner from 1865 to a date about twenty years later, when after being operated by J. D. Smith for a few years it was converted into a dwelling house.
Among other early date industries we have brought to our attention first the fact that the first log cabin to be erected on the townsite of Sabula was that of Dr. Wood, which he put up during his first year here-1836. Wm. Came- ron put up the first brick house in 1842 on a site now occupied as a residence by Henning Cohrt. Dr. Wood erected a sawmill on the banks of the Slough in 1853 and two years later built a flouring mill. Until his death in 1845, R. H. Hudson conducted a dry goods store in a small building just south of where the town hall now stands. On the corner south of this store stood the Iowa Exchange hotel, a large two story building. This building was torn down in the late '70s and a handsome brick residence (now owned by W. T. Berner) was erected by Banker Ira E. Overholt.
Another sturdy pioneer, John Scarborough, was proprietor of a store in a stone building built by E. A. Wood on a spot facing the river and on which had previously been a rough log boarding house. On the corner south stood Dr. Wood's, said to have been the best store in eastern Iowa along in the early forties. Another tavern was operated by Ulysses Steen, it being in the block below Wood's store, and stand- ing on the river bank opposite was two frame buildings, one near the steam- boat landing, being the store of Wm. Hubbel and the other a two story dwell- ing. The ground on which these buildings stood was later covered by the mammoth packing house of the Iowa Packing Company, which was wrecked in I904.
In 1843 on ground now covered by a meat market and barber shop was the pioneer blacksmith shop of James Dominy. Mr. Dominy also made his own charcoal, burning cords of wood for the purpose. Adjoining him Fred Schram- ling had a wagon shop. The handsomest residence in town in 1843 was that of Thos. Marshall at the corner of Madison and Broad streets, the original framework of that house forming the main part of a modern residence now owned by A. J. Copp. At this time there was no schoolhouse, church, nor even a graveyard, and those of the pioneers who laid aside their earthly cares were laid to rest on south end of what was known as the east ridge.
The first school was taught in one of the settler's homes by a maiden lady named Stearns in 1838 and it was not until 1844 that a building was erected for school purposes. As the Methodists wanted to build a church, they agreed to allow the building to be used as a schoolhouse if the citizens would con- tribute towards the costs of the same. This arrangement was carried out and the building used as a schoolhouse until the erection of the old stone school- house (now the Masonic Hall) in 1860-61. This building cost one thousand five hundred dollars and during the first year the attendance consisted of fifty- seven males and ninety-three females. There were sixty days of school during the summer months and a like number of school days in the winter. A tuition was charged each pupil of seventy-eight cents in summer and one dollar and eighteen cents in winter. A sum of one hundred and sixty-five dollars was
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expended during the first year for the hire of teachers. In 1869 a contract was awarded Henry Heckert for the construction of two frame school buildings, one in the north part and another in the south part of town, and the repairing of the stone schoolhouse. Two thousand nine hundred and fifty-three dollars was the amount expended under this contract.
The first school election was held on October 15, 1860, and every one of the twenty votes cast was in favor of organizing an independent school district. The first regular election of the district was held on October 20th and officers were elected as follows :
President, Israel Day; vice president, H. G. Crary ; secretary, John Hil- singer ; treasurer, Josiah Stiles ; directors, W. H. Eldredge, O. G. Risley, Thos. Esmay.
At a meeting of the school board, held July 23, 1879, a resolution and pre- amble was adopted which set forth the necessity of building a new school- house of size and dimensions fitting to the population of the town and August 12, 1879, fixed as the day for an, election to decide on the matter of issuing bonds to pay for such a structure. The proposition was defeated by a vote of 94 to 40.
The question of building a schoolhouse was again brought to a public vote on Monday, March 13, 1882, when the citizens of Sabula voted on the question of bonding the independent district of Sabula in the sum of ten thousand dollars for school building purposes. The vote resulted in one hundred and sixty-eight for and thirteen against the proposition. The contract was let to Frank Esmay, who sublet the brick work to Peter Berg. The corner stone was laid with ap- propriate exercises on July 4, 1882, and the building was completed December 23, 1882. The schoolhouse was opened with regular sessions at the end of the holiday vacation in January, 1883, H. E. French being the principal in charge. Others who have had the superintendency of the school since that date are as follows: 1883-4, H. E. French; 1885, Jas. E. McElin; 1886, C. C. Hitchcock ; 1887, C. C. Hitchcock; 1888, J. H. Eley. The first annual commencement of the Sabula high school was held under Principal Eley on June 19, 1888. The graduates were Miss Mamie Gage, Miss Floy White and Miss Jennie Sugg; 1889, R. F. Skiff ; 1890, F. A. Howe; 1891-92-93, Philo E. Hoadley ; 1894-95- 96, James M. Davis ; 1897-98-99-1900, W. E. Fleming ; 1901, John H. Grossman ; 1902-3-4-5, Eva M. Fleming ; 1906-7-8-9-10, John A. Taylor.
The present school board consists of Henry Schultz, president; C. G. El- dredge, secretary, and directors, W. E. Newsome, W. E. Long, A. E. Spring, Thos. Thompson. The school grounds and building are kept in excellent shape by the janitor, W. O. Kindred.
CIVIC HISTORY.
On July 5, 1864, a petition was filed with the clerk of the County court by J. O. Bard, Israel Day and Thos. Esmay, as agents, requesting the privilege of incorporating the town of Sabula, the petition being signed by the majority of voters of said town. The petition was in due time granted and the corporate lim- its of the town marked off as follows :
"Commencing at the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of section No. 19, in township 84, north of range No. 7, east of the fifth principal meridian ; thence south on the half section line three hundred and twenty rods to the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of said section; thence south on the section line one hundred and sixty rods to the southeast corner of the southeast quarter of said section; thence south on the section line one hundred and sixty rods to the southwest corner of the northwest quarter to section No. 29 in said township; thence east to the main channel of the Mississippi River; thence northerly up the main channel of said river, being a point on the north line of section No. 20 in said township; thence west on the north line of said sections 20 and 19 to the place of beginning."
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The first town election was held at the Iowa Exchange hotel on February 3, 1865, and the following judges officiated at this election: P. M. Kimbell, Louis Lammers and John Esmay. Virtus Lund and B. H. A. Henningsen acted as clerks. Of the foregoing John Esmay still lives in Sabula and Virtus Lund is a resident of Lyons. The others have passed into the great beyond. Forty-seven votes were cast and of this number H. G. Crary received forty-five for mayor, and five votes were scattering. J. F. Fairbank was elected recorder and M. C. Lawrence, Martin Hein, D. K. Lincoln, John Scarborough and Virtus Lund trus- tees. Mr. Crary was appointed assessor at the first meeting of the council. The regular election day was March 6th and on this date the regular election was held. The result of this election will be found further on in this article in the list of officials from 1865 to the present date. In 1866 the town issued ten thousand dol- lars worth of ten per cent bonds for the purpose of building a jail and of raising the north turnpike above the highwater line of 1859. The bonds were issued after a special election had been held which resulted eighty-six to four in favor of making the improvements. The county appropriated two thousand three hundred dollars to assist on the turnpike work, and in 1867 two thousand dollars more was expended by the city in the same work. The contract which in all amounted to seven thousand, one hundred and eighty-one dollars and sixty-five cents, was handled by J. C. Pitkin.
As it had cost so much to build up the turnpike, the jail proposition was held up until the general election of 1870, when it was submitted to the vote of the people whether or not a five mill tax should be imposed for the purpose of raising funds to build a jail. The proposition was carried one hundred and thirty-nine to eight. Bids for a two story building, the first floor to contain the jail and the second floor to be the council chamber, were received from M. C. Lawrence, nine hundred and eighty-seven dollars; Henry Heckert, one thousand dollars; W. H. Reid, nine hundred and forty dollars, and the latter was awarded the contract. It was not until several years later that the building was completed, however.
In 1871 the Sabula, Ackley & Dakota Railroad secured permission from the city to build their railroad on the south turnpike, and as they failed to replace same, litigation ensued. It ended by the company building a new pike and paying the city three thousand dollars in cash.
In 1868 search of the records at Dubuque failed to show a plat of the town of Sabula and the property owners therefor had no legal title to their lots. The as- sistance of the state legislature was asked and a resurvey was made of the town and placed on record at the courthouse of Jackson county. A memorial was then prepared by order of the town council and forwarded to the state legislature re- questing that an act be passsed continuing the validity of the lots just the same as if the new plat had always been recorded. The prayer of these petitioners was granted and the titles of all property in the town thus perfected.
TOWN OFFICERS.
The following is the roster of the officers of the town of Sabula, elected and served during the years named :
1865-Mayor, John Hilsinger ; recorder, J. F. Fairbank ; marshal, James See- ber (resigned) ; treasurer, Thomas Esmay; assessor, Israel Day; trustees, J. C. Day, J. O. Bard, P. G. Stiles, H. G. Crary and L. H. Steen.
1866-Mayor, John Hilsinger ; recorder, William H. Reid; treasurer, Thomas Esmay; marshal, Jacob Oswald (resigned) ; assessor, Israel Day; trustees, John O. Bard, E. A. Wood, M. H. Long, O. G. Risley, J. C. Day.
1867-Mayor, John Hilsinger; recorder, Harvey Reid; treasurer, John Scar- borough ; marshal, J. C. Pitkin ; assessor, Israel Day ; trustees, J. C. Day, N. C. White, J. O. Bard, M. S. Allen and O. G. Risley.
1868-Mayor, J. Hilsinger ; recorder, Harvey Reid ; treasurer, Thomas Esmay ; marshal, James Guilfoil; assessor, A. C. Simpson ; trustees, J. C. Day, J. O. Bard, P. G. Stiles, N. C. White and O. G. Risley.
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1869-Mayor, J. Hilsinger ; recorder, Harvey Reid ; treasurer, Thomas Esmay ; marshal, Byron Davis; assessor, A. C. Simpson; trustees, M. H. Long, A. Gohl- man, E. A. Wood, J. J. Gray, R. C. Westbrook.
1870-Mayor, J. G. Sugg ; recorder, Harvey Reid; treasurer, Thomas Esmay ; marshal, H. S. Heberling; assessor, A. C. Simpson; trustees, E. A. Wood, R. C. Westbrook, August Gohlman, Fred Schrambling and M. C. Lawrence.
1871 -- Mayor, J. G. Sugg (resigned in October) ; recorder, Harvey Reid ; treasurer, W H. Eldredge; marshal, J. C. Pitkin; assessor, H. G. Crary ; trus- tees, J. J. Hoffstetter, George W. Confare, N. C. White, F. Schramling and M. Hein.
1872-Mayor, J. F. Fairbank; recorder, E. S. Day; treasurer, W. H. El- dredge; marshal, L. L. Watkins; assessor, H. G. Crary; trustees, P. G. Stiles, J. C. Day, M. Hein, G. W. Confare, J. J. Hoffstetter.
1873-Mayor, J. F. Fairbank; recorder, J. C. Guilfoil; treasurer, W. H. Eldredge ; marshal, G. W. Confare; assessor, August Henningsen; trustees, P. G. Stiles, J. C. Day, Martin Hein, Jerry Goos, Fred Schrambling.
1874-Mayor, J. F. Fairbanks; recorder, J. C. Guilfoil; treasurer, W. H. Eldredge; marshal, P. N. Kimball; assessor, Robert Schroeder; trustees, F. C. Young, C. G. Eldredge, Jerry Goos, F. Schrambling, Martin Hein.
1875-Mayor, I. E. Lovett; recorder, J. C. Guilfoil; treasurer, W. H. Eldredge; marshall, W. H. C. Sugg; assessor, R. A. Schroeder; trustees, Jerry Goos, E. A. Wood, C. G. Eldredge, M. H. Long, W. F. Crane.
1876-Mayor, I. E. Lovett ; recorder, J. J. Gray ; treasurer, W. H. Eldredge ; marshal, D. C. Matthews; assessor, August Henningsen; trustees, E. A. Wood, W. F. Crane, R. A. Schroeder, J. G. Sugg, M. H. Long.
1877-Mayor, I. E. Lovett; recorder, J. J. Gray ; treasurer, W. H. Eldredge ; marshal, N W. Church; assessor, August Henningsen; trustees, E. A. Wood, M. H. Long, W. F. Crane, R. A. Schroeder, George Canfield:
1878-Mayor, E. A. Wood; recorder, J. J. Gray ; treasurer, W. H. Eldredge ; marshal, H. Thompson ; assessor, C. G. Eldredge; trustees, George Canfield, W. H. Bahne, Samuel Kinder, R. A. Schroeder, Jacob Oswald.
1879-Cannot find record of this year.
1880-Mayor, Geo. W. Confare; recorder, J. J. Gray ; trustees, J. B. Dominy, R. A. Schroeder, Fred Schramling, W. H. Young, M. J. Gannon, R. C. West- brook ; marshal, John Snyder.
1881-Mayor, J. G. Sugg; recorder, S. E. Day ; treasurer, W. H. Eldredge ; assessor, Aug. Henningsen ; trustees, L. F. Davis, P. G. Stiles, C. G. Eldredge, Abe Beesley, J. Dominy, F. Schramling; marshal, John Snyder.
1882-Mayor, J. J. Gray ; recorder, Thos. Lambert ; treasurer, W. H. Eldredge ; assessor, S. E. Day ; trustees, L. F. Davis, P. G. Stiles, C. G. Eldredge, Jas. Dom- iny, G. C. Heberling, A. H. Berner; marshal, J. H. Cottral. (G. C. Heberling later resigned and J. E. Babbit was elected to fill his place.)
1883-Mayor, A. D. Knowles; recorder, Thos. Lambert; treasurer, J. Hil- singer ; assessor, S. E. Day; trustees, P. G. Stiles, Wm. Aikman, A. H. Berner, August Henningsen, J. L. Kimbell, J. F. H. Sugg; marshal, J. H. Cottral.
1884-Mayor, A. D. Knowles; recorder, Thos. Lambert; treasurer, J. Hil- singer ; assessor, S. E. Day ; trustees, M. H. Long, R. A. Schroeder, J. L. Kim- bell, Wm. Aikman, J. F. H. Sugg, A. H. Berner ; marshal, J. H. Cottral.
1885-Mayor, Geo. C. Heberling ; recorder, Thos. Lambert ; treasurer, J. Hil- singer ; trustees, M. H. Long, R. A. Schroeder, J. L. Kimbell, S. E. Day, Wm. 'Aikman, Paul Kempter; marshal, J. C. Edic.
1886-Mayor, Thos. Lambert; recorder, A. D. Marr; treasurer, J. Hilsinger ; assessor, S. E. Day ; trustees, S. E. Day, J. C. Day, M. H. Long, W. H. Bahne, R. A. Schroeder, J. L. Kimbell; marshal, G. L. Mills.
1887-Mayor, Thos. Lambert; recorder, A. D. Marr ; treasurer, J. Hilsinger ; assessor, S. E. Day; trustees, M. H. Long, Benj. Beesley, J. C. Day, S. E. Day, R. A. Schroeder, W. H. Bahne ; marshal, G. L. Mills.
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1888-Mayor, Thos. Lambert; recorder, Ed. C. Brown; treasurer, J. Hil- singer ; assessor, S. E. Day; trustees, R. A. Schroeder, Paul Kempter, M. H. Long, J. C. Day, W. H. Bahne, Benj. Beesley ; marshal, G. L. Mills.
1889-Mayor, Thos. Lambert; recorder, Ed. C. Brown; treasurer, J. Hil- singer ; assessor, S. E. Day ; trustees, W. H. Bahne, J. C. Day, B. Beesley, Paul Kempter, R. A. Schroeder, M. H. Long; marshal, G. L. Mills.
1890-Mayor, Thos. Lambert ; recorder, E. C. Brown ; treasurer, J. Hilsinger ; assessor, S. E. Day ; trustees, M. H. Long, B. Beesley, Paul Kempter, S. E. Day, W. H. Bahne, J. C. Day ; marshal, G. L. Mills.
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