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Reynolds, Samuel. Company K, Eighth Infantry, third corporal.
Reynolds, William D .. Company A, Seventh Infantry, first lientenant. Rice. Jacob. Company C. Thirty-fifth Infantry, private. Richley, Philip, Company G, Nineteenth Infantry, private. Ricketts, William, Company K. Eighth Infantry, first sergeant. Rickey, Joseph S., Company F, Eleventh Infantry, private. Riggs, Augustus, Company F. Thirty-fifth Infantry, private. Riley, Isaac T., Company C. Sixteenth Infantry, wagoner. Riley, Lewis A., Company B, Forty-fifth Infantry, private. Rinehart. Nicholas, Company C. Fifth Infantry, seventh corporal. Risocher. John S .. Company H. Second Infantry, private. Ritter, Jonas, Company F, Twenty-fifth Infantry, private. Robbins, David A., Company B, Forty-fifth Infantry, private. Roberts, Israel N., Company C, Eighth Infantry, private. Roberts, Levi, Company K. Thirteenth Infantry, private. Robertson, James, Company C, Eighth Infantry, private. Robertson, Samuel S., Company F. Twenty-fifth Infantry, private.
IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE TERRITORY OF IOWA.
Robert Lucas GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE MILITIA OF SAID TERRITORY.
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DONE AT THE CITY OF BURLINGTON, Heter 7 th. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight finnsbed and thisyine and the sixty C of the Independence of the United States of Lucisca.
IA1 THE GOVERNOR'S TOWNAND.
Adjutant General.
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Robertson, Thomas, Company C, Eighth Infantry, private.
Robertson, William, Company C, Fifth Infantry, eighth corporal. Robertson, William S., Fifth Infantry, major.
Robinson, Charles, Company -, Fourteenth Infantry, private. Robinson, John T., Company G, Nineteenth Infantry, second corporal.
Robinson, Joseph A., Company A. Eleventh Infantry, private.
Robinson, Homer A., Company F, Twenty-fifth Infantry, private.
Robinson, Omer, Company A, Ninth Cavalry, second lieutenant. Robinson, William B., Company A, Eleventh Infantry, private. Rock. James, Company D. Seventeenth Infantry, private.
Ross, Joseph, Company G. Nineteenth Infantry, private.
Ross, Oscar, Company F, Nineteenth Infantry, fourth corporal. Ross, Thomas K., Company F, Nineteenth Infantry, third corporal. Rowe, Adam, Company F, Thirty-fifth Infantry, private. Rowe, William N., Company D, Seventeenth Infantry, private. Rozer, Franklin A., Company E, Sixteenth Infantry, private.
Rumery, George, Company E, Eighteenth Infantry, private. Rusk. Samuel M., Company E, Eighteenth Infantry, private.
Rutt. Hiram. Company F. Twenty-fifth Infantry, private.
Ryan, Jerry A., Company G, Nineteenth Infantry, private.
Ryan, John, Company F. Nineteenth Infantry, private. Ryan, Michael, Company K, Eighth Infantry, eighth corporal. Sands, John W., Company C. Eleventh Infantry, private. Saunders, William C., Company M, Eighth Cavalry, private.
Sayrs, Jeremiah, Company B, Thirty-seventh Infantry, eighth corporal. Schofield, George W., Company K, Fourth Cavalry, private. Schofield. Isaac, Company C. Fifth Infantry, private. Scott, Albert G., Company C, Fifth Infantry, private. Scroggs, Joseph A., Company C, Eleventh Infantry, private. Scull, James M., Company H. Forty-fifth Infantry, private. Scull, William V., Company F. Nineteenth Infantry, private. Seeford, George, Company K, Engineer Regiment of West (Mo.), artificer. Sellers, James N., Company C, Sixteenth Infantry, private. Sellers, Josiah. Company C. Sixteenth Infantry, private. Sellers, Newton N., Company C, Sixteenth Infantry, private. Selman. Joshua, Company F, Twenty-fifth Infantry, private. Serell, Aaron C., Company F, Nineteenth Infantry, private. Shaw. Francis L., Company F. Twenty-fifth Infantry, private. Sheets. Robert. Eighth Iowa.
Shepard. Daniel M., Company C, Eleventh Infantry, private. Shepard, William C., Company A, Second Cavalry, private. Shepherd, Cicero II., Company C. Eleventh Infantry, private. Shindley, William, Company -, Eleventh Infantry, private. Shipman, Alem B., Company K, Eighth Infantry, private, Shipman, Charles B., Company I. Sixth Infantry, private. Shipman, Joseph R., Company F, Nineteenth Infantry, private. Shipman, Wesley C., Company F, Nineteenth Infantry, private. Shisel, Demeter, Company F, Twenty-fifth Infantry, private.
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Sillick, Asher, Company K. Engineers Regiment of the West. Simpson, James, Company G, Nineteenth Infantry, private. Sisk, John C., Company G, Twenty-seventh Infantry, Illinois, private. Siverly, George, Company H, Forty-fifth Infantry, private. Siverly, Ivory, Company F. Nineteenth Infantry, private. Small, Isaac L., Company H, Eleventh Infantry, private. Small, James L., Company H, Eleventh Infantry, private. Smice, David, Company E. Sixteenth Infantry, private. Smice, Harrison Henry, Company E. Sixteenth Infantry, private. Smice, John, Company F, Nineteenth Infantry, private. Smice, Wesley, Company E, Sixteenth Infantry, private.
Smice, William, Company K. Eighth Infantry, private. Smith, Alvah S., Company F. Twenty-fifth Infantry, private. Smith, Edwin, Company F. Nineteenth Infantry, private. Smith, Herschel V., Company F. Forty-fifth Infantry, private. Smith, James, Company G, Nineteenth Infantry, private. Smith, James R., Company C, Fifth Infantry, private. Smith, John C., Company F, Twenty-fifth Infantry, first lieutenant.
Smith, Joseph R., Company F. Thirty-fifth Infantry, private. Smith, Loammie M., Company F. Nineteenth Infantry, second lieutenant. Smith, Seth, Company G, Seventeenth Infantry, private. Smith, Sumner, Company K. Eighth Infantry, third sergeant. Smith, William C., Company K. Eighth Infantry, private. Sowash, Daniel, Company F, Nineteenth Infantry, private.
Sowash, Jacob, Company C, Fifth Infantry, private. Snyder, Samuel, Company 1. Eleventh Infantry, private. Spafford, Andrew J., Company F. Twenty-fifth Infantry, private. Spafford, B. F., Company F. Twenty-fifth Infantry, private. Spafford, James W., Company C, Fifth Infantry, private. Spafford, Julius T., Company C, Fifth Infantry, private. Spafford, William H. H., Company K. Eighth Infantry, private. Sprague, George B., Company K. Eighth Infantry, private. Sprague, John E., Company F. Nineteenth Infantry, private. Springsteen, David R., Company F, Nineteenth Infantry, private. Sprows, John, Company I, Engineer Regiment of West (Mo.), wagoner. Stacy, Isaac K., Company K, Eighth Infantry, private. Stahley, Frederick, Company -- , Second Cavalry, private. Stamm, Severenous, Company K, Second Cavalry, bugler.
Stark, Thomas G., Company F, Twenty-fifth Infantry, second lieutenant. Starks, William D., Company K. Fourteenth Infantry, private. Stauber, Justus L., Company C, Eleventh Infantry, private. Stein, John H., Company K, Eighth Infantry, private. Steneman, Isaac L., Company K, Eighth Infantry, private. Stephens, James F., Company C, Fifth Infantry, private.
Stephens, John, Company C. Fifth Infantry, private. Stephens, Oran, Company C. Fifth Infantry, private. Sterlin, James C., Company B, Thirty-seventh Infantry, second lieutenant. Sterrett, Albert P .. Company F. Twenty-fifth Infantry, private.
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Sterrett, David. Company K, Eighth Infantry, private. Sterrett, Robert, Company K, Eighth Infantry, second corporal. Stevens, Jacob L., Company F, Thirty-fifth Infantry, private. Stewart, Thomas, Company G, Seventeenth Infantry, fourth sergeant. Stewart, William C., Company F, Nineteenth Infantry, private. Stineman, Peter, Company G, Nineteenth Infantry, private. Stingle, John, Company A, Ninth Cavalry, private.
Stocks, John W., Company C, Thirtieth Infantry, private.
Stoddard, Mason W., Company C, Eleventh Infantry, private. Stone, Henry M., Company H, Forty-fifth Infantry, private. Stone, Joseph, First Cavalry, musician.
Stoneman, Jesse F., Company K, Eighth Infantry, seventh corporal. Story, Cornelius A., Company F, Twenty-fifth Infantry, private. Story, John, Company K, Eighth Infantry, private.
Story, Joseph, Company F, Nineteenth Infantry, private. Story, Thomas, Company F, Twenty-fifth Infantry, private. St. Peter, Theordore, Company A. Thirty-fifth Infantry, private. Strange, John, Company F. Nineteenth Infantry, private. Stroops, Eli, Company E, Sixteenth Infantry, private. Stroud, Lewis H., Company K. Eighth Infantry, private. Sullivan, James B., Company K, Eighth Infantry, private. Sullivan, Joshua B., Company I, Eleventh Infantry, private. Swan, John A., Company M. Eighth Cavalry, private. Swank, Francis J., Company A, Second Cavalry, private. Swank, Louis E., Company A, Second Cavalry, private. Syfrits, Christian, Company I, Eleventh Infantry, private. Swygard, Frederick, Company C, Thirtieth Infantry, private. Talbot, William J., Company C, Eleventh Infantry, private. Taylor, Andrew M., Company G, Nineteenth Infantry, captain.
Taylor, Henry H., Company I, Sixth Infantry, private. Taylor, James J., Company K, Second Cavalry, private. Taylor, John, Company K, Second Cavalry, private. Taylor. Julius S., Company G. Nineteenth Infantry, private. Taylor, Samuel. Company G. Nineteenth Infantry, private.
Tedford, George B., Company F, Twenty-fifth Infantry, private. Tedford, James G., Company C, Eleventh Infantry, private. Tedford. James M., Company F, Twenty-fifth Infantry, private. Tedford, William A., Company H, Second Infantry, private. Tedford, William H., Company F, Eleventh Infantry, private. Teets, Henry J., Company G, Nineteenth Infantry, private. Teets. William L., Company H, Forty-fifth Infantry, sixth corporal. Tharp, Lee, Company K, Eighth Infantry, sixth corporal. Thomas. Cicero, Company F. Nineteenth Infantry, private. Thomas, Edward H., Company F, Nineteenth Infantry, seventh corporal. Thomas, Griffith, Company F, Twenty-fifth Infantry, private.
Thomas, Henry, Jr .. Company F, Twenty-fifth Infantry, fourth sergeant.
Thomas, Isham, Company G, Twenty-fifth Infantry, private. Thomas. James. Company F, Twenty-fifth Infantry, private.
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Thompson. Baylis, Company 1. Eleventh Infantry, private.
Thompson, James T., Company F, Thirty-fifth Infantry, private. Thompson. Samuel A., Company K. Eighth Infantry, first lieutenant.
Thompson, Stewart, Company C. Fifth Infantry, private. Thompson, William, Company H, Forty-fifth Infantry, private. Thompson, William B., Company A, Seventh Infantry, private. Tice, Adam E., Company C, Eleventh Infantry, private.
Tice, David E., Company K, Thirty-fifth Infantry, private.
Tindall, George, Company C. Fifth Infantry, sixth corporal.
Tinmoney. E. M., Fifteenth United States Infantry, captain.
Tiser, Andrew, Company K. Engineer Regiment of West ( Mo.), artificer. Todd, James R., Company F, Twenty-fifth Infantry, eighth corporal.
Todd, Oliver P., Company C. Eleventh Infantry, private.
Tompkins, Abner W., Company K, Eighth Infantry, private.
Tompkins, John. Company C. Fifth Infantry, private.
Tompkins, Silas W .. Company C, First Infantry, private. Toole, Charles E., Company L, Eighth Cavalry, private. Townsend, Minus, Company G, Nineteenth Infantry, private.
Townsley, William. Company F. Thirty-fifth Infantry, private. Trask, Herman J .. Company K, Eighth Infantry. private. Trible, Elijah, Company F. Twenty-fifth Infantry, private. Triggs, William, Company A, Ninth Cavalry, private. Tucker, George. Company G, Nineteenth Infantry. private. Tucker. John W .. Company E. Sixteenth Infantry, private. Tucker, Lewis, Company C, Fourteenth Infantry, private. Tucker, Philip M., Company E. Sixteenth Infantry, private. Tudor, Hugh, Company F. Twenty-fifth Infantry. private. Turkington, Samuel, Company G, Nineteenth Infantry, private. Turner, James. Company I. Sixth Infantry, captain.
Turner, Otho W., Company B, Thirty-seventh Infantry, private. Turnley, Andrew J., Company FF, Nineteenth Infantry, private. Tuttle, Simeon. Company -, First Cavalry, private. Twiggs, William M., Company C. Eleventh Infantry. second lieutenant. Ufford. Thomas, Company H. Eleventh Infantry, private. Usher, Andrew J., Company -, First Cavalry, private. Utt. Elias B., Company F. Twenty-fifth Infantry, private. Utter, Adelbert. Company K, Eighth Infantry, private.
Utter, Williston, Company K, Eighth Infantry, private. Vandervort. Charles, Fifty-fifth Illinois. Vandervort. Francis A., Company K. Eighth Infantry, private. Vandervort. William A., Company G, Eleventh Infantry, private. Vandevard, John D., Company F. Thirty-fifth Infantry, private. Vandyke. Corwin C., Company H. Second Infantry, private. Vandyke. J. D. W .. Company C. Fourteenth Infantry, private. Vandyke, John W. S., Company H. Second Infantry, private. Vandyke. William H. II., Company H. Second Infantry, private. Vanhorn. John B., Company C. Fifth Infantry, fifth sergeant. Vanloon, Charles, Company F. Nineteenth Infantry, private.
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Vanorman, Joseph F., Company C, Eleventh Infantry, private. Vanormand, Daniel W., Company C, Eighth Infantry, private. Vaughn, Elsa, Company H. Eighth Cavalry, private. Wabtz, George B., Company C. Eleventh Infantry, private. Wagner, John H., Company F, Thirty-fifth Infantry, private. Wagner. Joseph F., Company F, Nineteenth Infantry, private. Wagoner. Deter, Company G. Nineteenth Infantry, private. Walcot. Lewis E., Company F. Twenty-fifth Infantry, private. Walker, David C., Company F. Twenty-fifth Infantry, private. Walker, Hiram, Company G. Second Cavalry, private. Walker, William, Company F, Twenty-fifth Infantry, private. Walker, William A., Company I, Twenty-fifth Infantry, private. Wall. William, Company A. Second Cavalry, private. Wallace, William B., Company C. Fifth Infantry, fifth corporal. Waltz. George B., Company C, Eleventh Infantry, private. Waltz. Henry C .. Company E, Eighteenth Infantry, private. Wanzer. Henry. Company M. Seventh Cavalry, quartermaster sergeant. Ware, Levi. Company F. Thirty-fifth Infantry, private. Washburn. William J., Company C. Eleventh Infantry, private. Wasson, John H., Company D, Seventeenth Infantry, private. Watson. John, Company B, Thirty-seventh Infantry, private. Watts, Benjamin B., Company C, Sixteenth Infantry, private. Watts. James, Company A. Second Cavalry, private. Watts, James F., Company G. Nineteenth Infantry, private. Watts. James M., Company C. Eleventh Infantry, private. Watts, Thomas J., Company C, Fifth Infantry, private. Weaver. Erastus, Company C. Sixteenth Infantry, musician. Weber, Frederick. Company G, Nineteenth Infantry, private. Weeks, Lysander, Company K. Eighth Infantry, captain. Weise. August, Company F. Nineteenth Infantry, private. Welch, Ambrose. Company C, Eleventh Infantry, private. Welch, William, Company C, Eleventh Infantry, private. Welsh, John, Company E. Sixteenth Infantry, private. Wescha, Richard, Company F. Thirty-fifth Infantry, private. Wescot. Miles D., Company C. Eighth Infantry private. Wesier, Peter, Company K. Second Cavalry, eighth corporal. West. Wesley, Company C, Eleventh Infantry, private. Westervelt, John. Company D, Nineteenth Infantry, private. Westfall, John W., Company I, Sixth Infantry, private. Wheeler, Charles, Company K, Eighth Infantry, private.
Whicher. Thomas, Company F. Sixteenth Illinois Infantry, private.
Whicher, Wiley, Company F, Eleventh Infantry, private. Whicher. William D .. Company E. Eighteenth Infantry, private. Whisler, Adam. Company K, Engineer Regiment of West (Mo.), artificer. White, James, Company K. Eighth Infantry, private.
Whitescarver, John S., Company K. Eighth Infantry, private. Wiggins, Hiram H., Company G, Nineteenth Infantry, private. Wilcox. Robert B .. Company F, Twenty-fifth Infantry, private.
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Will, John, Company F, Twenty-fifth Infantry, private. Willcox, William V., Company H. Eighth Cavalry, trumpeter. Williams, Alva T., Company D. Seventeenth Infantry. Williams, Austin, Company G. Nineteenth Infantry, third corporal. Williams, Dennis, Company K, Engineer Regiment of West ( Mo.), musician. Williams, Gamaliel B., First Cavalry, third musician. Williams, Ira W., Company FF. First Cavalry, private.
Williams, James, Company F. Nineteenth Infantry, private.
Williams, James L., Company B. Forty-fifth Infantry, private.
Williams, John, Company C, Eleventh Infantry, private. Williams, Oscar N., Company B. First Cavalry, private. Williams, Thomas S., Company B. First Cavalry, private. Williams, Ward W., Company K. Fourth Cavalry, private.
Williams, Warren. Company B. First Cavalry, private.
Williamson, Elisha T .. Company FF. Twenty-fifth Infantry, first lieutenant. Williamson, William C .. Company K. Fourth Cavalry, private.
Willis, James M., Company C. Eleventh Infantry, private.
Willis, Sylvester. Company C. Eleventh Infantry, private.
Wilson, John W., Company G, Nineteenth Infantry, private.
Willtrout. David. Company -, Nineteenth Infantry, private. Wilson, Alonzo, Company K. Eighth Infantry, private. Wilson, James C., Company G. Nineteenth Infantry, private. Wilson, John F., Company K. Fourth Cavalry, private.
Wilson, William F., Company F. Twenty-fifth Infantry, private. Winder. David D., Company A. Ninth Cavalry, private. Winder, Thomas C .. Company G. Eleventh Infantry, private. Wires. John T., Company C. Eleventh Infantry, private. Wood. Aurelius, Company F. Nineteenth Infantry, private.
Wood. John, Company F. Nineteenth Infantry, private. Woodruff, Chalmers. Company F. First Cavalry, private. Woodruff. Robert F., Company -. Second Cavalry, private. Woolcot, William B .. Company C. Eighth Infantry, private. Woolwine. George W .. Company G. Nineteenth Infantry, first corporal.
Worley, Robert. Company F. Twenty-fifth Infantry, private. Wren, John, Company F. Twenty-fifth Infantry, private. Wright. Bazaleel F., Company G. Nineteenth Infantry, second lieutenant. Wright, Cyprian L., Company F. Nineteenth Infantry, private. Wylie. James R., Company D. Fourth Infantry, private. Wylie. John J .. Company A. First Infantry. private. Wyman, Joel W .. Company G. Nineteenth Infantry private. Wynkoop, Gerodes. Company C. Eleventh Infantry, private.
Yeager, Harvey B., Company I. Twenty-fifth Infantry, private.
Young. Charles, Company B. Thirty-seventh Infantry, fifth corporal. Young. Edward. Company F, Twenty-fifth Infantry, private. Young. Lewis, Company A. Ninth Cavalry, private.
York, William G .. Company G, Seventeenth Infantry, private. Zeiger, James M .. Company C. Eleventh Infantry, fifth corporal. Zimmerman, John, Company K. Eighth Infantry, private.
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Henry Fleming. Peter Godwin. C. Martin. Samuel Warnstaff.
Edmund Linton. L. C. Williams. Patrick Coin.
Robert Gillenwater.
George Simpson.
William Norris ( colored ).
James Milton.
Daniel Milton.
Robert McCluire.
LOUISA COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN AND PHILIPPINE WARS.
50TH REGIMENT, CO. "c."
Commodore Bond. Morning Sun.
Roy L. Hendrix, Letts.
Samuel M. Jamison, Wapello.
William Killough, Morning Sun.
Charles Nichols, Morning Sun.
Harry Marshall, Morning Sun.
WVm. T. Ochiltree, Morning Sun.
Frank Paisley, Morning Sun.
Hugh Paisley, Morning Sun.
Carl Thompson, Morning Sun.
Claude Thompson, Morning Sun.
John Wilson, Morning Sun.
50TH REGIMENT, CO. "D." John C. Jones, Cotter.
50TH REGIMENT, CO. "G."
Harold R. Stapp, Columbus Junction.
50TH REGIMENT, CO. "L."
John C. Bowman, Columbus Junction.
Edwin C. Hendrix, Letts.
Harry C. Knaub, Columbus Junction.
Charles Willey, Columbus Junction.
Walter V. Willey, Columbus Junction.
50THI REGIMENT, CO. "M."
Walter M. Kilpatrick, Morning Sun.
Ezra Keller, Morning Sun.
Fred Lacey. Wapello.
5IST REGIMENT, CO. "D."
Spencer B. Paxton, Columbus Junction.
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5IST REGIMENT, CO. "F."
WVm. H. Lacey. Wapello.
Thos. F. Mclaughlin. Wapello.
Frank L. Bishop, Wapello.
Ilomer J. Darrow, Columbus Junction.
Thomas H. Grubb, Columbus Junction.
Jay Hale, Wapello. Norman T. Witherow, Wapello.
Eugene H. Pease, Wapello.
Evan M. Roberts, Columbus Junction.
Alvin Simmons, Columbus Junction.
Charles W. Finley. Morning Sun.
Joel A. Windmiller, Morning Sun.
Robert 11. Wilcox, Columbus Junction.
5IST REGIMENT, CO. "K."
Edwin P. Shellabarger, Columbus Junction.
JOTHI U. S. VOLUNTEERS.
Company B. John Gunnels, Wapello.
Company C. Wm. E. Biggs, Wapello.
Company C. Wm. Davis, Wapello.
Company C. Roy Johnson, Wapello.
Company C. Howard Kelley. Wapello.
Company D. Geo. Schaffer, Wapello.
Musician. Gordon Younkin, Wapello.
CHAPTER XIII.
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES.
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THE RIVERS-THE RAILROADS-THE AIR LINE RAILROAD. THE IOWA AND CEDAR RIVERS.
We have only been able to get fragmentary and disconnected facts relating to the navigation of the Iowa and Cedar rivers. The first steamer of which we have any account was called the "Ripple" and ascended the Iowa river as far as Iowa City, arriving there on June 20, 1841. This event created great excitement in lowa City, and a full account of it is given in the Iowa City Standard, of Tuesday, June 24. 1841. On June 21st there was a public meeting of the citi- zens and a committee was appointed to invite Captain D. Jones of the "Ripple" and his passengers and crew to a public dinner. The dinner was held at the National Hotel and on that occasion addresses were made by Major John B. Newhall, of Burlington, author of "Sketches of Iowa." and by Captain Jones and some others. The "Ripple" started on this trip from Burlington, on the Mississippi, and, according to Major Newhall, it was the first steamer to navi- gate the "Iowa Fork." Just what Major Newhall meant by the term Iowa fork is hard to determine. It might be that he meant to distinguish it from the Cedar, and to allow us to infer that the Cedar had been navigated by steamers before that time; but he also said in his speech that the people from every vil- lage and cabin from the mouth of the Iowa to Iowa City, were much excited by this voyage made by the "Ripple" and hailed its arrival with loud huzzahs. the firing of rifles and other manifestations. This statement would indicate that the "Ripple" was the first steamer to ascend either the Iowa or the Cedar.
In the Bloomington Herald of August 2, 1844, there is a notice that the "Maid of Iowa" would leave Burlington on the 15th of August and ascend the Cedar river as far as Washington ferry.
The next steamboat item we find is from a document in the office of the Louisa county recorder, from which it appears that the steamboat "Iola," James Sharkey, captain, and James Viets, pilot, on May 8, 1845, in descending the Iowa river at a point about eight or nine miles below Iowa City, ran over a log which was entirely concealed in the water, and that several timbers of the boat were broken and several planks much shattered, causing the steamboat to sink immediately in the Iowa river; that thereupon, in order to save the cargo of said boat, all persons named (and the names of thirteen persons are given in the record) shifted the freight on said boat and got her under way, but by the even- ing of May 9th said boat was found to be in a sinking condition and the freight was consequently taken from the boat and put on shore.
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There was considerable activity on the lowa river in Louisa county, begin- ning about 1846. In May, 1846, there was a steamboat loaded at Todd's landing, near Columbus City, with produce for Wesley Jones and William D. McCord, of Burlington.
In June. 1847. Joseph L. Derbin had a barge built at Fredonia, which was launched on the 19th of June and loaded with produce for St. Louis. We give herewith the facsimile of a notice posted in Columbus City of date July 13, 1847, concerning a fast sailing horse boat under charge of Captain Wheelock.
In June, 1848, the barge of Joseph A. Luckett was built at Todd's ferry and loaded with produce for the St. Louis market, and a little later in the same year the barge "Lexington" was built at Fredonia. In the same year the steamer "Piasa." owned by Joseph L. Derbin and E. B. Isett, began making trips on the Iowa river as far up as Iowa City, and continued this whenever the stage of the water permitted, up to the spring of 1850. In 1849 the river was quite low and the "Piasa" stuck on a sandbar at Whipple's ferry opposite Fredonia.
The steamboat "Herald" made three trips to Iowa City in 1849, one the latter part of March, and the other two in April. The steamboat "Hawkeye" went to Cedar Rapids in the latter part of March, 1849. The "Hawkeye" again went to Iowa City in 1852.
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