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2 See Map A for details of the three purchases, 1832, 1836, and 1837,. so far as included in Johnson county.
8 Data from Samuel Gilliland, Mechanicsville, Iowa, then in his ninety-seventh year.
Shambaugh's Constitution and Records of the Johnson County Claim Association.
5 Mrs. Benjamin Ritter, of Iowa City. The first weddings of John- son county were of Benjamin Ritter and Mary Stover, and of Martin Smith and Martha McLucas, a double wedding.
. R. L. Rowe, in the Cedar County Post, 1872-1873.
7 There appears to be some difference of opinion regarding the rivalry of the two towns of Osceola and Napoleon. At the death of John Gilbert, James Davis was made the administrator of his estate, and a deed made by him to the northwest quarter of section thirty-two, township seventy-eight, range five, is "witnessed by J. Weston Brooks and S. C. Hastings." - Record of Deeds, Book I, p. 11.
8 Data from John McClellan, Mechanicsville, Iowa, who was em- ployed in grading the Lyons Iowa Central Railroad, using both ox and horse teams, and who had difficulty in collecting his pay.
9 Gilbert R. Irish, at old settlers meeting, 1908.
10 Data from G. R. Irish.
11 Iowa City Weekly Press, May 13, 1885.
12 Iowa City Daily Republican, March 13, 1878.
18 T. S. Parvin in Iowa City Weekly Press, Nov. 7, 1888. Mr. Parvin appears to be in error regarding the site of Napoleon and the trading house as being identical.
14 Sketch in Medical and Surgical Directory of Iowa, by Dr. F. Lloyd. Reprinted in the Weekly Press for August 1, 1883.
15 Iowa City Weekly Press, July 20, 1887. A daughter of Asbury D. Packard resides in Iowa City, on the corner of Capitol and Market streets.
16 Iowa City Weekly Press, May 4, 1887.
17 Iowa City Daily Republican, August 10, 1893. James Walker was the last survivor of the settlers of 1837, having resided for sixty-seven
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years in the county. He had voted in Ohio in 1836, and resided here from 1837 to 1904.
18 Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1839, p. 100.
19 Iowa City Daily Republican, August 16, 1893.
20 Iowa City Daily Republican, October 7, 1896.
21 Iowa City Daily Press, November 14, 1879. The name of the firm, "James H. Gower and Co.," may be seen as stenciled on the beams in the old building on the corner of Clinton and Burlington streets.
22 Iowa City Weekly Press, July 20, 1881.
28 Iowa City Daily Press, March 10, 1880.
24 Iowa City Daily Press, November 8, 1877.
25 Iowa Historical Record, April, 1902, sketch by John Springer, sub- mitted by Dr. Leora Johnson.
26 Iowa City Weekly Republican, January 30, 1861.
27 Iowa City Weekly Press, August 25, 1886.
28 Iowa City Weekly Press, October 2, 1889.
29 Iowa City Weekly Press, August 20, 1890.
30 Data from G. R. Irish.
81 Data from G. R. Irish.
82 F. M. Irish in Annals of Iowa, Vol. VI, p. 23. Also from G. R. Irish. "Black Hawk's bones which had been taken away and cleaned were re-taken by the governor [Lucas] who holds them for the son of the chief - opened the box today - I saw them." Diary of T. S. Parvin. November 28, 1840, in Masonic Library, Cedar Rapids.
"The confederated tribes of the Sacs and Foxes cede to the United States the reservation of 400 sections of land, made to the Sacs and Foxes, by the second article of September 21, 1832, as the same has been surveyed and laid off by order of the President of the United States.
"The Ioway Indians having set up a claim to a part of the lands ceded by this treaty, it is provided that the President of the United States shall cause the validity and extent of such claim to be ascertained and upon relinquishment thereof to the United States to cause a fair value to be paid to said Ioways therefor, and to deduct such amount from the consideration agreed to be paid to Sacs and Foxes.
"The said confederated tribes of Sacs and Foxes agree to remove from the lands ceded by this treaty by the first day of November, 1836, and it is expressly agreed that no band or party of said tribes shall plant, fish, or hunt on any portion of said ceded country after the date mentioned." - Eighteenth Annual Report, Bureau of American Eth- nology, Part II, p. 766, and Map 24.
Data from G. R. Irish.
84 Annals of Iowa, 1866-1867. p. 64. An interview by the editor of the Annals with S. C. Trowbridge.
85 Laws of the Territory of Wisconsin, 1837, p. 135.
36 Laws of the Territory of Wisconsin, 1838, p. 543.
Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1838, p. 100.
38 Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1845, p. 66.
39 Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1838, p. 101.
40 Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1838, p. 435. This act provided that a "scrawl" might be used instead of a seal.
+1 Appointed sheriff, at first, by Governor Dodge of the territory of Wisconsin.
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42 Laws of Iowa, 1838, p. 101.
48 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, p. 6. In the book there are two pages "6." An error in rebinding makes p. 175 follow 155. Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1839, p. 25.
" Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1839, pp. 435, 438.
45 Records of the County Commissioners, Book 1, p. 9.
" Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1838, p. 102.
47 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, p. 10.
" Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, p. 14.
4º See plat of Iowa City, 1839, State Historical Society.
50 Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1839, p. 25.
51 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, pp. 14, 43.
52 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, pp. 47, 49.
58 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, p. 59. The act of congress approved August 1, 1842, gave the county the right of pre- emption to the northwest quarter of section fifteen east of the river. This included 117 64-100 acres. The previous act of March 3, 1839, was in part repealed, the right to the entire quarter having been re- linquished. See Iowa City Standard, September 3, 1842.
54 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, pp. 74, 75, 80.
55 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, p. 85.
56 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, pp. 134, 152.
57 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, p. 181; Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1841, pp. 62, 89, 184.
The act providing for a county agent was approved February 16, 1842. It was repealed February 24, 1847, the clerk of the board of county commissioners assuming these duties. - Laws of Iowa, 1847, p. 124.
58 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, pp. 308, 350, 479.
59 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, pp. 191, 193.
60 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, pp. 20, 21.
61 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 182.
62 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 183.
63 Records of the County Commissioners, Book III, pp. 69, 161. Old Man's Creek, Sept. 15, 1840.
"$100
"Mr. Stephen B. Gardner,
"Please pay to Charles H. Berryhill the sum of One Hundred Dol- lars in County orders & charge.
"Yours &c "A. H. HUMPHREY."
"+ Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, p. 28; Book III, p. 38.
65 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, p. 69. The name "Wheton" is so variously spelled that it is used as it appears in the record.
66 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 66.
67 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II. p. 4.
68 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, pp. 250, 254.
69 Records of the County Commissioners, Book III, p. 38. For the establishment of the office of county judge, see the Code of Iowa, 1851, p. 21 et seq.
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10 Records of the County Judge, Book III, p. 44.
71 Records of the County Judge, Book IV, p. 165. The act creating the board of supervisors was approved March 22, 1860, and became effective July 4, 1860. See Revised Code, 1860, p. 48. Names of supervisors are written here as found upon the records.
12 Topical History of Cedar County, Iowa, 1910, p. 311.
13 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, p. 27; Topical His- tory of Cedar County, Iowa, 1910, p. 309, seq.
14 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, p. 206.
75 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 23.
16 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 359.
17 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 46; III, p. 19; Records of the County Judge, Book III, pp. 196, 354.
78 Laws of the Territory of Wisconsin, 1837, p. 135. Chapter VI was first published in the Iowa Journal of History and Politics, by the State Historical Society of Iowa.
19 Laws of the Terrtory of Wisconsin, 1837, p. 136.
80 Laws of the Territory of Wisconsin, 1838, p. 543.
The town Napoleon has long been extinct.
81 Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1838, p. 100.
82 Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1845, p. 66.
88 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, p. 15.
8+ Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, pp. 24, 25.
85 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, p. 77.
86 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, p. 153.
87 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, pp. 24, 25, 85, 111. "In August, 1844, the voting precinct of 'Old Man's Creek' included the present townships of Liberty, Union, Sharon, Washington, and Hardin."- D. K. Shaver, Columbus Junction, Iowa.
88 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 70. "On the 1st and 2nd days of this session three Petitions were presented to this Board for the Organization of Townships of a portion of this County west of the Iowa River, and the Board having duly considered sd Pe- titions, find that the bounds as proposed, interfere with each other, and therefore - It is considered that no action shall be had on either of said petitions at this Term."
89 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 81.
On the petition of sundry citizens of Clear Creek precinct for the organization of a township with the following bounds: "Commencing at the South-East Corner of Township 80."
90 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 159; Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1845, p. 27.
91 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 207.
92 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, pp. 207, 217. The court house in which this election was held stood on the southeast cor- ner at the intersection of Clinton and Harrison streets.
98 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 217. The name of Teneyck appears upon the records in many different spellings.
94 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 218.
95 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 218.
96 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 219.
97 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 219.
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98 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 220.
99 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 280.
100 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 297.
101 Records of the County Judge, Book III, p. 163.
102 Records of the County Judge, Book III, p. 349.
108 Records of the County Judge, Book III, p. 350.
104 Records of the County Judge, Book III, pp. 589, 590.
10 Records of the County Judge, Book IV, p. 71.
100 Records of the County Judge, Book IV, p. 117.
107 Records of the County Judge, Book IV, p. 147.
108 Records of the County Judge, Book IV, p. 244.
109 Records of the County Judge, Book IV, p. 256.
110 Records of the County Judge, Book IV, pp. 403, 420. See Plat Book and Tax List of Union township for 1910, tax list, pp. 16, 3, 12, 22.
111 Records of the County Judge, Book IV, p. 419.
112 Johnson County History, 1883, p. 732.
118 Minutes of the County Supervisors, Book II, pp. 485, 501, 523, 524.
114 Minutes of the County Supervisors, Book III, p. 35.
115 Minutes of the County Supervisors, Book III, pp. 158, 159; also Section three, Chapter Fifty-two, Acts of the Fourteenth General As- sembly, 1872, p. 60. Returns of the assessor for the year 1872 showed that there were 472 legal voters outside the city corporation. Of these, 284 signed the petition, that is, a majority, as required by law. Samuel Spurrier was the special committee appointed by the board of super- visors to investigate and make the report.
116 Minutes of the County Supervisors, Book IV, p. 31. See also Lucas Township School Board minutes, August 26, 1876; April 13, 1878. See also township plats as compared with original surveys, by F. H. Lee, auditor's office.
117 Minutes of the County Supervisors, Book IV, p. 323.
118 Minutes of the County Supervisors, Book V, pp. 476.
119 Minutes of the County Supervisors, Book VIII, p. 38.
120 See township plats as compared with the original United States surveys, by F. H. Lee, auditor's office.
121 Newhall's Sketches of Iowa, quoted by Iowa City Standard, June 10, 1841.
122 Data from the diaries of T. S. Parvin, now in the Masonic Li- brary, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, examined by permission of N. R. Parvin.
128 Shambaugh's Iowa City, a Contribution to Early Iowa History, pp. 11, 13. Also, Shambaugh's Constitution and Records of the John- son County Claim Association, pp. 1, 6, 11, 14, 31, 40, 41, and 49.
124 See plat of Iowa City, as surveyed by Thos. Cox and John Frier- son, and platted by Leander Judson, in the rooms of The State His- torical Society.
125 Shambaugh's Iowa City, a Contribution to Early Iowa History, pp. 27, 28.
126 Record of Deeds, Books I, II, single volume, p. 21. By an act of congress, approved March 3, 1837, provision was made for laying off of town lots in Fort Madison, Burlington, Dubuque, and other towns; di- mension of lots, conditions of sale, and manner of survey were included
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in the act. Lots and outlots are specified, and no lot was to be sold for less than five dollars. The lots in Iowa City unsold in July, 1840, were not to be disposed of for a less average value than $300 per lot, and values should be fixed to maintain this average, on the authority of the governor, secretary of the territory, and acting commissioner of public buildings. - Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1840, p. 5.
The plat of the lumber yard and "promenade," reservations in the first survey of Iowa City, was made by Cyrus Sanders, the county surveyor, in 1843. It bears the date of May 2. The land thus sur- veyed lies between Davenport and Court streets on the river front. On the same date he also platted the subdivisions of the stone quarry now included in outlots thirty-two, thirty-three, and thirty-four. - Record of Deeds, Books I, II, pp. 479, 480.
127 Iowa City Standard, December 8, 1841.
128 Iowa City Standard, December 18, 1840.
12º Iowa City Standard, December 25, 1840; January 15, 1841.
180 Iowa City Capital Reporter, December 11, 1841. At the public sale of town lots held on the first Monday in May, 1842, and continuing for three days, the sales amounted to about $12,000, and the terms of sale were complied with without delay. It had been provided in an act of congress, approved March 3, 1839, that "after the land for pub- lic buildings had been selected nothing should be considered as pre- venting the sale of the remaining part of the section in lots or other- wise, for the use of the territory in the erection and completion of the public buildings." - Iowa Capital Reporter, May 7, 1842.
181 Iowa City Standard, September 10, 1842.
182 May 31, 1842, T. S. Parvin says in his diary : "Stopped at Swan's, the only good tavern ever established in Iowa."
133 Iowa City Standard, October 19, 1842.
184 Iowa City Capital Reporter, October 19, 1844. Debate on the boundaries as provided in the new constitution.
135 Iowa City Standard, February 10, 1847; also February 17, 1847.
186 Iowa City Daily Republican, June 6, 1856.
137 Journal of the City Council, Book I, p. 71.
188 Journal of the City Council, Book II, pp. 46, 47, 49.
189 Journal of the City Council, Book II. p. 200.
140 Journal of the City Council, Book II, p. 393. Also a personal ac- count from Mr. M. W. Davis, a member of the council at the time.
141 From affidavit in the possession of Mr. G. R. Irish. The record of the survey of Iowa City so far as the capital section is described may be found in Books I, II, Record of Deeds, p. 20, et seq., as transcribed from the original record by the recorder in 1841. It was filed originally on July 13, 1839. Here may be found the dimensions of streets and alleys as well as lots. The county seat in section fifteen, as surveyed by William McCormick, under the direction of Philip Clark as acting commissioner, was filed for record May 16, 1842, although the survey was completed on May 9, 1840.
142 Iowa City Daily Press, March 27, 1872; also October 9, 1872. George Andrews, who built the Clinton House in 1853, was a Scotch- man, coming to the county in 1842. He also built the stone and brick house on the bank of Ralston creek which became known as the Scotch Castle.
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143 Iowa City Daily Press, April 10, 1872.
144 Iowa City Daily Republican, June 23, 1897; also July 28, 1897.
145 Record of Deeds, Books I, II, pp. 5, 6, 7, 8.
146 Record of Deeds, Books I, II, p. 30. Another town on parts of sections two, three, and ten in township eighty-one north, range eight west, was called Monroe. The plat of this town was recorded October 14, 1854, by Joseph Farlow, Martin Bowman, and Zurial Fowler. - Record of Deeds, Book II, p. 412.
147 R. D. P. in the Iowa City Weekly Press, August 1, 1885. The "R. D. P." probably refers to Rev. Rufus D. Parsons, who was pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church in Iowa City.
148 Record of Deeds, Book XIII, p. 483.
149 Record of Deeds, Book XIX, p. 200.
150 Plat Book I.
151 Record of Deeds, Book XXVII, p. 620.
152 Record of Deeds, Book XXVII, p. 462.
153 Data from G. R. Irish and Record of Deeds, Books I, II, p. 25.
15+ Annals of Iowa, Vol. IX, p. 424; North Bend, by N. Zeller.
155 Record of Deeds, Book XVI, p. 193.
156 Record of Deeds, Book XXXI, p. 639, and Plat Book I, p. 9. John W. Jayne, one of the founders of the town of Lone Tree, at the time of his death was the oldest man in Fremont township. At almost ninety years of age he was an active business man.
157 Record of Deeds, Book XII, p. 150; Book XI, p. 314; Book XIII, p. 22; Book XVI, p. 123, and p. 193; Book XXXI, p. 422; also Plat Book I, p. 94.
Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, pp. 15, 18, 19, 24, 57.
Record of Roads, Book I, p. 1.
160 Certified to as "correct" when transferred to Road Book, May 8, 1846. S. B. Gardner, clerk.
161 Record of Roads, Book I, p. 3.
162 Record of Roads, Book I. p. 8.
163 Record of Roads, Book I, pp. 21, 31, 39, 67, 71.
Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, pp. 60, 67, 69.
164 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, pp. 78, 79, 91, 92.
165 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, p. 95; Record of Roads, Book I, p. 23. Alt's Road takes its name from Henry, William, and Joseph Alt, who came from Virginia to Johnson county in 1840, purchasing their land from the government. For sixty-four years Joseph Alt remained a citizen of the county on the same farm.
166 Record of Roads, Book I, p. 25; also Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1841, p. 31.
167 Record of Roads, Book I, p. 61; Records of the County Commis- sioners, Book I, p. 200.
169 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 30; Record of Roads, Book I, p. 12.
168 Record of Roads, Book I, p. 49; Records of the County Commis- sioners, Book I, p. 168.
170 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 34.
171 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 39; Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1843, p. 29; and 1844, p. 112.
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172 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 42; also Rec- ord of Roads, Book I, p. 72.
173 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 43.
174 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 67; Record of Roads, Book I, p. 84.
175 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, pp. 80, 105; Rec- ord of Roads, Book I, p. 64.
176 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, pp. 68, 85.
177 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 102; Record of Roads, Book I, p. 76.
178 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 121 ; Record of Roads, Book I, p. 66; Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1844, p. 112.
179 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 125.
180 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 139; Record of Roads, Book I, p. 104.
181 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, pp. 159, 174, 178.
182 Record of Roads, Book I, p. 110; Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1845, p. 45.
183 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 181.
184 Record of Roads, Book I, p. 115.
185 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 232.
186 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 344; Record of Roads, Book I, p. 139.
187 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 440. For some reason an impression has at times prevailed that Jefferson Davis, while in command of troops at Galena, Illinois, constructed a military road through this county, and built a temporary bridge across Old Man's creek. A letter of inquiry to the War Department brings the follow- ing reply :
"Washington, D. C., Dec. 6, 1910.
"As extended a search of the official records on file in this Depart- ment as it is practicable to make from the data furnished has resulted in failure to discover any information showing that Jefferson Davis con- structed any such military road as the one referred to herein."
Records of the County Judge, Book III, pp. 279, 291.
189 Data from G. R. Irish.
190 Records of the County Judge, Book III, p. 372; Record of Roads, Book I, pp. 12, 13.
By act of the Assembly of Iowa, approved February 4, 1851, a plank road was authorized from Muscatine to Iowa City. See Laws of Iowa, 1851, p. 97.
191 Data from Mr. T. O. Thomas, Iowa City.
192 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, pp. 16, 38, 39.
193 Data from G. R. Irish.
194 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, pp. 33, 73, 110, 176. It was at the ferry of A. C. Sutliff across the Cedar river that the ox teams crossed when they hauled the stone for the water tables in the construction of the Old Capitol. The Arthur and Folsom ferries would now be within the corporate limits of Iowa City.
195 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, p. 178. The gen- eral law governing the establishment of ferries was approved Decem- ber 20, 1838. See Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1838, p. 221.
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196 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, pp. 17, 81, 126, and 176.
197 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, pp. 202, 263, 311, 390, 391, 395, 410, 476.
198 Records of the County Judge, Book III, pp. 99, 252, 253.
199 Records of the County Judge, Book III, pp. 368, 467.
200 George Albin and his son Joseph, the latter residing now at West Branch, ran the stage line from Davenport to Iowa City from 1849 until the Western Stage Company covered the route.
201 Iowa City Standard, June 24, 1841.
202 Iowa City Capital Reporter, April 23, 1842; May 7, 1842.
208 Iowa City Capital Reporter, March 9, 1844; June 8, 1844; June 29, 1844; and September 14, 1844. The steamer "Iowa City" made several trips on the Mississippi as far north as Dubuque. It was finally destroyed by fire.
20+ Records of the County Comimssioners, Book I, pp. 25, 50. The base line mentioned refers, probably, to the correction line. See any map of the county.
205 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, p. 225; Book II, pp. 240, 278. By an act of congress in 1844, $10,000 were appropriated for bridges on the military road from Dubuque that crossed the Iowa river here. This suggested to the citizens of Johnson county the pos- sibility of securing a bridge across the river at the county seat. It was also suggested that while the government would probably not be in- clined to do the entire work, it might be better to encourage the matter by private subscription, and then ask for government aid. - Iowa City Capital Reporter, July 20, 1844.
206 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, pp. 281, 331.
207 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, pp. 397, 401, 417, 409, 435, 436, 461.
208 Records of the County Commissioners, Book III, pp. 23, 26; Rec- ords of the County Judge, Book III, pp. 76, 130.
209 Records of the County Judge, Book III, pp. 225, seq.
210 Records of the County Judge, Book III, pp. 493, 540. On Janu- ary 22, 1848, a call was issued for all interested in the construction of a bridge over the Iowa river to meet at the Capitol.
211 Data from G. R. Irish.
212 Iowa City Republican, August 4, 1858.
218 Iowa City Daily Press, June 3, 1898.
214 Data G. R. Irish.
215 Alonzo Shaw, Hollywood, California. A stage route from Daven- port by Blue Grass, thence to Moscow in Muscatine county, Rock Creek (Rochester) in Cedar county, and thence to West Liberty, probably in- cluded Iowa City, although it is not mentioned in this connection.
Edward and Charles Foster had a store in Napoleon, so it is said, in 1838, and they moved to Iowa City on North Capitol street in Aug- ust, 1839. It was in this store that S. H. McCrory kept the postoffice.
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