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Eldridge Iowa Grew From Rail Center To Town
Eldridge Iowa began in 1871 at the Davenport Railroad junction and Maquoketa branch founded by Jacob M. Eldridge. Early industry included car and engine shops, stores, hotels, a church, and a post office. A 1918 tornado caused heavy damage. Eldridge later expanded after World War II with a mink ranch, a Lutheran church, and a growing population exceeding 680 by the 1960s.
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Eldridge
Jacob M. Eldridge
Davenport
Sheridan Township
Maquoketa
Ed Ryan
R. M. Calkins
Milwaukee Railroad
Henry Gertz
John Roger
Eldridge Lodge No
John Youmans
G. A. Hastings
P. Herbold
J. G. Quinn
L. Cohnan
Eldridge Independent School
Jackson
Beechen House
Charles F. Blum
Latrenz
Meier
Gertz
Oxford Junction
Eldridge Volunteer Fire ‘Co
Herman J. “Ewoldt
Savings ‘Bank
The
People’s Savings Bank
Eldridge Trust and Savings ‘Bank
Stockmen’s Savings Bank
Long Grove
Central Trust and Savings Bank
Peter Arp
Emma Dammann
Ben. Litscher
Old Presbyterian Church
Chicago, Milwaukee , and
Alfred J._Beil
United Lutheran Synod In
Iowa
George Arbaugh
Augustana
Congregation of Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church
C. H. Berhenke
Faith
Berhenke
Marlo Petersen
Charles ~ Schroeder
Ralph P. ‘Lagoni
James H. Wiese
Gus Schneckloth
George
Stoltenberg
Andrew Krambeck
Munter
M. H. Calderwood
Donald A. Fuller
Forrest ‘T
Tony
Edwards