Old DeWitt Streets Storefronts and Historic Uses
In DeWitt at 6th Avenue and 9th Street the former Chardavoyne and Drew clothing firm is shown. The block later housed First National Bank and The DeWitt Observer, now Mike Hines Tavern with Mockridge law offices upstairs. J B Webb Drug Store sits to the north amid dusty streets and wooden sidewalks. crates line the curb. Photo supplied by A H Wheeler, rephotographed by Hartmanns.
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J. B. Webb
A. H. Wheeler
Hartmann’s
DeWitt's Rise and Early Clinton County Settlement
The sketch chronicles DeWitt's prominence on the Northwest road and its grain trade, the 1869 county seat shift to Clinton, and the 1836-37 settlement wave led by Elijah Buell and James D. Bourne. It details early settlers, the debate over first occupancy, and the 1837 Wapsipinicon post office establishment amid Wisconsin Territory boundaries.
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Dubuque County
Clinton
Elijah Buell
Lyons
James D. Bourne
Mr. Buell
Buell
Mr. Bourne
R. J. Crouch
DeWitt Township
DeWitt City
Clinton County
Western Historical of
Chicago
Bourne
Sabula
Crouch
Indiana
Clinton Co
DeWitt
C. Harrison
Bourne’s Ferry
Wapsy
Wapsipinicon
Wisconsin
Amos Kendall
DeWitt Iowa history boost notes 1871 observers
In February 1871 The DeWitt Observer published J C Hopkins history of DeWitt and Clinton County titled DeWitt Iowa Its Rise and Subsequent Growth. Publisher S H Shoemaker called it accurate and aimed to promote DeWitt as a growing trade center while extra copies were offered to spread the message.
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Observer
DeWitt
S. H. Shoemaker
Clinton County
Iowa
Shoemaker
J. C. Hopkins
James D. Bourne
Mr. Shoemaker
Hopkins
B. P
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Old DeWitt
Jef
the Observer
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Missouri
Michigan
Dubuque
Des Moines
Abram Folcks
A. G. Harrison
R. C. Bourne
James D
William D. Follett
Daniel Smith
Eli Goddard
the Aikmans
H. S. Coy
G. W. Harlan
J. S. Pearse
A. Dennis
J. Booth
J. C. Holbrook
Loring Wheeler
C. Har
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