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Early Union transport history spans rails to river crossings
The account covers 1850s to early 1900s in Union township, detailing river crossings by stagecoaches and rafts, the rise of stage lines to Iowa Falls and Marshalltown, the 1868 Union bridge, railroad arrivals, depot developments, telegraph lines, and notable transport milestones including daily stages, freight moves, and a 1906 special rail trip to Des Moines.
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Union
John Q. Irvin
Iowa River
B. F. Ellsworth
Iowa Falls
Marshalltown
Berlin
Steamboat Rock
Eldora
Xenia
Albion
Marietta
Union Township
Messrs. Edgington & Bros
Stage
Chicago
Dubuque
Barnes
Ellsworth
Messrs
Edgington and Bros
Spurlin
Joe Rush
Theresa Spurlin Cox
Four Corners
Wardman
Sanderson Mill
Union Bridge
Johnson & Wells
The
Herald
Woods
Gilman
Geo. Whitney
Jno
H. P. Liscomb
Boston
Citizens of Union
Iowa River Railway Co
Ledger
Union Station
Montanye
Butterfield
Kensett
Central Railroad of Iowa
Eldora and
Ackley
Plug”’ Railroad
Iowa River Railway
Central of Iowa
Hawkeye Telegraph Co
Central Railroad Company of
Iowa
Ssx
Iowa and Minnesota Telephone Co
Iowa Central
Mason City
Hampton
Central Iowa Railway
Texas
New Mexico
Louisiana
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Arkansas
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Dakota
Lawrence
Chicago and Northern Railroad
Gifford
Chicago and
Northwestern
Iowa Central Railroad
Des Moines