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OXEN TEAMS USED!IN MARKING ROADNarrow Furrow Run 90 YearslcAgo From Dubuque to IowaCitr.\! riclt; 0Cascade. Ia., April 6—(AP)—A fur- \ flt;row 100 miles long ninety years agomarked the train from Dubuque to \ tIowa CitnSoon that same route will be mark- tied by modern road builders' favoritesurfacing—paving.The road that urst was marked by rlt; Lyman Dillon, an early settler here, t with a furrow* plowed with the aid c of five yoke of oxen has not been 1 changed materially in the near cen- n fury that has elapsed since he made ' vhis long plow. It took him more vdays to negotiate the distance than 1it takes the automobile of toiav °hours to travel the 100 miles.Dillon came here in 1836 to findi vonly three cabins along the Maquok-eta river. He settled by the w*ater- f. fall as the beginning of his opera- . tions in the then new* west. He purchased the waterpow*er and sawmill ; of the Delong brothers, two miles north of Cascade on the north fork (of the river, and for years operated itCongress Furnishes Money.While engaged also in farming, h accepted the contract for plowing the 100-mile furrow from Dubuque to Iowa Citv. Tha* was in 1S38.The United States congress had appropriated funds with which to ^ build roads and bridges, and the con- vtarct for building the 100-mile road ^ was awarded to the Langworthv p brothers of Dubuque, w*ho long had $sought a permanent and established o outlet for westward travel. They in / turn negotiated with Dillon for piow- ^ lng the furrow that was to mark the j etrail.i eCongress !n 1R39 provided $20,000 t for surveying, grading and bridging t the trail which now* is knowm as | c primary No. 161. The appropria- h tion resulted from a strenuous cam- p paign led by Henry Clay for internal c improvements. many years after uJohn C. Calhoun first pleaded for roads to conquer space.”
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Muscatine Journal and News Tribune
Muscatine, Iowa, US
Sat, Apr 06, 1929
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