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Lime Springs Growing Town With Rail Links and Prospects
Lime Springs a small Iowa city of about 750 in Howard County sits in a valley with church spires, streets, and factories. It benefits from C. M. and St. P. Railway passenger freight service. growth is steady, with need for rental cottages and capital investment. Early merchants and trades, post office established 1868, churches built 1868 1870, and town incorporation 1876 shaped its development. officers and mayoral history cited.
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Cresco
Howard County
Iowa
Forest City
Lime Springs
Glen Roy
Peter Velie
S. L. Cary
John T. Cameron
W. F. Daniels
J. B. Foster
William P. Reynolds
A. A. Sage
Halver - Lovald
Miller & Son
James ‘Greenleaf
Alonzo M. Pettit
Presbyterian Church
Old Town
Lime Springs Station
W.P. Daniels
Peter ‘Velie
H. P. Marsh
Ole ‘Tistleson
G. Sontsen
EB. Hamilin
J. F. Thompson
J. E. Foster
S. A. Miller
Peter Welie
C. C. Hewett