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Walker area business history snapshot from 20th century notes
A compilation of local enterprises and owners in Walker covering Kuhn’s Standard Tankwagon Service, Linn Co-op Tankwagon, Zieser tavern and grocery operations, Walk In Drive In, Tietge Motors, Walker Creamery, Walt Rowe Tractor Repair, Helens Coin Laundry, Walker State Bank, Farmers Lumber & Supply lineage, Murdoch Funeral Home, and Swartz/Differding Shoe and Clothing Store, with dates from the 1940s through 1970s and notes on ownership transfers, renovations, and product lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill McCalley
Linn Co-op
Bill
Walt Rowe
Grant Street
Standard Oil Station
Swartz
Walker
Manchester
Iowa
Walker City Hall
Rowley and
Greene Street
Dan Arnold