River Sioux Named For Stream Where Indians Hunted
The Little Sioux river gave River Sioux its name based on Sioux Indians who hunted there. The village lies on U S Highway 75 and is a Chicago and Northwestern rail station. Early railroad surveys and townsite splits led to rival towns Malta and River Sioux, later consolidated with the depot moved west and the first business by Frank Lehman. The initial school opened two years after platting, with a 1882 rebuild costing over $3,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
River Sioux
Little Sioux
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Sioux City and Pacific Railroad
River Sion
Samuel Dowell
Crab
Malta
Frank Lehman
Union church building and village postoffice history
Union church building owned by Henry Herring. A postoffice started soon after the village. Stephen Dammon was the first postmaster. Educational facets of the TERI, sealed by 16 grocery stores, postoffice and three service shops, centre mostly from Piszan and Germany of Raver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Herring
Stephen Dammon
Bowles Grain Co Builds Three Elevators and Expands Capacity
Bowles Grain Co operates three elevators in Persia Portsmouth and Earling with a total capacity near 15 000 bushels storage and a 700 bushel hour dryer. Fred Zacharias at Persia, Bob Carnes at Portsmouth and Danny Finken at Earling manage the sites, each handling about half a million bushels annually. The firm trades corn oats wheat and soybeans and sells Nutrena feeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Es Grain Company
Persia
A. Bowles
Armour Grain Company
Tie
Portsmouth
Earling
Bowles
Fred Zacharias
Bob Carnes
Danny Finken
J Harley Hunt and the Agricultural Progress of the County
J Harley Hunt of Woodbine shaped county farming through fertilizer use seed corn and farm education. As Johnson county agent and seed agent he promoted hybrid corn soil testing and fertilizer plots while operating a seed plant and fertilizer business in Harrison and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Harley Hunt
J. Harley
Woodbire
Broy
Dow Arship
Dunlap
Hhe
Furel
City School
Woodbine School
Normal and College Preparatory
University of Iowa
Douglas Township
Logan
Iowa City
Johnson Cou
Capaci
Johnson County
Harrison County
Jason T. Hunt
Iowa
Hunt
Standard Seed Company
Des Moines
Clarinda
Towa
Effie Fogler Song
Joe Roger
Grand Island
Nebraska
David
Jeffrey
Former County Man Leroy Snyder Heads Nebraska-Iowa Supply Co
Leroy L. Snyder, formerly of Woodbine and now Blair Nebraska, rose from local dealer roles to head the Nebraska Iowa Supply Company. He helped form the Nebraska Iowa Oil Company in 1926 and later created the Nebraska Iowa Supply Company in 1947, expanding with GM lines and Shell lubricants. He and Ada Patton Snyder have one son and three grandchildren. The article notes Snyder’s pioneer family roots and longstanding business leadership in Harrison County.
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Leroy Snyder
Nebraska-Iowa Supply Co
Harrison
Leroy L. Snyder
Woodbine
Blair
Nebraska
Mr. Snyder
Harrison County
Leroy L. Snywders
H al Farnsworth
Clyde A. Snyder
Snyder Brothers
W. H. Wiggin
Olson and Longman
Logan
Beebee
Bruce Stalin
Snyder
Arndt Snyder Motor Company
Oil
Arndt-Snyder Motor Company
Ford Agency
KR. B. Templeton
Nebraska-Iowa Oi Company
A. W W. Johnson
Clarence JE
Nebraska Town Ofl Company
General Motors Co
General Motors
Shell Oil Company
Nebraska Iowe
Nebraska Iowe Supply Company
Iowa
Ada
Also Mentioned on This Page
River
Piszan
Germany
Raver
Bowles Grain Co
H. Hust
Magnolia
Judge King
Phineas Cadwell
Farmers’ Cooperative Creamery
Albert F. Harms
J. A. Ring
Hobart Foutch
Harold Brown
John Gramkow
Herbert Herman
Arthur Herman
Logan, Iowa
James Mullenix
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