Dunlap Iowa Birth of a Railroad Town 1866
Dunlap Iowa grew from railroad activity after 1866 with George L Dunlap for whom the town is named. First settlers included J Levine and Z T Dunham in 1865 with the depot area forming a bustling community by 1867. The Chicago Northwestern and Illinois Central main lines pass through, a roundhouse boosted trade, and the town incorporated four years after the shops opened.
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Dunlap
Chicago Northwestern
John J. Blair
Chicago and Northwestern
J. Levine
Z T. Dunham
Durlon
SM. Child
J. R. Wheeler
Boone
Nebraska
Maple River
Milwaukee Road
I. Scofield
Isaac Otis
Calhoun Village Platted in Harrison County in 1853
Calhoun, the first village in Harrison county, was platted August 19 1853 by Daniel Brown who arrived in January 1840s and built a log cabin. By 1868 it boasted 21 dwellings two stores a schoolhouse and a shop amid a picturesque location.
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Calhoun
Harrison County
Daniel Brown
Calhoun’s Rise and Decline Marked in County History
The article recalls Harrison County’s early years linking Calhoun as a landmark and the county seat plans. It notes the first Calhoun newspaper in 1858 lasting only three issues before moving to Magnolia, and the first private school in 1349-50 taught in a log bluff-side building serving the future village of Calhoun.
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Bower Valley
Logan
Missouri Valley
Calhoun
Frst
Harrison County
Magnolia
School in Mormon cabin taught in Cass and Union townships
A winter term in 1852-53 in Cass Township at a former Mormon cabin to Judge Stephen King s school in Six Mile Grove. James McCurley taught in an old Mormon cabin on section 6 in Union Township during the winter of 1851-52.
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Stephen Kings
Cass Township
Six Mile Grove
James McCurley
Union Township
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Chicago
Northwestern
George L. Dunlap
John Dunlap
Boyer River
Council Bluffs
F. McDonald
W. Lawson
Rufus l
Levine
Americar
Boy Stoutspire
St Joseph’s
Congregational
Iowa
Carnegie Foundation
Iowa Power & Light Company
Hawkeye
Woodbine, Iowa
Mormon
Walter
Christiansen
Woodbine
Federal Land Bank
Harrison County National Farm Loan Association
P. J. Morrow
Fred Yocom
Member
Federal Land Bank System
Logan, Iowa
J. V. Walker
Little Sioux
Board OF Directors
Ray Motz
Faye Marie Dow
Cc. J. Sehlke
Robert McDonald
Hbchive
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