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First Street Before Electricity and Cement Walk Began
A June 17, 1896 view shows oil lamp light, dirt streets, and the first cement sidewalk under construction in Monticello. The scene lists shops from Stabler’s to Stuhler’s as Cedar Rapids workers lay the town’s early concrete path.
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Stabler
George Stuhler
Charles Scherrer
Jacob Gesse
Jim Matthews
Bill Aldrich
al Kiburz
Grant Albertson
Tom Miller
Monticello
Cedar Rapids