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chase corn at 25 cents a bushel.4»“The first organization of Washington township by order of the• • •courts , was as early as 1848. The toWnship . then included the con-*• 9 • . ,Supplies were- brought, mostlyfrom Dubuque..' . -.• • *The next spring after he set-* * r .tied he raised his. first c^op .ofwheat and fenced in1 80- acres of. • m~ t ^ - . • .**|land. He'left his land in about 12 years.. 4 .• * , ■ f m 0The first 'school - taught in Washington township was . conducted in Hathaway’s log home inwho owned the ground. Jamegressional townships of Washington, Hazleton; Perry and Tairbank. 1 Tit is believed that the first settlement in the ‘ township . was made by Isaac Hathaway. He 'settled ' in' September, 1845 about two.■ . . i • , .. . * ....miles east of .Independence. -During the Hvinters' of 1845 and* 1846the winter, of- 1846.- Among theother early settlers in ; the township were John Gbenchain, -Oscar Wickham, * Michael v - Ginther, Thomas Barr : and John Boone.• rOttervilie is the only/village in the township and is 'located 'near Otter Creek. The town was plat-hie went .to Center Point to pur- ted in 1857 ‘ by Robert T. Young• M • * • # ' 4 r • 0 4 I . • • ••• ’ I* • W • «»* * ft • * •Dryer built and • operated ’ a sawmill there in ; 1854.. Three years later a gristmill was constructed.The sawmill was closed in 1878.• • . •# # /•« » i . • , • jIn 1855 a .wagon shop was ripened by ‘ Enoch and ' Zachariah Hall and a blacksmith shop wasstarted by Homer Sanders.«# •The post office in Ottervilie * *was -opened about I860 'and the first postmakter was George L. Wilcox. The office. was discontinued on July 15, 1902. Thefirst store was established in the village in the winter of 1861 and was open until 1875. A hotel wa5 opened'to'1863’*by Mr; Robertson. The’ first — biddge ^across Otter1868.t1,tcaboutj-vfGreek' at'dhis^bbint was', built inThe Methodist Episcopal relig-ious organization was: * established v* • * .%.n Ottervilie during the first year. •jf the Civil war. The society wasm %• t v • • •disbanded prior to the orgariiza-cion of the Presbyterian society but it was reorganized 1895.The Presbyterian church at Ot-• * ' • • •terville was organized May 19, 1889. A new church building wasdedicated August 30, 1896.In the year 1872 the Union Grange No. 525 of Ottervilie decided to sponsor an annual fair to display farm products, stock il and other items.ra*crfi
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Independence Conservative
Independence, Iowa, US
Tue, Sep 20, 1955
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