First Real Survey for a Railroad Across Iowa
J E Quackenbush recounts the 1866 survey party that carved a westward rail line from Iowa Falls toward the Platte, led by Captain Ainsworth. Dangers, slough crossings, and station stops between Fort Dodge, Sac City, and Blair Creek shaped early Iowa railway routes amid government land incentives and frontier hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Webster City
J. Bradley
Iowa Falls
Ainsworth
Mr. Quackenbush
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Quackenbush
James Quackenbush
Dubuque
Marsh
Ainworth
Ft. Dodge
Platte River
Young Quackenbush
Frank Marsh
Lows
Hawkeye Station
McVicker Farm
Blairsburg
Second
Fort Dodge
Sac City
Twin Lakes
Hell
Ida Grove
Sioux City
Correctionville
Missouri
Onawa
Omaha
Missouri Valley Junction
Council Bluffs
Councl Bluffs
Decatur
Blair
Blair Creek
Nebraska
Yost
Platte Valley
Fremont
Rawhide
Local notes from Estherville area community life
Community updates cover visits by Dunnell residents and relatives from Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin. Birthdays anniversaries and socials at M E church Lydia Society Farm Bureau Midway Country Club and Silver Leaf Circle are noted beside local visits and road trips to Triumph Fairmont Estherville and Spirit Lake. Easter events at Estherville schools and election results in Grover are included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Holmes
Iowa
Roy Wenberg
Walter Applequist
St. Paul
John Hubert
Soren Agerbeck
Estherville
Eric Pederson
Warren
Sioux City
L. E. Pederson
J. O. Roth
P. C. Roth
Sven Person
Triumph
Ethel Sandin
Eleanor Johnson
Margaret Benner
Sherburn
J. O. Nelson
Val Barber
W. E. Wenberg
Aug. Wenberg
Fairmont
A. W. Schempf
Joe Topham
Schempf
Swedish Lutheran Church
C. G. Hall
Herman Wallerstedt
Clifford Molander
St. Peter
Henry Applequist
C. N. Swanson
Afanda Regel
Wisconsin
Frank Mathwig
Albin Carlson
Rosale
Oscar Nelson
Pomeroy
E. J. Gradberg
Carlson
Fred Parsons
William Burrell
F. Kruger
Andy Wilder
Eugene Pickell
Birney Hospital
Harry Shook
Tyler
Minn
Henry Kruger
Frank Kruger
Ladies Department of the
Farm Bureau
Farm Union
Qwen Wickens
Midway Country Club
Andy Wider
Ladies League
Mesdames Stewart
N. A. Andrews
Frazer and
Browning
Dell Blake
W. C. Blake
Pete Sorgenfrei
Winnebago
Jim Ramsey
Lee Griffith
Wm. Reed
Silver Leaf Circle
Guida Metazlar
G. R. Godfrey
Spirit Lake
Thelma Barber
Frank Barber
Illness Triggers Home Quarantine In Hageman Family
Arthur Hageman son of Henry Hageman is ill with diphtheria and the home is under quarantine. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Dalke Mr and Mrs Elwood and family and Mr and Mrs are listed in the damaged notice as others affected by the precaution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames Irwin
Graves
Nehring
Ida Harvey
Guida Metzlar
May Merriott
Violet Anderson
Jim Merriott
George Merriott
Superior
Lee Griffith
Sorgenfrei, Sr
Winnebago
Tom Rhodes
Paul Graves
I. G. Willey
Artie Andrews
LeRoy Hiles
Jim Ramsey
Lionel Brown
Genoa
Illinois
Everett Davis
Arthur Hageman
Henry Hageman
Lloyd Dalke
Elwood
Also Mentioned on This Page
T.reid
Bees Valley
James
Albert Barnum
Ackley
Mr. Barnum
Europe
Grover
Hoosier
Mahlum & Anderson
Sibir
Or . Guaranty
Libby
McNeill & Libby
Chicago
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