Waterloo memories and early settlers recollected
The interview recounts Waterloo founding figures and early county seat fights. It covers platting of Waterloo, Cedar Falls heritage, the first courthouse moves, and a fourth of July free dinner tied to the county seat election. Also recounted are Civil War service and frontier scattering tales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Mullan
Waterloo
Pratt
Cedar Falls
Mullan
Henry Sherman
United States
Mackawk County
Waverloo
Downey
Towa
Reminiscences of Waterloo Pioneers and Cedar River Beauty
George W. Hanna recalls early Iowa days. He details crossing the Mississippi at Davenport to Cedar Rapids and settlement near Waterloo in 1845. The memoir covers the Cedar River landscape, a reunion at the old homestead, and a perilous ice crossing and Indian encounter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil
A. Blim
West Waterloo
Round House
Old Mexico
John
Henry County
Iinois
Rock Island
Geo. W. Hanna
Geo. W. Manna, Sr
Wright County
la Verne
Iowa
White County
Illinoisia
James Monroe
John Melrose
Philip
Cedar River
West Bank
Big Woods
Iown
Mississippi River
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Waterloo
Dila.m
Melrose
Rionio
Mullan
Strnel
Seeds and seed testing drive N J Berkley business in Waterloo
N J Berkley operates a seed and general supply business in Waterloo with farm raised seeds tested by a standard seed tester. The firm markets coal wood and flour, employs about fifteen, runs five wagons daily, and ships wholesale across the United States. Berkley, born 1856 in Pennsylvania, moved to Iowa and then Waterloo where he leads the Carbon Plaster Co before starting his present venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dryer
Gallaway
Dyer
N. J. Berkley
Mr. Berkley
Berkley
Bennington Township
Waterloo
West Sixth
Jefferson Streets
United States
Chicago & Great Western
Pennsylvania
Iown
Illinois
Janark
Iowa
Carbon Plaster Co
Fort Dodge
U. S. Gypsum Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Waterloo Twos
Waterloo Town
John Hrooks
Cedar Falla
Haddock
Iowa State Register
William Hartman
lGoarter
Iowa Cavalry
Horace Barron
Victor Gilbert
Vic
Red River
Webster City
John Hartman
Couriers
Texas
Sweetwater
Tex
MO. Q. Tianna
Waterian
Blackwell
Phil. C. Wanna
Mexico
Monterey
Uncle Suis
George W. Hanna
Courier
Emily
Black Hawk County
Emly
Old Homestead
Edith Colton
Sherman
Hanna
Vierculean
Edith
Wanna
General Philip
Manna
Mollie
Dakota
Dave
Judge
LuVernes
Waterline
Tohn Quincy Hanna
John Quine
Mather
Scotland
Ireland
Seanup
Lour
Monroer
Elmer Hotel
W. Fifth and
Jefferson Sts
Miles and McKinley Sts
The
Hawkeye Granite Co
Central West
Jefferson Street
John E. Heath
Blackhawk National Bank
Dun and
Bradstreet
Moxley
the Rath Packing CO
Pork and Beef Packers
Nes Moines, Ja
Waterloo, Iowa
Memphis, Tenn
the Hawkeye Oil Co
Mason City
Calmar Cresco
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