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Shell Rock Woman Survivor of 1862 Saloon Raid Marries Proprieter
Shell Rock Iowa reports Cynthia Sweitzer the sole survivor of a 1862 band of women who smashed Turner's saloon with hammers and hatchets. Leader Mrs William Champlin later married tavern keeper C B Turner. The raid emptied kegs and bottles, Turner was arrested then acquitted, and Champlin eventualy wed him after his liquor troubles. The old Turner's saloon site remains part of a residence near Shell Rock River.
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