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Decorah and Winneshiek County Old Settler View
Decorah and surrounding Winneshiek County are described in detail. The piece notes population estimates, business firms including mills and stores, banks, lawyers, doctors, schools, and a brass band. It covers New Oregon and West Decorah, county officials, an agricultural society, rail prospects, and local life during a spring visit. It also mentions local politics, a Hawkeye writer, and a death notice for Mr. O Bairs with community recollections.
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Perreau
Decorah
West Decorah
B. B. Cooley
Bagg
A. MecColley
John Ammons&Co
Decorah House
Pro
Wolser & Wilbert
Esston & Brankring
Bence
A. Tupper
L. W. Griewold
Levi Ballis
E. E. Cooley
G. B. Willett
D. Smith
D. H. Hughes
M. W. Burdick
Morton
Mesachusetts
Winneshiek
Gasciis Ia
J.belley
Devotsh
Winneshiek County
Franklinville
Freeport
Fort Atkinson
Burr Oak
Bluffton
Plymouth Hock
Hesper
Pike's Peak
Turkey
Jess
Burr Osk
BluMfon
Plymouth Rock
Heaper
BluMon
John W. Taylor
Dubuque
Winniesbiek
Mississippi
Interior
Iowa
Nee Duss
Tobcaary
Ire Protheroe
Genwses Valley
New York
Tremont House
Howard County
Bluff
Young
J. W. Windsor
Waterbury
Windsor
N. Pullman
New
Oregon
Sabine & Moon
Munson & Schellenger
Merrick
Woodward & Co
Putnam
Barber & Pullman
Sawyer
Cooney & Long
C. E. Berry
H. Jewett
W. E. Mead
W-B. Averill
New Oregon
Sentinel
Lamb
Lyceum
Prairie du Chien & Mankato Railroad
Eldorado
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Liverpool
Ana