CHAPTER XLV

ODDS AND ENDS OF HISTORY AND REMINISCENCE 479

FOOTNOTES End of document

ILLUSTRATIONS

LUTHER A. BREWER _Frontispiece_

B. L. WICK 4

LEWIS FIELD LINN 8

A SCENE ON THE CEDAR RIVER AT CEDAR RAPIDS IN THE FIFTIES 12

RESIDENCE OF ISAAC CARROLL IN 1839 12

AN EARLY LAND DEED 16

SHEPHERD'S TAVERN 20

GEOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATIONS 24

THE ASTOR HOUSE 28

DOUBLE LOG CABIN BUILT BY WILLIAM ABBE 32

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CEDAR RAPIDS IN 1851 36

RESIDENCE OF WILLISTON JONES 36

DANIEL SEWARD HAHN 40

LINN COUNTY SCENES 44

GOING SHOPPING 48

INDIAN SCENES 48

FORMER PASTORS UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH, LISBON 52

SAMUEL W. DURHAM 56

SOME EARLY MEMBERS UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH, LISBON 60

PRESENT DAY SCENE 64

AN OLD LAND RECEIPT 64

STEAMBOAT ON CEDAR, 1887 64

DR. JOHN F. ELY 68

JOHN A. KEARNS 72

A. J. REID 72

C. S. HOWARD 72

WILLIAM STICK 72

THE VARDY HOUSE, CEDAR RAPIDS 76

FRANKLIN BLOCK AND RESIDENCE OF P. W. EARLE 76

THE LISTEBARGER CABIN, CEDAR RAPIDS 76

MR. AND MRS. GODFREY QUASS 80

MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM GIDDINGS 80

MR. AND MRS. ISAAC MILLBURN 80

MR. AND MRS. W. A. LACOCK 80

J. P. GLASS 80

F. A. HELBIG 80

PROF. H. H. FREER 84

REV. GEO. B. BOWMAN 84

JOSEPH MEKOTA 84

W. F. SEVERA 84

DR. J. S. LOVE 88

J. H. VOSMEK 92

FR. T. J. SULLIVAN 92

DR. E. L. MANSFIELD 92

HON. JAMES URE 96

JUDGE J. H. ROTHROCK 96

J. J. DANIELS 96

L. J. PALDA 96

BRIDGE AT THE PALISADES 101

THE PALISADES OF THE CEDAR 101

BARNEY MCSHANE CABIN 104

CABIN IN "CRACKER SETTLEMENT" 104

UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH, LISBON 108

MAIN STREET, MOUNT VERNON 108

ALEXANDER LAURANCE 112

OLD M. E. CHURCH, MOUNT VERNON 116

STREET SCENE IN LISBON 116

SCHOOL AT FAIRFAX 120

METHODIST CHURCH AT FAIRFAX 120

THE CHAPEL, CORNELL COLLEGE 124

CARNEGIE LIBRARY, MOUNT VERNON 124

UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT SCOTCH GROVE 128

WOOD-BURNING ENGINE, 1879 128

MAIN BUILDING, CORNELL COLLEGE 132

SOUTH-HALL, CORNELL COLLEGE 132

HENRY BRUCE HOUSE, SPRINGVILLE 136

FIRST SPRINGVILLE BAND 136

THE "OLD SEM" CORNELL COLLEGE 140

BOWMAN HALL, CORNELL COLLEGE 140

BUTLER PARK AT SPRINGVILLE 144

BUSINESS DISTRICT AT SPRINGVILLE 144

PICNIC AT HOME OF GEO. L. DURNO, SPRINGVILLE, IN 1884 148

ILLINOIS CENTRAL DEPOT, CENTRAL CITY 148

METHODIST CHURCH, CENTER POINT 152

SOUTH MAIN STREET, TROY MILLS 152

M. E. CHURCH, TROY MILLS 156

MILL AT PRAIRIEBURG 156

AT OLD SETTLERS' REUNION, MARION 160

A PARK SCENE IN MARION 160

COURT HOUSE, MARION 164

WAPSIE RIVER AND MILL AT CENTRAL CITY 164

ISAAC BUTLER 168

PUBLIC SCHOOL AT SPRINGVILLE 172

METHODIST CHURCH, SPRINGVILLE 176

HOME OF J. F. BUTLER, SPRINGVILLE 176

METHODIST CHURCH AT PALO 180

SCENE AT SPRINGVILLE 180

EARLY VIEW OF SPRINGVILLE 184

FIRST STORE IN SPRINGVILLE 184

LUTHERAN CHURCH, LISBON 188

MAIN STREET, LISBON 188

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT SPRINGVILLE 192

THE BUTLER FARM AT SPRINGVILLE 192

CORNELL COLLEGE IN 1865 200

A STREET SCENE IN MARION 204

THE DANIELS HOTEL, MARION 204

REV. SAMUEL M. FELLOWS, A. M. 208

COMMERCIAL HOTEL, CENTER POINT 212

BRIDGE OVER THE CEDAR AT CENTER POINT 212

W. F. KING, LL. D. 216

MAIN STREET FROM THE NORTH, FAIRFAX 220

MAIN STREET LOOKING WEST, CENTRAL CITY 220

AN OLD GRAVE AT SPRINGVILLE 224

REV. J. B. ALBROOK, D. D. 224

PROF. HARRIETTE J. COOK 224

MRS. MARGARET MCKELL KING 224

BAPTIST CHURCH, CENTRAL CITY 228

OLD BARN AT CENTRAL CITY 228

JAMES E. HARLAN, LL. D. 232

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, CENTRAL CITY 236

CHRISTIAN CHURCH, CENTRAL CITY 236

SCENE AT TROY MILLS 240

MILL AND DAM AT COGGON 240

HIGH SCHOOL, CENTRAL CITY 244

BRIDGE OVER WAPSIE AT CENTRAL CITY 244

T. S. PARVIN 248

WEST ROWLEY STREET, WALKER 253

MAIN STREET, PRAIRIEBURG 253

MAIN STREET, SPRINGVILLE 256

QUAKER MEETING HOUSE AT WHITTIER 256

WHITTIER 256

MAIN STREET, CENTRAL CITY, FROM THE SOUTH 261

GENERAL STORE AT COVINGTON 261

UPPER WAGON BRIDGE, CENTRAL CITY 264

HENDERSON BRIDGE, CENTRAL CITY 264

BAPTIST CHURCH, PRAIRIEBURG 268

MILWAUKEE BRIDGE, COVINGTON 268

THE "OLD SCHOOL," COGGON 272

SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET, COGGON 272

SCENE ON THE CEDAR AT CEDAR RAPIDS 276

BIRDSEYE VIEW LOOKING EAST, CEDAR RAPIDS 276

CEDAR RIVER DAM, CEDAR RAPIDS 276

QUAKER OATS PLANT, CEDAR RAPIDS 280

STREET RAILWAY STATION AT BEVER PARK, CEDAR RAPIDS 280

VIEW OF CEDAR RAPIDS FROM THE ISLAND 288

RAILROAD YARDS AT CEDAR RAPIDS 288

FATHER FLYNN, CEDAR RAPIDS 296

PUBLIC AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IN CEDAR RAPIDS, 1910 300

BIRDSEYE VIEW OF CEDAR RAPIDS IN 1868 304

FATHER SVRDLIK, CEDAR RAPIDS 307

BIRDSEYE VIEW OF CEDAR RAPIDS IN 1889 312

FEDERAL BUILDING, CEDAR RAPIDS 320

AUDITORIUM, CEDAR RAPIDS 320

PART OF ZOO IN BEVER PARK, CEDAR RAPIDS 328

A SCENE IN BEVER PARK, CEDAR RAPIDS 328

SIXTEENTH AVENUE BRIDGE, CEDAR RAPIDS 336

FIRST STREET, CORNER SECOND AVENUE, IN 1869 336

FIRST U. B. CHURCH WEST OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER 344

COE COLLEGE BUILDINGS 352

SINCLAIR PACKING PLANT, CEDAR RAPIDS 360

BLACK HAWK 366

A WINNEBAGO INDIAN 366

THE SLAVE DANCE OF THE SAC AND FOX 366

CEDAR RAPIDS COUNTRY CLUB HOUSE 368

GEORGE GREENE SQUARE 368

RIVERSIDE PARK, CEDAR RAPIDS 368

CEDAR RAPIDS IN 1856 369

THE OLD BLAIR BUILDING 371

MONTROSE HOTEL, CEDAR RAPIDS 376

S. C. BEVER 384

THOMAS GAINER 384

E. D. WALN 384

REV. ELIAS SKINNER 384

J. M. MAY 392

CAPT. A. BOWMAN 392

E. M. CROW 392

FATHER LOWRY 401

ST. WENCESLAUS CHURCH, CEDAR RAPIDS 404

ST. WENCESLAUS SCHOOL, CEDAR RAPIDS 404

THE LATE VERY REVEREND DEAN GUNN 408

QUAKER OATS TRAIN 412

SCENE ON CEDAR RIVER 412

ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH, CEDAR RAPIDS 412

MERCY HOSPITAL, CEDAR RAPIDS 416

JUDGE N. M. HUBBARD 422

VIEWS ALONG THE CEDAR RIVER 424

PARK VIEWS IN CEDAR RAPIDS 432

IN AND AROUND MT. VERNON 436

R. D. STEPHENS 440

ADDISON DANIELS 440

J. B. YOUNG 440

I. M. PRESTON 440

S. S. JOHNSON 444

THOS. J. MCKEAN 448

N. W. ISBELL 448

WILLIAM GREENE 448

O. S. BOWLING 448

INDEPENDENT HOSE COMPANY, CEDAR RAPIDS, 1875 452

CITY RESIDENCES, CEDAR RAPIDS 456

VIEW OF MARION, 1868 460

JAMES E. BROMWELL, SR. 464

T. M. SINCLAIR 468

J. O. STEWART 468

COL. T. Z. COOK 472

SOME EARLY CURRENCY 476

STREET VIEWS IN CEDAR RAPIDS, IN 1910 480

MAPS

LINN COUNTY 1

SHOWING BLACK HAWK PURCHASE 184

SHOWING DES MOINES COUNTY SUBDIVIDED 185

AFTER THE SAC AND FOX CESSIONS OF 1837 190

LATE DIVISION OF BLACK HAWK PURCHASE 191

SHOWING THE TWO CESSIONS AS AT PRESENT DIVIDED 197

REPRODUCTION OF THE FIRST MAP OF CEDAR RAPIDS (Part 1) 316

REPRODUCTION OF THE FIRST MAP OF CEDAR RAPIDS (Part 2) 316

[Illustration: MAP OF LINN COUNTY]

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