Rippey, Greene Co., Iowa - 1882 Business Directory Extracted from the 1882-1883 R. L. Polk "Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory" by Amalea Anderson. Copyright 1998, Amalea Anderson. RIPPEY. Situated on the D. M. & Ft. D. R. R., in Greene county, 14 miles southwest of Jefferson (c h), and 42 northwest of Des Moines. Shipments, grain, produce and coal. Population 275. Exp., U. S. Tel., W. U. Mail, daily. A. J. Curries, postmaster. Surname(s) First Name(s) Occupation or Business Allen A shoemaker Armstrong Bros coal miners Bullock & Keller general store and lumber Carmody Thomas restaurant Carpenter Bros coal miners Chambers Joseph saloon Clark G livery Conoly & Hurlbut saloon Cook R B barber Cooper A livery Ellison B B general store Ford J F live stock Fowler J P restaurant Frigelle E L carpenter Frizel E B wagonmaker Hall Rev J M (Meth Episcopal) Harmon Bros blacksmiths Johnson D E saloon Keeler & Son general store Keystone Coal Co coal miners Law W M justice of the peace Law & Johnson hardware Lewis W R physician Main J W carpenter Mecum H L constable and livery Mower M P physician Norton O W grain Oakes J C hotel proprietor Osborn B F druggist Paquin J meat market Reamer & Co hardware Suydam C H general store Sylvester, Huntley & Osborne grain Wells W C express and railroad agent Wiltse John restaurant ======================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for their private use as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ==========================================================================