Curlew, Palo Alto County, Iowa >From the 1922 Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Prepared for the Palo Alto Iowa GenWeb Archives by Cathy Labath ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Curlew Population, 210. On the M & St. L. Ry., in Rush Lake township, Palo Alto county, 13 miles south of Emmetsburg, the judicial seat. First settled in 1864. Has Baptist and Methodist churches and a moving picture theatre. Exp., Adams. Tel. W.U. Telephone connections. Nellie M. Easton, postmaster. Brechler W J, restaurant Critz & Co, O B Brown mgr, grain Cullen John, live stock Easton Nellie M, postmaster Easton S A Mrs., hotel Elder H W, general store Ferguson C K, rr exp and tel agent Fisk O B, grain, coal, and livery Graw Jacob, contractor Griffin Bros., drayage Harrison E N, garage Hatch A A, hardware Hatch Floyd, garage Leary Lee, pool Levins & Easton, drugs Rialto Theatre, D A Fosnot propr Royal Lumber Co. Seagren J A, blacksmith Turner L E, meats and poultry Whitmer A A, general store Whitmer R A, cream and poultry ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Cathy Labath < labaths@worldnet.att.net > ====================================================================