Rodman, Palo Alto County, Iowa >From the 1922 Iowa State Gazeteer and Business Directory: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prepared for the Palo Alto County, Iowa GenWeb Archive by Cathy Labath ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rodman Population 150. Settled in 1885. On the Des Moines river, and on the C. R.I. & P Ry., in Fern Valley township, Palo Alto County, 13 miles southeast of Emmetsburg, the judicial seat. Has a Presbyterian church and a bank. Tel, W.U. Exp., Am Ry. A T Sweely, postmaster. Ballenbach A, general store Blake L N, livery Coburn H, blacksmith and wagonmaker Farmer's First Trust & Savings Bank (capital $25,000), C J Bonnstetter pres, Ray A Hoskins, cashr Fenn E E, restaurant Fenn W D, meats Fisher George, live stock breeder and dealer Hilborn H F, rr, tel and exp agt Hosking Ray A, cashr Farmers' First Trust and Savings Bank and real estate Peterson Thomas, general store, billiards and soft drinks Royal Lumber Co, Lloyd Martin mgr Salisbury John, hotel Sweely A T, Shoes, Paints, School Supplies, Poultry, Cream Buyer and Postmaster Turner Joseph, agricultural implements Turner & Frye Elevator Co, grain VanHorn Eugene, garage West Bend Telephone Co, A Ballenbach mgr Western Electric Telephone Co (Mason City), A Ballenbach mgr ==================================================================== 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 > ====================================================================