From the 1882 Iowa State Gazeteer and Business Directory: Blooming Prairie, Pocahontas County, Iowa Contributed by Cathy Labath ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BLOOMING PRAIRIE. A farming settlement in the eastern part of Pocahontas county, 12 miles from Pocahontas Centre (c h), and 14 from Humboldt, the nearest shipping point on the M & St L Ry. Mail semi-weekly. Ellen C. Van Alstine, postmaster. Bendixon P H, live stock. Carlson C J, mason. Van Alstine S, Live Stock. ====================================================================== 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. Prepared for the Iowa Archives by: Cathy Labath ======================================================================