From the 1882 Iowa State Gazeteer and Business Directory: Donahue, Scott county, Iowa Contributed by Cathy Labath ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- DONAHUE. A station on the D. line of C.M. & St. P. ry in Scott county, 6 miles n of Eldridge Junction, and 16 1/2 north of Davenport (c h). Ships grain and livestock. Population 50. Exp. U.S. Tel. W.U. Mail, daily. Clifton Curtis, postmaster. Blythe Wm, general store. Brooks Earl, railroad agent. Curtis Clifton, General Store. Curtis P, grain. Evers John, saloon. Knutzen Wm, blacksmith. Maw S, constable. Miller P B, blacksmith. Weary J, 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. This file was prepared for the Iowa Archives by Cathy Labath ======================================================================