Riverside, Washington 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. ========================================================================== 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. ========================================================================== RIVERSIDE. Estimated population, 500, is situated on the English river, in Washington county, and on the Mus. br. B., C. R. & N. Ry, 18 miles north Washington (c h), and 81 west of Muscatine. It has 8 churches, with Catholic and public schools, and a weekly newspaper, the "News". Shipments, hogs, cattle and grain. Exp., Am. Tel., W. U. Mail, daily. D. W. Ott, postmaster. Surname(s) First Name(s) Occupation or Business Bromenschekle Rev (Catholic) Chihak J J harnessmaker Cray & Donnell millers Fesler J grain elevator Fesler D A hardware Flory Samuel carpenter Ford T H general store Gerot Joseph saloon Godlive Joseph carpenter Gortner & Cartwright publrs Riverside News Hahn Henry wagonmaker Hardy George H restaurant Hardy Wm H carpenter Hawthorn Wm E justice of peace Kikeut Frank jeweler King Rev J L (Methodist) Kubue John saloon Kunaman ______ blacksmith McCluskey & Co J P furniture and hardware Mattet Frank baker Mechling J H general store Nicola Bros general store Ott D W Drugs, Books and Stationery Ott Wm physician Rebuck F blacksmith Ryan J F railroad and express agent Scheaver F grocer and saloon Schmidt Otto constable Schnoebalen & Kneble blacksmiths Sims T L blacksmith Small C C live stock and grain Stinson J H flour mill Swift Bros brickmakers Swift N constable Tener Sisters milliners Thomas C J blacksmith Thon Bros meat market Walte George shoemaker and saloon Williams Thomas lawyer Wombacher S livery