Webster County, Iowa, 1882 Business Directory Extracted from the 1882-1883 R. L. Polk "Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory" by Kandus Barland. Copyright 1999, Kandus Barland Note: Dayton, Webster County, Iowa, 1882 Business Directory has been extracted by Amalea Anderson and is available for viewing in the Webster County Archives. http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/1882gaz/dayton.txt ========================================================================== DUNCOMBE. A station on the I. div. I.C.R.R. in Webster County, 11 miles east of Fort Dodge (c.b.). Ships wheat, corn and oats. Population, 70. Mail, daily. Ira D. Rickard, postmaster. Business Name/Surname First Name Occupation or Business ---------------------------------------------------------- Anderson Rev T Lutheran Creed C railroad and express agent Daniels J A justice of the peace Harding W K hotel propr Hiffner Samuel physician Jones E B constable Woolsey & Harding general store COALVILLE. A mining village near the centre of Webster county, 6 miles south of Fort Dodge, its shipping point, and 65 in the air line from Des Moines. Population, 600. Mall stage tri weekly to Fort Dodge; fare 20c. HARCOURT. Small place in southern part of Webster county, 20 mile south of Fort Dodge (c h) and 6 from Dayton, the nearest postoffice. It is a way station on the S.C. br. C. & N.W. Ry. TARA. The postoffice at th junction of the I.div. I.C.R.R. and D.M.& D.R.R., 5 1/2 miles west of Fort Dodge, Webster County. Population, 80. u.S.Tel., W.U. Mail, daily. Wright, postmaster. BORDER PLAINS. A small station on the Crooked Creek R.R. in Webster County. 18 miles southeast of Fort Dodge (c h). Farming land is worth from $10 to $80 per acre. Exp.,A.m. Mail daily. n.G. Rooss, Postmaster. Business Name/Surname First Name Occupation or Business ---------------------------------------------------------- Anderson A F constable Clark John A wagonmaker Pigman J constable Rooss G L book agent Rooss N G justice of the peace Rooss S P general store CLARE. A postoffice in Webster county, established May, 1889 BADGER. A lately established postoffice in Webster county. BARNUM. A small station on the I. div. of the I.C.R.R., in the western part of Webster County, 10 miles from Fort Dodge and 75 miles from Des Moines. Exp.,Am. Maily, daily. Silas Cook, postmaster. FORT DODGE. An important station on the I. div. I.C.R.R., at the terminus of the M.&St.L.Ry, and the Ft.D.& Ft.R. adn D.M.& Ft. D.Rs., in Webster County, of which it is county seat. It is 170 miles due west of Burlington, 120 northeast of Council Bluffs, and 70 (air line) northwest of Des Moines. The principal features of the place are 3 public grade schools, an opera house (seating capacity, 1,200), 2 national banks, with a capital of $50,000 each, 4 weekly newspapers, the Gazette and Messenger, Times, Webster Co. Topic, and Greenbacker, and 7 churches of various denominations. There are in the vicinity inexhaustible beds of coal, with some gypsum and stone. The shipments comprise of grain, stock, gypsum, plaster and coal. Assessed value of the place, $500,000, with a bonded indeptedness of $5,000. It was first established in 1855, incorporated in 1868, and at present contains 5,000 inhabitants. Stages leave tri-weekly for Coalville; fare 50c. Exp.,U.S.and Am. Tel., W.U. Mail, daily Nelsom M Page, postmaster. Business Name/Surname First Name Occupation or Business ---------------------------------------------------------- Armstrong George W wagonmaker Armstrong Peter furniture Arnold & Schmoker flour mill Arnold Christopher Schmoker Jacob Arthur Alexander J dry goods Baehring Wm O real estate & insurance Barnes & Hipsley books & stationary Barnes John R Hipsley James J Bassett & More lawyers Bassett George W More Charles H Beecher Hezekiah Abstracts of Title Belk Wenzel shoemaker Bell Ralph P jeweler Bennett Sidney J cigars and tobacco Berry, JM & Son general store Berry James M Berry William A Black Charles E meat market Bliss Moses H county clerk Boehm Louis shoemaker Botsford Austin W lawyer Breene John jr county recorder Brown Jacob grocer Brown's Hotel Brown Maggie H proprietor Brownell John W wholesale & retail dealer in farm machinery Cahill sister's milliners Cahill Maggie E Cahill Jennie M Campbell John W county treasurer & real estate Canfield Benjamin R shoemaker Carpenter & Garner hardware Carpenter Robert E Garner John D Carruthers R E & Co real estate & insurance Carruthers Robert E Carruthers William B Carter & Staines painters Carter Henry Staines Fred Chantland Peter W sheriff, Webster Co Chaplin Lucus E lumber Cheeney & Oleson wholesale drugs, books & oils Cheeney John C Oleson Olaf M Childs Eugene confectioner & newsstand Clagg Wm M hides Clarke Albert E lawyer Colby Bros livery Colby Wm H H Colby Charles Colford Mathew blacksmith Collins Patrick cigars & tobacco Conway, Owen & Sons lumber & grain Conway James J Conway John A Conway Thomas shoemaker Coyle Rev Robert F Presbyterian Craig Coal Co Gunther August F pres Craig Andrew sec Crawford Robert W drugs & books Cronan Daniel grocer Crosby Daniel M boots & shoes Cullen Michael B feed stable Davis Davis propr Duncombe House Delano Alfred M marble Dillener Louis M restaurant & confectionery Dimler Jonathan P lawyer Dolliver Jonathan P lawyer Duncombe John F lawyer Dunning Eugene M livery Dunphy Patrick blacksmith Durham Willard A eating house Dwelle Wm H propr St Charles House Essinger Martin hair goods Farrell Frank lawyer Fessler David clothing First National Bank Blanden Leander pres Morgan Edward D G cashr Fleek Nicholas blacksmith Foley Michael feed stable Fort Dodge Coal Co Platt James L pres Hall Amos T sec Fort Dodge Telephine Exchange Beecher Miss Eugenia J manager Frost Frederick plaining mill Fuller Hiram E baker Furlong Richard P general store Gardney Joseph wagonmaker Garmoe Isaac real estate Goldsworthy John blacksmith Goodyear Emma J Miss flour & feed Granger & Weiss farm implements & seeds Granger Clem L Weiss George F Gray, W S & Co jewelers Gray Silas W Carter John F Grayson Thomas F physician Green Alva J barber Groh John S grocer Gulden Christian H grocer Hailstock Wm C barber Haire John county auditor Halligan Christoper blacksmith Halstead Charles M telegraph operator Halstead Davis W farm implements Hardin Florence S merchant tailor Hartin Jihn dyer Hastings Lemuel G restarant Hawley Theodore lawyer Helper Charles B carpenter Henry Mary E milliner Herman Julius clothing Heydenreich & Son cigars Heydenreich Charles Heydenreich Charles F Hinkel Christian meat market Howlett George M loans & real estate Hudson & Wright lawyers Hudson Preston C Wright Robert M Hull, G M & Son dry goods Hull George M Hull Fred M Hurlbut Louis E musical instruments & sewing machines. crockery & glassware. Illinois Central Railroad Hallock Algernon D agent Jenkins, Israel & Son carpenters Jenkins Israel Jenkins John S Jewett & Willis Fort Dodge House Jewett Charles E Willis Henry E Johnson Albert H butter tub factory Johnston Witter H lawyer Jones Benjamin meat market Jones Henry W Rev Meth Episcopal Kelley Sisters milliners Kelley Katie M Kelley Mary E King Chester R grocers Kirchner Jacob four mill Kline John shoemaker Koch Casper D harnessmaker Lanferman Henry billiard hall Larson Even G clothing Lathrop M I & Co grocers Lanthrop M I Plumb Wm H Laufersweiler Conrad furniture Leighton Ariel H hardware Lenihan Rev T M Catholic Lincoln David K grocer Loeber Frederick C meat market Loomis Allen R butter & eggs McCabe John R farm implements Marshall Charles baker & confectioner Marshall John J dentist Merchants' National Bank Vincent Webb pres Edward H Rich cashier Mosness Christian painter Mulrooney John M general store Nelson John A N Y House Nichols Byron P sewing machines Nichols Theron physician Nicholson Wm L physician O'Callaghan John saloon O'Connell Morris D lawyer O'Connor John T saloon Olney & Son homeopathic physicians & surgeons Olney Stephen B Olney Floyd B Pangborn & Sipes barbers Pangborn Albert A Sipes David M Parlasca George barber Parsons J & Sons Patterson House Parsons John Parsons James Parsons Albert J Peterson Gus T justice of the peace Platt Henry A grocer Polsue John grocer Pray William L gunsmith Prusia Emanuel E bardware Pulling Jennie dressmaker Raber Louis W propr Topic (weekly) Rank Anton bookbinder Rank Charles dry goods Rees Samuel real estate & insurance Reynolds A S R grocer Reynolds George B real estate Rich & Vincent foundry Rich George L Vincent Leon Riddile & Thorson dry goods Riddile George T Thorson Louis A Rigg & Looby druggists Rigg James Looby John Rinland, Vincent & Meservey Cardiff Plaster Mills Ringland George S Vincent Webb Meservey Stillman T Ristine Harvey G physician River Land Office Brown John agent Roberts George E & Co proprs Messenger (weekly) Roberts George E Roberts David Robinson Wm grocer Ryan John H grocer Rudesill Charles M boots & shoes Sargent Thomas lawyer & real estate Scallay Patrick Tyler Hall Schaefer Wm blacksmith Schaffner Louis W jeweler Scherr Franz restaurant, wines and beer Schmoll Jacob saloon Schulte D B harnessmaker Scott John B boots and shoes Scott Wm R rag peddler Seifert Julius shoemaker Seymore Frank E physician Sherman George B lawyer Sherman Patrick W blacksmith Shultz Bros meat market Shultz Louis Shultz Gust Slate & Ross dentists Slate Frederick G Ross Fletcher R Sprick & Co saloon Sprick Herman Koerner Christ Springer Michael barber Stack Thomas grocer Storey Miss Alice propr Western Hotel Strayer Warren saloon Strobel John shoemaker Strow James R justice of the peace Thissell John grocer Thomas James H merchant tailor Thomas Seth blacksmith Thompson Frederick wagonmaker Thompson Mrs Ida l dressmaker Train R & Co props Daily & Weekly Times Train Ross Train Edith US & American Express Matschke Emil agent Van Sickle Andrew B dentist West Rev L L Congregational White James laundry White Zachariah L shooting gallery Wilbur Rose L milliner Wilkinson John H baker Williams James B abstracts of title Wright & Robertson hardware Wright Thomas Robertson Samuel J Young & Brown carpenters Young Wm Brown David ====================================================================== 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. 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