Anamosa - A Reminiscence 1838 - 1988

Jones County’s Oldest
Family Owned Business Extends
Congratulations On Anamosa's
150 Years Of Progress!
Since 1891 . . . /
We Are Proud
To Have Been
A Part Of
Anamosa‘s Growth.
Anamosa Lumber Company
as it looked in the early 1900s.
The Watters partership of John and George Watters established the Anamosa Company in
1891 on North Huber Street in the first block north of Main St. It has continued uninterupted at
the same location for 96 years.
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Anamosa Lumber Company pictured here in 1931. The picture was taken from the location
of the Anamosa City Park and the present site of the Maquoketa Valley REC. The site was formerly
the Anamosa City Park when the Jones County Courthouse was built on the previous city
park.
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