Anamosa - A Reminiscence 1838 - 1988

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t-- .. " -~- =11»: " -Inner-pi-—1¢-(1 6 9P J. Charles Metcalf at the Old Wheel House in late 1920s. (Submitted by Jesse Meade) July 24, 1924 storm damage to a house (Submitted by Don Goodman) L _ . July 24. 1924 storm damage to the Power Plant at the dam. (Submitted by Don Goodman) Charles Metcalf(Submitted by Bern iece Shover) 1r j."={?-. I‘ ‘ ‘ H T . 4M."\m' _ Qam. -
his own bank. went down the alley and into his competitor's back door, and dumped the money into the cash drawers. The 'run‘ was stopped. Mr. Metcalf was the first man to ship a train load of cattle from Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Anamosa over the Union Pacific Railroad. Consequently, he was given a life-time pass on the railroad. H.C. Metcalf, along with J .C. Grifilth, J .C. Dietz. W. Huggins and C.L.Niles, were the originators of the Anamosa Waterworks. Later Metcalf and Griffith bought the balance of the stock and it was sold to the city. The Metcalf Light Company was started by Horace Metcalf and son, Charles, on Nov. 1. 1891. It was later sold to the Anamosa-Oxford Junction Electric Company. The Iowa Electric Light and Power bought the plant May 1, 1914, and Charles Metcalf was named manager. Mr. Metcalf had the distinction of being the employee with the longest years of service in the Company. Charles Metcalf married Emma Haner from Hampton. Neb. in 1892. A romance started while the Metcalfs lived in Nebraska. Charles brought his bride to his family home in Anamosa. The brick home, built in 1862, was one of the finest in this section of the country. It is presently the home of the late Jack Merritt family. Jack and Joyce Merritt purchased the home in 1959. Charles remembered when he was a small boy. he accompanied his father on a trip to his father's ranch in Laramie, Wyoming. He related that hoards of grasshoppers greased the tracks so badly, that brooms were tied to the front of the train to sweep the hoppers from the rails. After years of persuasion. Charles‘ wife agreed to make a return trip to Nebraska. It was recalled that her worst suspicions were confirmed when she stepped off the train and saw seven telegraph poles. with a man hanging from each one of them. This was an example of ‘frontier justice‘ at its worst. She returned on the first train that was heading back toward Iowa. Charlie Metcalf had a pet bear, Tom, which had been brought back from the west. Tom, for a time pulled Charlie around town in a cart. Later when he began growing, he caused a nuisance by yanking all of the clothes off a neighbor's clothesline. He gave Charlie a good mauling one day and that was the end of Tom. The bear was stuffed and placed in Watters where the six-foot form could be observed by shoppers. Charles and Emma Metcalf had two children, Margerita Wressell and Hubert C. Metcalf. They had one grandson Charles Metcalf. Early Streets and Sidewalks In 1858, when the business portion of Anamosa was still in the the western part of town, the lack of any board sidewalks was severely felt. That is. it was felt by the females in the little settlement, who had their long skirts trailing through the mud. The Eureka editor had this to say in January 1858. "We presume no one will deny that our city is greatly in need of sidewalks. We think a small effort and sufficent funds could be raised by subscription to build good substantial plank walks on both sides of Main Street and on one side as far as the Fisher House, (now Iowan Hotel building) at least. A few hours of rain makes it impossible to go from one end of Main St. to the other." There was a lot of talk. but no action was taken towards building the sidewalks. The ladies, tired of staying at home for weeks at a time due to the mud. and cleaning the mud brought in by their husbands and children, took the matter into their own hands and organized what was referred to as the “Mite Society". They proceeded to raise money for the long-desired wooden sidewalks. By April, 1859, considerable work was done on the project. Most of the board walks were in. reaching east as far as the Fisher House and covering the downtown business portion. - When completed. they made a dandy place for riding horses, which this practice required action by the city fathers. Three months later, an order from the mayor and council made it unlawful for any person to dr'ive. ride, or leave standing, or tied, upon any improved sidewalk within the town of Anamosa, any horse, mule or team of any kind. If they did so. they were liable for a first offense fine of $ 1. and a second offense. $2. In 1858, the name of Delhi St. was changed to Iowa St.. and a mile east, Main St. was moved to the south. due to the placement of the first road through the territory — the Military Road. When the Military Road was laid out in I839. the by Bertha Finn road. from Garnaviilo on, followed a gradual curve in a northeasterly direction, cutting across the site on what was later the Shaw Block. and is now Randy's Hardware. The Military Road, according to Edmund Booth. ran a bit northeast until it crossed the creek. on this side of what was later B.F. Smith's brickyard. and continued nearly directly north, along the west side of Strawberry Hill. On both sides of the Military Road, where later the Union Depot stood. was a low area with crab-apple trees and hazel brush. There were also a half dozen or so. great, white, oak trees lining the roadway. The low area was gradually filled in, with the extension of East Main St. By 1866, stone-flagged sidewalks made their appearance on the north side of Main St.. between Garnaviilo to Ford. An ordinance that year called for at least six-foot unobstructed walks be built “providing that no person shall be required to change. or remove. permanent stone steps." At this there appeared both wooden and stone sidewalks. The next year. sidewalks around the upper end of town were not completed. The muddy streets were at times. knee-deep. Edmund Booth admonished the contractors who would build the walks, to ‘strike while the mud is deep‘. Later that year, in 1867. over $10,000 was spent on building wooden and stone side-walks around the town. The first wooden walks were built on Booth, Ford. First and Garnaviilo Sts. The sidewalks, by ordinance, were to be made with an even edge toward the street and toward the lot adjoining. They were to be made of pine plank, 2 in. thick, laid crosswise and the walk securely nailed with 4 in. spikes to joists laid lengthwise of the walk. not less that 2 x 4. The cross walks, on the streets, were to be made of stone 8 in. thick and 16 in. wide, and to be placed in two tiers of sufficient width to make the crossing 4 ft. deep. which was to be laid on four ft. of
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make the initial trip over the new
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America. will never be the same as
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Going on up this Road of Fame. one-
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industrial life-styles; the conserv
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their annual shoot. The Gun Club wa
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War". In the several years before t
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Jones County Judges compiled by Jos
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in the litigation. In a 1938 editio
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College. Her beginning salary in 19
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additions east of the Clymer home;
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soldiers. struck a tree. William wa
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V Getting Organized! Since Anamosa
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funded by a county tax levy. Those
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warehouse near the old iron bridge.
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wagon coverted into a sled in the w
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eight-hour day. "Electric spreading
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another federal project grant. In J
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Coffee Club Swamps “Grill” To E
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Churches — VII Places to Give Tha
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hall are on the top floor. Music ha
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finally disappeared, the Catholic d
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' VIII Schools — Places to Grow a
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people the use of their hall. It wa
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continuance of the program. A new s
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Teaching in a Country School by Mal
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and I wasn't in my room. I was late
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Brandt. David Twombley. Virginia Pe
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IX Sports — A Time to Play Wonder
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Golden Gloves Tournament Big events
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nearly two years. and would cost ne
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electric baths with appliances, the
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Hospital Auxiliary submitted by Dor
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XI Anamosa: Grant Wood Country IP1
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I Nan Wood Graham Face as well know
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Gallery on the grounds of the Grant
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the beginning of the change to a on
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i‘Y XII Clubs and Organizations
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Troop 99. according to the Hawkeye
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Masonic Lodge No. 46 A.F. 8: A.M. s
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The Order of Rainbow for Girls The
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Committees are appointed to promote
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In 1912. the Rebekah Circle was org
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In today's atmosphere of political
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oth groups thought the idea to be a
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World War I had a sobering effect o
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XIII Unique People, Places and Thin
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Excerpts of an article published in
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A I 915 photo ofRen Finnigan and hi
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In May I931 he started working at t
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‘vi Another time Don said. “A f
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from our house. There was a summer
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looking out to the north and commen
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for a while so that the kids could
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others and the Sheean boys. who liv
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In 1893 James Brown discovered a le
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XIV That's Entertainment! Small Tow
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XV The Way It Is Now 1987: Getting
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a fall from a tractor April 12. A f
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' watching from the hills south and
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Fourth ofJuly. I919 Celebration and
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Byme, John P. Calhoun, Charles W. C
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Emmert, Edward Emmert, John L. Emme
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Holub. Leroy J . Holub, Leslie J .
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Power, Robert M. Powers, Darrell W.
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Stutt, Ervin G. Stutt, Leo G. Stutt
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The Post makes regular trips to the
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The Ladies Auxiliary members were m
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21" * 5, Carrie Wildey in 1897. The
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F An early Anamosa baseball team. (
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Photos and Advertisements as of 198
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Congratulations to Anamosa on 150 y
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0 Preparingfor the % W next 150 yea
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LINN-JONES FS SERVICES , Inc A FARM
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MAQUOKETA VALLEY RURAL ELECTRIC COO
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app 1 5Oth irthday namosa . . . H t
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Colleen Guhl if _ Wedding Consultan
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Jones County’s Oldest Family Owne
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l Ci 1 I r \ Left to right: Mary An
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Grant Wood Memorial Park "ii it Ant
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“Since I977" .',, -‘ '/r“ ' 1
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GOETTSCH, INC. i3 4"a_ ' Q. ' I" _
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.. I Doerr Electric, a well-known m
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CRlSTY'S DESIGN QUILTING THOMAS 8:
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The Town Crier, a full coverage sho
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Collins Defense Communications Anam
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Congratulations Anamosa! WEERS-ENGL
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Congratulations, Anamosa ‘X _‘4
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-up G / .|—» -wa- Anamosa Commun
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BLAKESLEY, E.E., 21$ BLAKESLEY, Har
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DAVIS, Louise, 294 DAVIS, Miner, 19
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HAGSTROM, Rev. David, 214 HAGSTROM,
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_ LACY, Jack, 246 LACY, Joyce, 275
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MULLETT, Dusty, 233 MULLIGAN, Diann
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SCHIRM, Dan, 105 SCHIRM, Eldo, 131
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WATTERS, George, 35, 67, 114, 123,
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