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Title: Black bridge, North Dyersville, Iowa, North Fork Maquoketa River
Description: Looking at an metal arched bridge over the North Fork Maquoketa River. 1909 postmark.
PID: grinnell:14663

Title: Chestnut Street South, Earlham, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest on Chesnut Street in Earlham, Iowa. Number 21.
PID: grinnell:16809

Title: Chestnut Street, Earlham, Iowa, S.W. Henkley Real Estate
Description: Looking north on Chestnut Street at several business including the S.W. Henkley Real Estate office on the left. Number 3.
PID: grinnell:16810

Title: Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Depot, Elliott, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest from Main Street at the Elliott Depot in Elliott, Iowa, with several railroad employees standing out front. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (reporting mark CBQ) was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States. Commonly referred to as the Burlington Route, the Burlington, or as the Q,[1][2] it operated extensive trackage in the states of Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and also in New Mexico and Texas through subsidiaries Colorado and Southern Railway, Fort Worth and Denver Railway, and Burlington-Rock Island Railroad.[citation needed] Its primary connections included Chicago, Minneapolis–Saint Paul, St. Louis, Kansas City, and Denver. Because of this extensive trackage in the midwest and mountain states, the railroad used the advertising slogans "Everywhere West", "Way of the Zephyrs", and "The Way West".
PID: grinnell:16787

Title: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Train Wreck, October 24, 1912, Eldon, Iowa
Description: Looking at a freight train wreck near Eldon, Iowa, on October 24, 1912. Construction of the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad began October 1, 1851, in Chicago, and the first train was operated on October 10, 1852, between Chicago and Joliet. Construction continued on through La Salle, and Rock Island was reached on February 22, 1854, becoming the first railroad to connect Chicago with the Mississippi River. Eldon had its start in the year 1870 by the building of the Keokuk and Des Moines Railway through that territory. Eldon was incorporated in 1872. 1912 postmark.
PID: grinnell:16799

Title: Christian Church, Elliott, Iowa, First Christian Church
Description: Looking at a two-story wooden building built in 1901. When the congregation grew, the property was sold in 1911 and a new chruch was built in 1912. 1909 postmark.
PID: grinnell:16788

Title: Corner of Main and Chestnut , Earlham, Iowa, Citizens State Bank
Description: Looking northwest at the Citizens State Bank in Earlham, Iowa. The Citizens State Bank was incorporated in 1901 and closed in 1930. Number 14.
PID: grinnell:16812

Title: Depot, Edgewood, Iowa, Edgewood Railroad Depot, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, Western Union
Description: Looking northwest at the Edgewood Depot on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway line with a Western Union telegraph sign hanging in the front of the one-story building. 1911 postmark. Number 4.
PID: grinnell:16802

Title: Earlham Academy, Earlham, Iowa
Description: Looking at a three-story brick and stone building with bell tower. The Earlham Academy was established in 1892 by Quakers. Number 12.
PID: grinnell:16808

Title: Eddyville views, Eddyville, Iowa, Eddyville Toll Bridge, Des Moines River, Walnut Street looking east, Grant Cowley Building, Iowa Central Railroad Bridge, Iowa Central Depot
Description: A multiview of Eddyville: 1. Looking west from Main Street at a lost Howe pony truss bridge over the Des Moines River built in 1853 and replaced in 1885 by Stone, Boomer and Boyington of Davenport, Iowa. 2. Walnut Street looking east including the Grant Cowley building built in 1890 on the left. Grant Cowley (1864-1918) was an early founder and mayor of Eddyville, Iowa. 3. The Iowa Central Railroad Bridge was a lost Howe through truss bridge over the Des Moines River build in 1886 and replaced 1901. 4. Looking southwest at a railroad employee standing in front of the Iowa Central Depot. Eddyville, Iowa was founded by Jabish P. Eddy in 1841 before Iowa became a state. It was a place for trade with the Indians and for pioneers to provision and ford the Des Moines River. Number 61460.
PID: grinnell:15558