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Title: Birds-eye view looking Southwest, Dysart, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest at the town of Dysart, Iowa, which was platted in 1872. The town takes its name from Joseph Dysart, a farmer and founder of the town.
PID: grinnell:14661

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 and North Western Train Wreck, April 23, 1908, De Witt, Iowa, Silver Creek
Description: View of the wrecked train. On April 23, 1908, southwest of DeWitt, Iowa, at Silver Creek, flooding weakened a bridge and gave way to stock train 132 where an engine and 17 cars of cattle fell into the water. Three crewmen perished in the wreck.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:16950

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: Cityscape of Early, Iowa, D.D. Carlton
Description: Looking at Main Street in Early, Iowa. Early was first platted two and one-half miles south of its current location in 1878, then moved to the current location in 1882. The town was named in honor of Judge D. Carr Early, earlier settler.
PID: grinnell:16805

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