Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-12-14
FesM Csunty snw-Aill History,

Az ~.Ses eues ~ kaes - "sh % VIZ
present hissory Of the lumber trade in Scott
county be properly recorded, and handed
down to psstsrity. ws have gsthsred 10
th= following items. touching spen thsa
important braoch Of coumsses. frem re-
liable ssuress:
The 6rst cav mill. then, built in whss
is nov Scott county. Chen Dubuque eoua-
~, wss erected By Samuel Bkdgss, in The
year 1885. On Grow Crssle Its ruins are
still to be seen .. thc\GACresk bridge.
Middle Road to Pl.s~ v.ll.,) 1t did
good service for ssverl1aEs, sn&ksn
wen. to ruin. Mr.. SgA AOommiN>A X
eide by hanging him'N ths Sane mill. =
| nlsss. our o,d seulf friend. AQny
Parker. "a lated @sXof Duck cf<sl
pinery. on that ci'ssie NVlm. 'omswh'r'
back OF what's nov know ., Camp Mo
clellap. The logs gave 6pl beforsrth bad
m ade fortune, and 20 did the mil Nh
few years run. The man>rho ereclsS-A 10
still bale and hearty. 40 y he long sssn-
time SO.
1888. Lacio. x,iNA.. 81. min
near the mouth OF Duck Greek, whicb VS.
afterwards owned and run BY Ms>e2sad-
icy. l. WAS 10 operation a..dossn w. or
more. and did mut k.fNv. M3Nsss
died s.srly twenty ysRteo. HiAbid-
o-. now Mrs. Mathews. Nh near tn. old
site ard Horace Bradley ,i6e other partner.
i. still we'll knob Asil>ss of this county.
In 1888. the QuinSV ViIly yas built At -hss
vas then "Plea.ant citN on the wspsis.
uow in section 3, wipeslA Township. and
ran few yesrs witA2asN prcAt to the
owners. Our respected fellow citizen.
John Owens. began 4 nsreantils career
.. Pleasant city. H. p.n.d eusa country
store. and traded in<tH> produce Of that
par. Of the county. We Vas the pioneer
navigator sf the w.uglo>built fist boat,
loaded it With produ(e for the St. Louis, or
som. ether nj (M. NJ sci sail. but either
the boat wss Ia long s>abs wapsis too
erosk.d-sssll N>pts. 70 large : craft
couldn't make the shli1 binds OF the river
without bsine made crook cd, so it naturally
got aground st both ends, and 90 the Wsp.
sic Vas declared from pat day . failure
- navigabls stream Except for catfish.
Pleasant City lots srestill plated on the
Court House record% ~ THAR value is not
qus.abl.. Mr.. Osenxsll known enter
prise vas insufficient p ltfee city in that
region, - he changed his base, did better.
While Pleasant Ci,yTeAkts the "dsgs."
| In 1888 xa,ae, JabsA Hitchcock built .
saw mill a. tie "g&ss." above this city,
near whaS is y&~ NVoNs IS the Watkins
place. 1t was wing dam mill. and was
in use several yesN hw.s carried sway
BY ,h. ice some nnsM bars ago. though
part Of tho old dam is still visible in low
watel.
These we're all Vstsr mills, and
saved 6sna<d woods,sAsr of this coun-
try in the n.iN>C Nslso fair to state
that each and even ens Of these were
erected il Dubuque NSApty. Tho above
list Of water mills is eompsae, - far - We
have been able to ascertain. and now let u
see about the
srrANaAw MILLS.
The frst steam saw mill in this county
vas erected in the year ls4s, ~ Mr.. Nc.
Carthy, and still stands on Front street,
between Warren and Gaines streets. 1,
was an important enterprise in that Day
Mr.. Mccarthy ran itay year or SO, when he
died, and it Was leased t. Rhodes i Perrin;
next to Meade, Smith l. Marsh, and in 1885,
II was repsired by Judge Grant, whose
property i. had become, and run one seaso
by Grant 4 Kimball.
il In 1910, Mr.. Howard bull. the lower
mills, and after . few years it fol! into the
hands Of A. W. HcGrsgor I; next owned
and improved BY John n. Cannon; mex,
BY Cannon 4 French, and mex. BY Frenc
I Davies, who entirely rsmodsled il, and
own yet.
In the same year Qs4s) Strong Burnsll
built . mill 6. the corner Of Front and
Scot streets, ran it two seasons. and in
1852 took in s. S. Gillett and Jos. Lam.
brits A. partners. The 6rm,, Of Busasll
Gillstt 4 Cs. failed in 1853, when the mill,
after laying idle year sr two, wss started
up BY g. K. Bard, and after two yssrs was
bought BY Dsssaint l. Sshricker, who pu,
under Thorough repairs and run it until th 4
spring of1sss, when it wss cold to Sehrick
er 4 Mueller.
, In 1850, Robt. Christie built . sieam
saw mill at E,st Dsvssport, which be ran
until 1868, whom it wss purchased BY
Samuel Stsnehfield, who ran it . year cl
%, end in 1852 it Was burned down.
In 1854, Rsnwick 4 Son built . mil
above The railroad bridge, which has beer
run BY them every gear b1t cns siscs tha
time.
In 1856, B,sworth 4 Allen erected Z
mill on the corner Of Front and Warren
streets. Il was run tive ysars By d,6ssen,
parties, and vas burned down II 1855.
In 1857, Lisdsay Z Phelps built 6u,
mill q Eass Davenport, which hss beer
: runsine during portion Of the past year.
This present summer, L. O. Dsssaint ha,
!, bailt . Eue nil q East Davsnport, which
will 70 int epsratisn asxt year.
There has been, within eur knoWledgs
three saw nills-eus water pswss and tws
steam mills at LsCiaire, With the history
. efwhieh W are not familiar.
J. Alss steam mill as Buffalo, which i.
: still in Use. but " havs not the record .
its career.
Hence ~ see there have been six wate
ssw Mills il what 10 ne~ Scott county
s none Of which rsaain also eleven slsss
: sav mills, Ill Of which new stssd but two
These tws wers burned down, but Il
time whea they vsrs sss Of -.
= Grand Jury Ger looo-aaA Resil
= Jary fer lhe February Tern.
II City Of Davenport, Robert Mcfstcss
: John Caasrsn. Jas. Psttersso LsClairs
: Jshs Moore, George Gast; Prisesssn, Geo
T. King; Winfield, Jaose Afmslrong. Jchs