Allamakee co. IAGenWeb - Misc. History

updated 07/22/2012

Dorchester & area photos
Waterloo twp.

Dorchester Roller Mill, undated
Photographer: Payne

~contributed by Errin Wilker

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Main Street
Dorchester, Iowa, undated

Photographer: Payne

Pictured is the City Meat Market & Sires Garage & Livery

~contributed by Errin Wilker

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Dorchester Main Street - postcard post-marked February 14, 1908

~contributed by Brian Theiler

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Birds-eye view of Dorchester c1909
Dorchester birds-eye view - postcard post-marked August 2, 1909
~contributed by Brian Theiler

Dorchester Main St., undated
~contributed by Errin Wilker

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William and Anna Roeber farm home, rural Dorchester, ca1880

~contributed by Errin Wilker

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Johnis Schrader's Down Creek Near Dorchester
Johnis Schrader's Down Creek, near Dorchester, Iowa
undated
~contributed by Errin Wilker

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Dorchester-English Bench area, undated
This photo is from the Sires family and was taken in rural Allamakee Co., English Bench / Dorchester area.
The photo is undated and no names are given.
~contributed by Errin Wilker

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old Dorcester hotel - postoffice building - photo by Errin Wilker, June 2009

~photos of the hotel/postoffice & historical sign were taken by Errin Wilker, June 2009

Dorchester Hotel/Postoffice Historical marker - photo by Errin Wilker, June 2009

Dorchester Hotel / Postoffice
Dorchester was settled in the early 1850's and a post office established in 1856. This limestone building (ca1880), originally a hotel, later became the Dorchester Post Office.

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