Plank Road From Bellevue To Canton

SCARBOROUGH

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 11/15/2009 at 08:11:34

Jackson Press, Bellevue, Jackson County, Iowa, March 16, 1853.

PLANK ROAD FROM BELLEVUE TO CANTON

Plank Road Meeting-
The citizens of Jackson County are hereby notified that a public meeting of the citizens of Bellevue was held in the Court House on the evening of the 8th inst., to advise and consult upon the propriety of calling a Plank Road Meeting to take measures for the early commencement of the plank road from Bellevue to Canton. After transacting some preliminary business and a free interchange of views, it was unanimously agreed to call a mass meeting of the citizens of Jackson County to be held at the Court House in Bellevue, on Tuesday, the 22nd day of March, 1853.
The citizens of adjoining counties, who are interested in the construction of the road are invited to be present.
By request of the meeting.
F. SCARBOROUGH, Secretary