George A. Delavan (1851-1944)

DELAVAN, LINCOLN

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 2/13/2010 at 21:01:25

Jackson Sentinel, October 27, 1944

Iowa’s First Game Warden Dies In California

George E. Delavan, Iowa’s first state fish and game warden, died recently at the age of 93, in Los Angeles, California, where he had made his home since 1904. Mr. Delavan was born in Wilson County, New York, in 1851, but came to Iowa and settled in Maquoketa as a boy. He learned the printing trade in Anamosa and published papers in Greene and Estherville. The first state fish and game warden was appointed by an enactment of the extra session of the 26th General Assembly in 1897. Delavan served until April 1, 1901, at a salary of $1200 per year and was succeeded by George A. Lincoln.