1887 Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1887-88 Volume IV On the St. L, R. & N. W. Ry, in Lee county, 19 miles west of Fort Madison, the county seat, and 9 south of Salem, the nearest banking point.  Population, 50.  Tel. W. ?. Exp., Am Dr. R. H. Todd, postmaster. Allers H, grain Benjamin J., blacksmith Bonnewll & Co., grain elevator Brown Mrs. C. J., milliner Brown J. W., carpenter Griffey Wenzel, general store Hattfield, C. D., wagonmaker McCulloch Bros, live stock Odohorn Ves, hotel Powell Bros, general store Powell J. T., apiarist ? Thompson Wm., Poultry Todd R. H., Physician Wilkinson D. M., railroad and express agt. Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1918-1919 Vol XIX On the Burlington Route in Franklin township, Lee county, 18 miles w. of Fort Madison, the judicial seat, and 2 from Mt. Hamill, the nearest banking point.  Has rural delivery from West Pint. Griffith J. D., blacksmith Laughlin W. W., general store 1922-1923 Polk’s Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory Vol XX On the Burlington Route in Franklin township, Lee county, 18 miles west of Fort Madison, the judicial seat and 2 from Mr. Hamill, the nearest banking point.  Has rural delivery from West Point. Laughlin W. W., general store McKeehan Bert, garage Contributed by Cyndi Vertrees