1887-1888 Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory 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 [beekeeper] Thompson, Wm., Poultry Todd, R. H., Physician Wilkinson, D. M., railroad and express agt. 1918-1919 Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory 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