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The rapid increase in population soon indicated that the original plat of Pella would not long be sufficient for the needs of the community and several new additions were laid out in the year 1854.
The first was in October, 1854, when the brothers, G. H. Overkamp and I. Overkamp, platted a part of their farm lying at the southeast corner of the original plat of Pella. At about the same time Jacob De Haan added an addition to the south, known on the maps as De Haan's Addition. A. E. Dudok Bousquet laid out 140 lots to the west of the city. Not only were many of these lots sold, but new houses were soon in course of construction and Pella took on the appearance of a booming little city.
As the lots in the original plat were unusually large (100 by 200) there was ample room for the development of ex tensive gardens. That our thrifty pioneers took advantage of this is evident from the fact that Pella soon became known by the title of "Garden City."
Mention has been made in former chapters of the fact that the location of Central University brought many native American citizens to Pella, who materially assisted in the development of our little city and added much that was valuable to our community life. Below we give a list of those who settled here from the beginning and up to the year 1860:
Adair, Robert Adams, Josiah Aikins, J. H. Alden, J. S. Anderson, R. S. Baker, Alfred Baker, John Baker, Milton Baldwin, Dr. Baldwin's Bartlett, W Baston, W. L. Baxter, Dr. Bogue, John Botsford, T. E. Bowen, B. G. Breckenridge, S. Butt, Mark Caldwell Campbell, D. C. Canine, Peter Cassatt, E. R. Cathcart, J. M. Chase, A. Chesem, Henry Chesem, James Clark, A. M. Clark, W. D. Clutter, S. Coplea, James Core, I. N. Cory, C. C. Cowles, E. Cox, Wm. Culley, Robert Daniels, R. Daniels, Uriah Davenport's Dearinger, J Dearinger, J. Dearinger, Jared Dearinger, M. Dearinger, N. Dearinger, W Dewey, Ephraim Downing, J. L. Earp, L. D. Earp, N.