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Benton Centennial
1887 - Benton, Iowa - 1987

History of the Great Western Railroad

Benton Depot & No. 1 Train

The Chicago Great Western Railroad was built in 1887 and was running diagonally across the western part of the county. Three new towns were established along the route. They were Knowlton, Benton and Maloy. Benton and Maloy did not have such auspicious beginnings as Knowlton, but they were more fortunate in their locations since neither town faced a competitive struggle with nearby villages. The town of Benton was originally located in two townships. Its main street followed the dividing line between Benton and Rice townships. When the town was a little more than 30 years old the county supervisors made a new township out of the large independent district which the school board had organized and that township was named Waubonsie. The town of Benton was platted in 1889 on part of the Samuel IRVIN'S farm.

Destruction

Destrucion at the train derailment near Benton Sunday included rows of rail cars which tipped on their sides, and bent rail and strewn undercarriages. Crews were at work Sunday

SOURCE: 1887 - Benton, Iowa Centennial - 1987. Pp. 119-20. Courtesy of Mount Ayr Public Library, Mount Ayr IA

Transcriptions and notes by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2012

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