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1882BUFFALO. A village of 500 inhabitants on the Mississippi River and a station on the Muscatine br. C.R.I. & P. Ry in the southwestern part of Scott county, nine miles from Davenport (c.h.) which contains its nearest bank , 150 from Des Moines and 70 (air line) from Dubuque. It contains several churches, a public school and weeklly newspaper. Tri-weekly mail stages run to Blue Grass and Muscatine. Exp. U.S. Tel., W.U. Mail daily. Wm Karges, postmaster.
Aliethuer S.C., physician Appel, Conrad, general store Bald, Mrs., stone quarry Baumgarten, Rev. W.E. (Methodist) Bohl John, flour and feed Bronely Capt., ferry boat propr. Cass H.H. , lumber De Santo H.H., druggist DeSteiger Glass Co. Dorman H & Sons, general store Hall E., railroad agent Herbert V., hotel propr. Herkel S., hotel propr. Hirsemann C., hotel propr. Hoffbauer H., brewer Hoffbaum Hugo, justice of peace Karges Wm, General Store Kruse Bros, hardware Lee Wm, stoneware mnfr. Mauers Mrs. saloon Metzger & Friske, building stone Rowen John, mayor Vonach Henry, saloon Wells, G.R., physician Whisler Rev. J. H. (Christian) Page updated April 11, 2024
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