Roland has two churches—one, the Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, about one or one and a half miles southwesterly from Roland. and has about four hundred members. This building cost about $2,000. The other church is in Roland, and is a large building, built in 1873, and cost about $6,000. It is the Lutheran Church, of Roland and is just like the St. Peter's Lutheran Church of Story City, and claims a membership of one thousand. The St. Peter's Lutheran Church, of Story City, is a type of the Lutheran Church in Roland, and was built in 1875 at a cost of $6,000. Nine hundred and sixty member, old and young, are claimed for it. These two Lutheran Churches are probably the largest in the county. The Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church at Story City is not a large building, but cost shout $2,000. They claim a membership of only one hundred and fifty, I presume mostly adults.
The Cemeteries—one in the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 32, called "Sheffield Cemetery." There is one in the northwest quarter, section 22, one half or three-fourths of a mile west from Roland, There are a few graves at or near the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter, section 18, township 85, range 23. See Index for Cemeteries.
Mr. Jonas Duea has been postmaster at Roland ever since the postoffice was placed at Roland. Mr. H. E. Carpenter is the station agent, and has been for years.
Samuel Bates was postmaster for Sheffield from 1857 to 1866, when the office was vacated.
The School Houses are all at regular places so as to form school districts two miles square, at least I believe so.
A new drug store is being opened in Roland by Helvig & Jensen.
Howard Township, elsewhere has been described as to the early settlements and the early settlers. The Iowa Central and Northwestern Railroad passes through near the center of Reward, east and west, and enters Lafayette Township eighty or one hundred rods north of the southeast corner of section 12, township 8:), range 24, and terminates, for the present, at Story City—connecting with the D. & M. Railroad. Howard is a township of good land. Poland was surveyed and platted in October, 1881. and is now a thriving, lively town. It is on the the railroad and has considerable trade; is the capital of Howard, has a postoffice, express office, telegraph office, and, of course, a fair depot building. Although Roland was surveyed in 1581, it was a point of considerable business eight years before that. Its business men will be found uncle: the head of "Directory;" as per index. The Slunk river. (now Chicaqua,) enters this township, crossing the north line of the northwest quarter of section 6, and passes through section 6 into section 7 near one-third of a mile, then crosses into section. 12, township 85, range 21; but returns to