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H. C. & E. D. POTTER


H. C. & E. D. Potter, of the firm of Potter Bros., proprietors of the steam wagon, blacksmith and machine shop, on West Market street; came to Harlan, Ia., in Nov., 1878, from Whiteside county, Ill., and established his present business. They have a four-horse engine, and employ three blacksmiths and one wood worker. They make a specialty of building fine light buggies and track sulkies to order.

Transcribed February, 2018 by Cheryl Siebrass from: History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth, published in Sioux City, IA.: Western Publishing Company, 1882, pg. 423.