Gower's Rope Ferry

GOWER

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 11/17/2009 at 21:30:18

The Jackson Press, Bellevue, Jackson County, Iowa, October 20, 1852.

GOWER’S ROPE FERRY

At the Cedar River

This ferry is now in good order and will be kept so, ready to cross travelers at all times with safety. Emigrants can be supplied with corn as cheap as they can wish if they don’t ask it for less than 20 cents per bushel.

R. GOWER
Cedar River, April 20, 1849.