LEONARD EVERLY.

Leonard Everly, the first man to make a business of horse trading, was a settler of 185, locating on the west half of the northwest quarter of section 33, and the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of the same section. He built a cabin on that part of his land which was in the south portion of Ludley's Grove, near a spring, the framework being of sapling poles and its entire construction very primitive. But he proved an adept at his business of horse trading and accumulated some wealth, removing eventually to a locality west of Lewis, where he died.


From "Compendium and History of Cass County, Iowa." Chicago: Henry and Taylor & Co., 1906, pp. 128.