COUNTY HISTORY
(probably from an Atlas)
by Cathy Labath

Cass county, Iowa 250 miles west of Davenport, 75 west of Des Moines, and 7 east of Atlantic (c.h.)
Methodist Episcopal and Baptist churches, with a public school and a bank, are sustained.
Population 200. Shipments: corn and wheat.
Exp. U.S. Tel., W. U. Mail daily. J.C. Whitmore, postmaster.

Baugn & Dungan, live stock. Boyd J A, wagonmaker. Christie Wm, grain. Hart J O, hotel propr and meat market. Holensworth & Gaylord, saloon. Ingrhan I I, constable. Irwin John, harnessmaker. Lahman M F, lumber. Lahman & Combs, livestock. Ostrander A, general store. Pogue J I, physician. Pogue & Wood, druggists. Roberts L E, railroad and express agent. Roe S J, general store. Rorah M, grocer. Spurrier W E, hardware. Taber T, saloon. Turner Joseph, blacksmith. Whitmore E O, general store. Whitney F H, grain. Wood Wm, justice of peace. Young R T, lumber and grain.