Historical Incidents and Arrivals from Holland, 1854-1857

The rapid increase in population soon indicated that the original plat
of Pella would not long be sufficient for the needs of the community and
several new additions were laid out in the year 1854.

The first was in October, 1854, when the brothers, G. H. Overkamp and I.
Overkamp, platted a part of their farm lying at the southeast corner of
the original plat of Pella. At about the same time Jacob De Haan added
an addition to the south, known on the maps as De Haan's Addition. A. E.
Dudok Bousquet laid out 140 lots to the west of the city. Not only were
many of these lots sold, but new houses were soon in course of
construction and Pella took on the appearance of a booming little city.

As the lots in the original plat were unusually large (100 by 200) there
was ample room for the development of ex tensive gardens. That our
thrifty pioneers took advantage of this is evident from the fact that
Pella soon became known by the title of "Garden City."

Mention has been made in former chapters of the fact that the location
of Central University brought many native American citizens to Pella,
who materially assisted in the development of our little city and added
much that was valuable to our community life. Below we give a list of
those who settled here from the beginning and up to the year 1860:

Aikins, J. H.
Cox, Wm.
Anderson, R. S.
Cassatt, E.R.
Adams, Josiah
Campbell, D. C.
Alden, J.S.
Cathcart, J. M.
Adair, Robert
Cory, C.C.
Clutter, S.
Bowen, B.G.
Core, I.N.
Baldwin, Dr.
Caldwell
Baker, Alfred
Coplea, James
Baker, John
Canine, Peter
Baston, W.L.
Culley, Robert
Breckenridge, S.
Baldwin' s
Davenport' s
Baker, Milton
Dearinger, J.
Baxter, Dr.
Dearinger, N.
Botsford, T. E.
Dearinger, W
Bartlett, W
Dearinger, M.
Butt, Mark
Dearinger, J
Bogue, John
Dearinger, Jared
Dewey, Ephraim
Clark, A. M.
Downing, J. L.
Chase, A.
Daniels, R.
Chesem, Henry
Daniels, Uriah
Chesem, James
Clark, W.D.
Earp, N.
Cowles, E.
Earp, L.D.