"For the Burlington Centennial observation in 1935,
Francis Meurer, with Augusta Zwiebel aiding in research,
compiled a history which has been used as source material for
the first units of this book. In this year of 1990, he has
revised and enlarged that history. Don Reed, then president
of the Burlington Historical Society, has researched and
written the growth and development of the city for the period
1935 to 1990.Material in the book comes from various
documents in possession of the Historical Society, from
newspaper accounts and from the memories of some long-time
residents. It is not meant to be an official historical
record, merely a gathering of many of the incidents and
events that took place from the 1830's to 1990 which the
authors hope is informative, has some educational value and
is entertaining. City of Burlington Mayors, the Postmasters,
and the church histories and pastors were updated to 1990.
Official census figures since 1900, when Burlington became a
city, were added. Histories of businesses who submitted
information were also included.Presented by the Burlington
Historical Society, Glenn L. Hintz Family and Hi-Liter
Graphics, Inc."
People and Events - Page
Adams, Andrew, 56
Adams, Glenn, 75
Addington, W.H., 16
Afton, Louis, 95
Aiken, John, 18, 19
Albright, Arthur, 72
Albright, Don, 72
Alby, E.J., 42
Alden, Levi, 38
Altenbern, Carl, 75
Alvord, Catherine, 87
Amaridge, Elder Van, 13
Ames, G.W., 18
Anderson, Luther C., 34
Anderson, Sgt. LeRoy, 74
Andres, Alfred, 65
Angsten, Peter N., 57
Appendix, 121
Appleyard, John, 16
Ayers, Eldridge A., 5
Ayers, Frank, 49
Ayers, Maurice L., 33, 34, 35
Bachellor, George, 10
Bachmayer, Mathias, 25, 29
Bacon, John,18,19
Bacon, Sarah, 10
Ball, Howard, 71
Banking Expands, 35
Barney, Merrie Jule, 78
Barns, Caleb, 14,17,18,19, 24, 25, 61,66, 68
Bayer, Robert, 34, 63, 64
Bazal, Joseph, 65
Beardsley, Bostwick, 4
Becker, William, 90,96
Beginning of Historical Society, 90
Beller, Charles, 24
Beller, Frank, 41, 42, 89
Benedick, Lewis, 26
Bennett, C.W., 17
Bennett, Mrs. J.F., 88
Bennett, W.A., 57
Benson, Elliot, 33
Benson, Henry, 31
Bernhoff, Miss Eda, 68
Berra, Yogi, 78
Berry, Jack, 83
Beveridge, Mrs., 10
Bieneman, Denys, 55
Bieneman, Francis, 55
Bieneman, Phillip, 55
Bieneman, Raymond, D., 55
Biersback, John, 21
Birchler, Robert, 75, 81
Blake, Francis A., 66, 67
Bliss, Timothy, 95
Block, Joseph, 29
Bohner, Anton, 97
Bohner, Martin, 97
Borgo, George, 80
Bosshard, Conrad, 29
Boub, Johan,21
Bower, Dr. John H., 44, 55
Bradshaw, George, 23
Bradshaw, Wm., Saloon, 123
Brainard, Joseph, 32
Branen, William, 77,84
Brehm, Bernard, 54
Brehm, Louis J., 39, 55
Brenton, Charles, 75
Brodda, Robert, 64
Brook, Edward, 35
Brook, Wilson, 79
Brown, Luke Parrish, 95
Brown, Richard, 9,19
Bull, Stephen, 34
Bullen, John, 5
Bullock, Charles, 65
Burhaus, Henry, 29
Burlington Becomes a Village, 39
Burlington Finally a City, 39
Burlington in the Civil War, 31
Bushman, Albeit, 46, 63
Bushman, William, 63
Bushnell, David, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 14
Bushnell, George, 4
Bushnell, Stephen, 7, 8
Bushnell, Steve, 47
Business Histories, 111
Bussey, Jacob, 85
Caldwell, Edward, 57
Callaghan, Dennis, 32
Callendar, Miss, 27
Campbell, Daniel and Peter, 9
Campbell, Melissa, 10
Campbell, Stephen, 85
Carpenter, Matt, 34
Case, Jerome I., 34, 35
Cass, Miss Frankie, 27
Castleberg, Allen, 83
Catton, James, 15, 29
Cerami, Pauline, 96
Chamberlain, Aniplias, 10
Cheney, Elder, 18
Christian, Frank, 65
Church Histories, 99
City Water, 41
Clancy, Martin, 19
Colby, William, A., 39,48
Cole, A.F., 18
Cole, brothers, 32
Cole, Emory, 25
Cole, Frank D., 32
Coming of the Mormons, 13
Coming of the Telephone, 45
Cook, Rowland, 6
Cooper, Henry Allen, 26, 28, 31, 73, 86,95
Cooper, Henry J., 47
Cooper, John M., 84
Cooper, S.M., 85
Corbett, Carol, 83
Corbett, Richard, 83
Corbett, William, "Gabby," 83
Crane, Jacob, 24
Crane, M.I., 32
Croake, Thomas, 83
Crosby, A], 77
Culver, J.C., 17
Cunningham, Matt, 40,43
Cunningham, P.H., 96
Curtis, William, 5
Daniels, Mathew, 83
Darling, Nathan, 4
David, Mayor Steven, 82
Denniston, G.C., 65
Deud, Capt. Reuben, 86
Devereaux, Henry S., 38
Devor, W.R., 38
Dewey, Nelson, 18
Dickinson, Nathaniel, 18
Doolittle, A.W., 11
Dow, Murray, 76
Downtown Develops, 22
Dreis, Rev. Philip, 66
Dries, Rev. Philip, 66 (should be Dreis)
Duckett, Herbert, 90
Durkee, Charles, 5, 7
Dyer, Charles E., 85
Dyer, Dr. Edward G., 4,10,11,17,18, 26,77,85,86
Dyer, Judge C.E., 3, 24, 30, 61
Dyer, Miss Harriet, 28
Dyer, Norman, 5
Eastman, Amos, 10
Eastman, George, 58
Eastman, Lorenzo, 10
Eayers, Thomas J., 6
Ebbers, Albert, 75
Ebert, Elmer, 75,87
Ebert, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer, 77
Eckert, Roman, 71
Edison, Thomas Alva, 42
Edmonds, James, 30
Edmunds, Henry, 8
Edmunds, John W., 8,16,30
Education Begins Early, 18
Eilers, Police Sgt. Anthony, 79
Electricity is Generated, 43
Emmerich, John, 16, 23
Epping, Ralph, 82
Erdmann, Herman, 32
Erskine, Massena, 34
Evans, B.C., 44
Faitoute, J.E., 41
Finke, Anton, 48
Finke, W.J., 44, 48, 54
Fire Department is Started, 39
First Air Mail Leaves Burlington, 71
First Catholic Church, 21
First Church, 10
First Library, 68
First Settlers, 3
Fischer, Einar, 96
Fischer, Leonard, 69
Fiske, Liberty, 9, 18
Fleuker, Reinhold, 59
Fluecker, Reinhold, 59(see Fleuker)
Flynn, Gerald T., 79
Foltz, Charles, 17, 40
Foltz, Katherine, 90
Forbes, Benjamin, 14, 24
Forbes, Peter, 29
Ford, Whitey, 78
Fox, Jared and Charles, 4
Franklin, Benjamin, 54
Frazer, R.G., 51
Frinke, John & Co., 16
Frook, William, 76
Fulton, Antionette Meinhardt, 80, 90, 91
Fulton, Dr. William, 66, 93
Fulton, Robert, 75,91
Funk, William, 29
Furman, Edward, 61
Gabriel, Police Chief, Walter, 69, 79, 80
Gardner, Palmer, 4
Gas Service Begins, 47
Gerger, John, 98
Gibbons, Lt. William E., 31
Gill, Jacob, 43, 58, 52
Glover, Joshua, 17
Goff, W. P., Agriculture implements, 125
Goldschmidt, 69
Goodnow (Good), Lyman, 18
Graham, Chas., Carpenters and Joiners, 124
Grant, F.A., 96
Grant, J.C., 96
Grass, Frank 97
Grass, William, 97
Grassie, W.C., 16,17, 25, 62
Greehow, John, 37
Gregg, George W., 14, 25
Greulich, Augustus, 97
Grossman, Lawrence, 42
Haas, Andrew, 64
Haas, Christopher, 32
Haitz, John, 25
Hall, Chauncy, 34, 35
Hall, Eugene, 39,40,43
Hall, Florence Cooper, 95
Hall, Gene, 95
Hall, Luther, 35
Hanauska, Rev. Joseph, 76
Hancock, Nick, 83
Hannas, AJ., 34
Hannas, Mark, 75
Hanrath, Frank, 80
Hansen, Andrew, 94
Hansen, John "Jack", 94
Hansen, T.E., 43
Harper, George, A., 53
Harper, George, 75
Harper, Harry, 53
Harper, Mrs. G.A., 64
Harrington, Gustava Cornelia, 9
Hayes, M.T., 16
Hayes, Miss Alvira, 10
Haylofters Begin, 87
Heald, Ebenezer, 14
Helfrich, A., 25
Henderson, Cornelia, 68
Henison, Thomas, T., 64
Hess, Edith, 68
Hewitt, Charles, 81
Hicks, Dr. L.N., 44
Hicks, Helen, 90
Hill, Capt. Robert, 31
Hintz, Glenn, 75, 77
Hintz, James, 78
Hintz, Jerome, 78
Hockings, Clarence, 72
Hockings, John, 18
Hoffman, Roy, 61, 74
Hoffman, Sigmund, 95
Hoganson, Lester 0., 77
Hoganson, Olaf, 66, 86
Holmes, Ben, 93
Houghton, Steve, 17
Hubbard, C.D., Jr., 42
Heublin, Gustave, 32
Hughes, Robert, 78
Huginin, E.R., 5
Hulett, Otis, 82, 89, 90
Indian Trails, 1
Industrial Revolution Begins, 49
Industry Begins, 13
Itzin, John 23
Jackson, Charles, 75
Jacobs, Rev. Theodore, 62
Jacobsen, Mildred, 90
Jacobson, Andreus, 97
Johnson, Capt. Cyrus, 31
Johnson, Seth, 18
Johnson, William (Pete), 44
Johnson, William, 26
Jones, Charles A., 10, 43
Jones, Charles J., 10, 18, 22, 26, 33, 80
Juneau, Solomon, 1
Jung, Stanley, 87
Kearney, T.M., 54
Kelnhofer, Frances, 96
Kempf, Simon, 16
Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. John, 80
Kennedy, Timothy, 80
Kessler, Louis, 94
Ketterhagen, Mayor, A.J., 76, 77
Ketterhagen, Zacharius, 95
Kettler, A.C., 49
Keuper, Charles, 24, 42
Keuper, Frederick, 16, 24, 29
Kiekenbusch, Richard, 83
Kies, Henry J., 32
Kinzer, Richard, 51, 80
Kitkowski, Aid. Leonard, 83
Klein, Francis G., 44, 55, 56
Klein, Francis Xavier, 56
Klein, Otto Anthony, 56
Klingele, Godfried, 24
Klingele, Joseph, 24
Klingele, Matthias, 24, 26
Knight, Dr. H.D., 24
Koch, Harold, 75
Koch, Leland, 75
Konst, Louis, 42
Kords, Dr. Francis, 29
Kords, Dr. Lewis, 67
Kords, Dr., 86
Kruckman, William, 67
Kruckman, William H., 66
Kundig, Rev. Father, 13
LaHahn, Dr. H., 45
Landgraf, J., 32
Larson, Mayor Ralph, 78
Lathrop, Jason, 5
Lawton, Andrew, 33
Lawton, H.W., 46
Leach, Mrs. Richard, 66, 68
Leach, William, 43, 44, 53
Leback Tom, 82
Lewis, Dr., 26
Liar's Club Starts, 89
Liggett, William, 72, 76
Lincoln, President, 24, 32
Lloyd, Patrick 79
Lockwood, Samuel, 26
Lofgren, Grace, 68
Longley, Wayne, 72
Loomis, Charles, 10
Lueck Julius, 29, 31, 85
Lyon, Fletcher, 4
Lyon, William Penn, 10, 11, 17
Madama, William, 32
Mangold, James, 87
Manning, W.R., 13
Mantle, Mickey, 78
Marsland, Thomas H., 15, 30
Martensen, Henry, 29,32
Marti, Paster Reuben, 76
Martin, George, 32
Mather, J.P., 24
Mathews, Eddie, 79
May, Charles, 32
May, Nic, 44
McBeth, Miss Susan, 27
McCanna, C. Roy, 66, 53, 62, 67, 78
McCanna, C.B., 66, 40, 43, 44, 51, 52, 53, 62
McCarthy, John R., 81
McCourt, John, 81
McCourt, Roy, 42, 69
McCumber and Williams, 16
McDonald, Leroy L., 63
McGovran, T. Y., 60
McLaughlin, Hugh, 8, 33
McLaughlin, William, 10
McMillan, William A., 52
Meadows, William, 6,18
Meinhardt, Albert, 63, 68, 69
Meinhardt, Anthony, 23, 25,43,47,62
Meinhardt, Anthony, 86
Meinhardt, Dr. Francis, 62, 93
Meinhardt, Eliza, 62
Meinhardt, Francis, Sr., 16, 21
Meinhardt, Miss Eda, 62, 66, 67
Memorial Hospital is Born, 67
Merten, E. 42, 39
Meurer, Francis, 91
Miller, Joe, 39
Montgomery, Mrs. Ellen, 27
Moore, William V., 96
Morissey, Rev. Thomas, 13
Morner, Stanley, 74
Munroe, Miss Christie, 29
Murphy, Gunnery Sgt. Lloyd, 74
Murphy, James, H., 60, 61, 76, 83
Murphy, Lawrence, 60, 83
Murphy Products, 60
Muth, Jacob, 24, 29, 33, 34, 48, 74
Neep, Charles, 32
Nelson, James, 4
Neuhaus, Miss Alma, 69, 88
New, Fred, 75
Newell, Dr. Frank, 66
Newell, Dr. G. Warren, 66
Newell, Howard, 87
Newman, Mr. and Mrs. George, 10
Newspapers Start, 37
Nielsen, Augusta, 90
Nims, Franklin, 10, 24
Nims, L.S., 85
Nims, Ruel, 7,8,10,13
Norris, 0., 32
Norton, Clark, 9, 16
Norton, George, 40
Norton, Harriet Dyer, 10
Norton, Mrs. Charles Dyer, 90
Norton, Nelson R., 4, 9, 26, 67,85
O'Brien, Kerry, 84
O'Neil, Frank, 67
Oberg, Fred, 66, 80, 86
Oelten, Jacob, 29
Orpheum Burns Down, 87
Osterman, Herr, 86
Palmer, G., 86
Park System Started, 68
Parker, Dr. Jackson, 84
Partee, Clarence E., 56, 57, 93
Partridge, Royce, 31
Patterson, Andrew, 42
Patterson, Florence, 64
Peck, Silas, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 16, 18, 24,66,85
Perce, Benjamin, 3, 6, 8,13
Perce, Mary, 13
Perkins, Edward, 34
Perkins, Ephriam, 6, 7, 17, 19
Perkins, Frederick, 8,10,12
Perkins, James, 34
Perkins, Origen, 4, 7, 8, 10, 18, 26, 90
Perkins, Pliny, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 24,25,26,33,35,43,83
Petracchi, Alice (Mrs. Luigi), 92
Petrie, M.P., 58, 96
Phelps, Amos, 14
Phelps, H.W., 25,37
Pielers, Albert, 65
Pielers, Joseph, 65
Plate, Adolph, 64
Policemen Shot, 69,79
Polley, E.A., 25
Porter, Roy, 81
Potter, John F., 17, 26, 30, 32
Prailes, Cirak, 29
Prasch, John T., 81
Prouty, Dr. W.A., 66, 45
Pryor, Roger A., 30
Putnam, E.D., 5,6,14
Quarrels, Caroline, 18
Raettig, Emmett, 48, 71
Raettig, Hugo, 48
Railroads Appear, 21
Rasch, G.C., 39, 49, 50, 51, 57, 58, 60, 62
Rasch, Mrs. William, 66,67,88,89
Rasch, W.G., 49, 51, 63, 66
Reed, Don, 75, 76, 77, 82
Reich, Thomas, 82
Rein, Art, 43, 69
Rein, Louis, 67
Rein, Mrs. Louis, 64
Rein, William, 16,29
Reinardy, S.M., 93
Reineman, Willis, 75
Reinfeldt, Phillip, 80, 82
Religion Moves Ahead, 37
Rescue Squad Organizes, 75
Ressique, Samuel, 5
Reuschlein, Francis, 23, 29,47
Reuschlein, L.A., 39
Reuschlein, Louis, 65, 71
Reuschlein, Prof. Harold G., 98
Rewald, Matt, 66
Rewald, Mayor Anthony B., 79
Rice, John T., 64
Richards, John C., 31
Richter, Clarence, 59
Riel, Theodore, 65, 122
Riel, Wilhelmi, 97
Riel, William, 29
Ries, John, 29
Rochester Agricultural School, 66
Robers, Mrs. Mitzi, 82
Robers, William, 97
Roberts, Bryan, 69
Rohr, Louis, H., 40, 62
Rohr, Louis, W., 64
Rohr, Martha, 88
Rooker, Joseph, 14
Rooker, William, 85
Roosa, Elwood, 55
Roosevelt, President Franklin, 69, 72
Roper, John, 43
Rork, Daniel, 4
Rork, Daniel, B., 85
Royce, Glacius, 31
Royce, Lewis, 8,17, 85
Rubach, Carl, 75
Rubach, Elmer, 75
Rueter, Edward, 80
Rueter, Joseph A., 86
Runkel, H.A., 55, 63, 66, 67, 93
Runkel, Harold, 65
Sawyer, Andrew, 24
Sawyer, C. Eddie, 37
Sawyer, Ephriam, 9,16
Sawyer, John, 31
Schadeberg, Rev. Henry C., 78, 79
Schafer, Martin, 23, 29
Scharf, Clarence, 75, 81
Scheidt, Casper, 29
Schemmand, F., 16
Schenning, Hubert, 42, 69
Schnederman, E.H., 62
Schneider, Morris, 81
Schultz, August, 32
Schumacher, John, 43
Schwartz, Frank, 75
Selig, William L., 57,58
Selleck, Miss, 26
Seward, Secretary, 32
Sheldon, A.A., 65
Sheldon, H.A., 11, 23, 31, 34
Sheldon, Orson, 11, 16,18,47, 85
Sheldon, William, 31
Simpson, Harvey, 54
Smith, Aaron, 3
Smith, Edwin E., 31, 32
Smith, Edwin R., 27
Smith, Joseph, 12, 37
Smith, L.J., 50
Smith, Lathrop, 37
Smith, Lemuel, 3,6,9,16,18,27, 30, 32
Smith, Leonard J. Smith, 42, 43, 44, 54, 57
Smith, Martha, 90
Smith, Moses, 3, 4, 5, 6, 79 89 47, 68
Smith, Mrs. Lemuel, 32
Smith, Samuel, 3
Soeth, John, 82
Sorensen, Dr. Richard M., 82, 85
Sperhake, Otto, 75
Spitzer, Robert, 61
Squires, Enoch, 34
St. Mary's Church Bums, 81
Stage Coaches Arrive, 16
Stang, Henry N., 86
Steele, Robert, 71, 83
Steffen, Gilbert, 76
Stengel, Casey, 78
Stohr, George, 16
Stoner, James, 38
Storle, D.O., 52
Storms, W.P., 17
Stowell, David, 82
Strang, James Jesse, 3, 13, 37
T.M.E.R. & L. Co. Abandons Railroad, 71
Teut, Charles, 64
Thate, Mayor John, 82
Thomas, Freda, 95
Thompson, Bruce, 76
Thompson, James, 14
Thompson, T.J., 16
Thropp, Orson V., 5
Tichlofen, A.J., 67, 83
Titus, A.S., 67
Tobey, M.G., 5
Tobin, Frank, 65
Toelle, Joseph H., 63
Toombs, Thomas, 9
Treichel, Carl, 77
Turner, M.D., 26
Uglow, William, 70
Uhen, John H., 48, 54
Uihlien, Robert, 61
Underground Railroad, 18
Utley, William, L., 31
VandeSande, Richard, 81
Vantine, Ashley, 96
Vaughn, Samuel C., 7
Verhalen, George, 23,40
Vogelsang, Ald. John Sr., 77
Voorhees, E.F., 24, 30
Vorhees, E.S., 41
Vos, Aloys, 65
Vrchota, Mr. and Mrs. Richard, 78
Vrchota, Scott, 78
Wackerman, Francis; 13
Wackerman, Joseph and Francis, 13,27,29
Wackerman, Peter, 32
Wagner, Charles, 29
Wagner, Hobart, 15, 24
Wagner, John, 42
Wagner, Katherine, 90
Wagner, Louis, 67
Wagner, Michael, 38
Wagner, William, 42
Wald, Arnold, 24
Wald, Rudolph A., 24
Waller, George, 39, 57, 61, 63, 64, 66
Walsh, James, 83
Wambold, Jacob, 16, 29
Warren, Jack, 75
Warren, Mayor Leo, 61, 82
Water Tank Collapses, 72
Watson, Robert, 83
Watteroth, E., 32
Webster, Burnam, 5
Wegwart, Herman, 60
Wehmhoff, E. John, 68
Wehmhoff, Eugene, 23
Wehmhoff, Frieda, 68
Wehmhoff, Gertrude, 68
Weinborn, John, 31
Weinman, Frank, 75
Wells, A.E., 25, 31, 62, 86
Wells, Frederick, 31
Wells, Rev. Milton, 13
Werth, Marvin, 80
Wetroth, William, 16
Weygand, Henry, Jr., 95
Weygand, Henry, Sr., 95
Weygand, Richard, 29, 32, 95
Weyrough, Rheinhold, 64
Wehr, Dr., 66
White, E. N., 33, 34, 66
White, F.N., 66
White, Mary E., 90
White, Philo, 18
Whiting, William, 3, 68, 77
Whitman, L.O., 9
Wilbur, George, 40,44
Wilbur, Ross, 43
Wilde, Fred, 85
Wiley, Sen. Alexander, 79
Wilhoft, Frederick, 28,42
Wilson, Charles, 42
Wilson, John, 4
Wilson, Mrs. Anna, 88
Wilson, Russell, 75
Wilson, William S., 63
Wisbauer, Rev. Michael, 37
Wolf, John J., 59
Wolline, Beulah, 94
Woodbridge, Enoch, 4, 5
Woodbridge, Timothy, 5
Yeo, Jack, 66, 70
Young, Brigham, 13
Ziebell, Cathie, 82
Zimmermann, Charles, 75, 77
Zimmermann, Ermina, 88
Zimmermann, Henry E., 39
Zimmermann, Louis H., 67, 77, 93
Zimmermann, Mrs. H.E., 64
Zimmermann, Warner, 75
Zwiebel, Antone, 16, 24
Zwiebel, Augusta, 68, 91
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