New Bridge
Washington - April 1..."A bill was passed authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Iowa River at or near Wapello, Iowa.
The Sunday Inter Ocean, Illinois, 4/02/1890 [Contributed by: Norm Gentry]
Dave Robinson
Dave Robinson, in the Wapello Jail for burglary, made his escape recently by means of a key he had whittled from hard wood during meal time while the knives and dishes remained in the cell.
[Lyons Weekly Mirror, Lyons, IA, Published September 26, 1885, submitted by Cathy Danielson]
C.A. White
C.A. White, State Geoligist, states that along the proposed railroad route, in the counties of Monroe, Mahaska and Wapello, there are fully fiteen miles underlaid with a good bed of coal. He purposes to visit the northern part of the State, and spend the greater part of the season in investigating the fuel question, as regard to peat beds.
Daily State Register, 6/13/1867 [Contributed by: Norm Gentry]
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