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From: "James Lee Hawes" <>
Subject: Re: [IACARROL] What brought my family to Arcadia in 1873?
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:27:07 -0500


Yes, the German, Austrian, and Dutch were drawn to Carroll County by the
richness of the soil, the cost of land, and the small communities that
welcomed them. My great grandfather came from Austria via Chicago to New
Vienna, Iowa and eventually to Breda in Carroll county.
Jim Hawes
<Rauch, Laugel, Schmidt, Simmerly, Wilson, Campbell, Haws, Hughes, Douglas,
Hyder, Grass, Zimmerman, Wrahm, and many others>
be vewy vewy quiet, I am hunting fore bears


> [Original Message]
> From: William Smith <>
> To: <>; <>
> Date: 10/22/2006 5:56:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [IACARROL] What brought my family to Arcadia in 1873?
>
> 1865 to 1875 was a period of rapid settlement and growth in Carroll Co,
IA.
> Lots of advertising and promotion, of various kinds, including the
railroads first coming through.
>
> Bill ;-)
>


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