Quarantine Rules
Abner & Alma Graves Residence Strident rules and restrictions were put in place whenever a diagnosis of an infectious disease was made. ...
Alma (Dow) Graves & the Horrors of Typhoid Fever
Chloe Alma (Dow) Graves, the only daughter of Simeon E. and Chloe Ann Dow, died on the 25th day of March 1902 after a long struggle with...
Tricks of Horse Traders
Note: Pictures are illustrative only Words of advice from W.C. Fair, V.S. (Veterinary Scientist), early 1900's. During my thirty years...
The Infamous Jail Fire
BURNED TO DEATH IN JAIL ________________ Stranger Sets Fire to His Cell in Dow City Bastille _________________ Evidently Smothered By...
The Fine Art of Setting the Table for Meals
Whether the meal was for family or invited guests, it was imperative to properly set the table and have all the dishes organized and...
The Tragic Tale of Vera Dow
This beautiful young woman was the only child of William and Lorena Dorsey-Dow. The Dows had lost two other children making Vera the...
C.A. Dow, C. S. B.
In the 1800's travel was dangerous, to say the least Mrs. Dow was injured in a shipwreck on the Great Lakes, presumably at the time she...
Arrival in Crawford County
Simeon Dow built his first house in Section Ten, Union Township, Crawford County, Iowa shortly after purchasing an 80 acre plot there on...
