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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY McKIBBEN
1 3 A Resolution honoring the city of Alden on its
1 4 sesquicentennial anniversary year.
1 5 WHEREAS, the city of Alden, first settled in 1854
1 6 and platted in 1855, is celebrating its 150th
1 7 anniversary; and
1 8 WHEREAS, Henry Alden, a direct descendent of John
1 9 and Priscilla Alden who crossed the Atlantic Ocean on
1 10 the Mayflower, and Sumner Kemp heard glowing reports
1 11 of a vast, beautiful, rich, but unsettled land west of
1 12 the Mississippi River; and
1 13 WHEREAS, in 1854, Henry Alden purchased 120 acres
1 14 of land for $125 to build a saw mill, and in 1855,
1 15 Sumner Kemp, along with Ira Plummer, walked to Fort
1 16 Des Moines and under the Homestead Act entered 120
1 17 acres for himself and 80 acres for Henry Alden on
1 18 which the original plat for the city of Alden was
1 19 located; and
1 20 WHEREAS, the first schoolhouse was built in Alden
1 21 in 1856, and a grist mill was built in 1858, although
1 22 the town of Alden was not incorporated until 1879; and
1 23 WHEREAS, in 1884, the Chicago, Iowa, and Dakota
1 24 Railroad, now the Chicago Northwestern Railroad, was
1 25 completed to Alden from Eldora, allowing perishable
1 26 products to be brought to the area in refrigerator
1 27 cars, instituting a time of change and advancement,
1 28 and bringing new businesses such as a creamery; a
1 29 wagon works; a manufacturer of dirt loading equipment,
1 30 manure spreaders, excavators, and road builders; Hale
2 1 Roberts Stone Co., now I.L.C. Resources; ice houses;
2 2 several hotels; a grain elevator; and a lumberyard;
2 3 and
2 4 WHEREAS, by 1880, the city of Alden had four
2 5 churches and established a post office; NOW THEREFORE,
2 6 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
2 7 recognizes and extends its congratulations to the city
2 8 of Alden on the city's sesquicentennial year and for
2 9 its 150 years of service to its citizens and to the
2 10 State of Iowa.
2 11 LSB 6988SS 80
2 12 kk/pj/5
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