House Resolution 146

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2                       BY  GRANZOW
  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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2  7 That the House of Representatives recognizes and
  2  8 extends its congratulations to the city of Alden on
  2  9 the city's sesquicentennial year and for its 150 years
  2 10 of service to its citizens and to the State of Iowa.
  2 11 LSB 6988HH 80
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