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Source: Des Moines City Directory and Business Guide for the year 1866-67; Des Moines, Iowa; Mills & Co., Stram Printing House, 46 Court Ave.; 1866

Note: This book was written in a different age (1866), and may not be politically or morally correct by today's standards. No insult has been intended by the transcriber. Transcribed by Ralph Leonard III.

Av- Avenue, Ct- court, lab-laborer, nr-near, e s - east side, n - north, s - south, e - east, w- west, s s - south side, wid - widow, cor - corner, s f - second floor, h - house, res - residence, bds - boards, bet - between, bel - below, ab - above, clk - clerk, blk - block, fr - from, w s - west side, t f - third floor

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Adams E. N. H., carpenter, bds Harvey House
Andrews L. F., res Locust bet 4th and 5th
Backus G. W., agent B. & M. R. R., res cor 7th & Cherry
Bacon J. H., (Successor to Pickel & Bacon,) Livery, Walnut
Bloom L. D., omnibus driver, bds 6th south of Walnut
Bryan John L. G., pressman, (Mills & Co.) res cor 7th and Mulberry
Connelly P. J., physician, 5th bet Court Avenue & Walnut
Cranston C. G., agent Mills & Co., bds City Hotel
Cressey Capt., F. J. insurance agent, Exchange Block s f
Daugherty John, brick maker, res 4th bet Locust and Sycamore
Daugherty A., brick layer, bds J. Daugherty
Davis Geo. K., civil engineer C. R. I. & Pac. R. R., cor 4th and Court Avenue t f, bds J. P. Peters w s
Denton Samuel, civil engineer C. R. I. & Pac. R. R., office cor 4th and Court Avenue t f, bds J. P. Peters w s
Des Moines Valley R. R. Civil Engineer's office No. 3 Vincent's Building Walnut, s f
Embree D., clothing, successor to M. L. Davis, Court Ave
Garwood S. W., office with Dr. A. Rawson, Exchange Block, s f
Hammond W. G., lawyer, No. 7 Sherman Block s f, cor 3d and Court Avenue, bds J. G. Weeks
Haskell A. H., res cor Walnut and 9th
Knickerbocker A. B., agent Toledo and Wabash R. R, office 3d, opposite City Hotel, bds City Hotel
McLean Miss Mary, principal Female Seminary, bds Stephen Sibley
Milliss A. G., painter, shop Exchange Block, 9 Walnut
Mooers C. S., res 7th bet Cherry and Vine 12

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Otis J. M., forwarding and commission, cor Market and 4th e s, res cor Mulberry and 12th w s
Otley J. W., civil engineer D. V. R. R., office Vincent's Block Walnut No. 3 s f, res cor 6th and Locust e s
Tuttle & Lyon, (Successors to Harbach & Tuttle,) furniture, 2d bet 5th and 6th e s
Plumb Bros., jewelers, 101 Third
Plumly James S., carpenter, bds Mary Godson
Van Tuyl Wm., right of way agent C. R. I. & Pac. R. R., office cor 4th and Court Av t f, bds Sim D. Welling
Webster J. G., resident civil engineer Chi. R. I. & Pac. R. R., office cor 4th and Court Avenue, bds J. R. Peters, w s
Woodford Jasper, lawyer, Exchange Block, Walnut, s f
Wright M. C., attorney at law, office 41 Court Avenue s f

Additions, Corrections & Removals transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, January, 2022