NEW MARKET, IOWA
| At Memory, in the west part of Taylor county, where arrangements had been made to lay off a town, the company have found difficulty in getting the land; and after some negotiations have at last abandoned the idea of having a town there, and have sold the land already bought by them. Nodaway Democrat, Maryville, Missouri, 20 Oct 1881 |
| The town
of Newmarket, located on the central portion of the south half
of section
32, twp 69, range 32, near Memory, has been platted and the plat
was recorded
on Monday, April 3rd. The new town contains seventeen
blocks and
about two hundred lots and the streets and alleys are laid out
so that they
run parallel to and at right angles with the section lines. The
plat is well
located and the new town is very favorably situated for
business and
is destined at no distant day to become a thriving trading
point. Parties
desiring to purchase lots should apply to Mr S.F. Taylor
on the ground,
or to Josiah Litteer, at Conway, Iowa. Taylor County
Republican
06 April 1882 |
| Newmarket spelled as a single word, is the way the new town near Memory is named. We hope it will prove a good market for those living in that vicinity. Taylor County Republican 06 Apr 1882 At Newmarket, although the town plat has only been open to the public about a week, six new buildings are nearly completed. A large number of business lots have been sold on main street and about forty residence lots have been disposed of. Dr Weidner is having the frame work of a new store building put up here and will remove it to Newmarket next week. Taylor County Republican 20 April 1882 |
| Dallas Doings--The new town is laid out, but the lots are not thrown on the market as yet. We do not know by what name it will go by, but possible, "Cocklebur Ridge." Taylor County Republican, Bedford, Iowa, Apr 6, 1882 |
| Memory is reported to be moving up to Newmarket, the houses being scattered along the road between the two places on wheels, but all heading for the new town. There are now at Newmarket about a dozen dwelling houses and three or four business houses with a much larger number in progress. The location is described as a beautiful one, and for a town only two weeks old it is making rapid progress. Taylor County Republican 18 May 1882 |
| Newmarket is one year old today. That is, it has been one year since the first stakes were drove in surveying off the town. She has now 90 houses, 30 of which are business houses and over 300 inhabitants. Taylor County Republican 12 April 1883. |
| The New Market, Iowa News will be moved to Dundee co., Ne. Nodaway Democrat, 27 Aug 1885 |
FIRST SCHOOL
Information about the first school was written in this letter from
Mrs. J.P. Wilson and published in the New Market Herald Sep
14, 1922.
Trenton, Nebraska, Aug 23, 1922
Editor New Market Herald:
I am enclosing a draft for $2.00 to push my subscription forward
to Feb 1, 1923, with an apology for my neglect in not sending this
before now, and hoping it will reach you before you leave for
Rochester. Also hoping Mrs. Rowen may be benefited by the
trip.
I see by your paper that you have resorted to the church building
as a place to begin school. Well this is probably better than no
place, but be patient with your teachers if their work is not the
best, for their opportunity is not good. The first school ever
in New Market was taught in the M.E. church after moving it
from the little town of Memory - and I was the teacher, and it
was the summer of 1883.
It would seem in thirtynine years I would have lost my interest
in New Market, but not so, for I have relatives and friends there
in whom I shall always have an interest. The weather here this
month has been very warm, but a good rain recently makes it
more pleasant today.
Resp'y
Mrs. J.P. Wilson
Mrs. Wilson will be remembered by most of our residents, she
being a sister of Norval Reeves and Mrs. Miles Shore.