During the terrible blizzard of 1888 twelve-year-old Milton Daub fashioned a pair of snowshoes with the help of his father and ventured out into the snow to buy milk for his family, and ended up buying and delivering much needed supplies for his neighbors as well
Topics: Daub, Milton, Blizzards
Richard's grandfather came from the Schleswig-Holstein area of Germany and settled in East Davenport. There he was a business man who owned a candy company, hotel, and grocery store, and was a Davenport alderman for a time. His mother belonged to the Wiese family from Eldridge, including Peter and Fred Wiese, who owned the J. H. Wiese Co. Richard Kuehl was raised on a farm along Utica Ridge Road across from where Trinity Hospital is now located. In 1943 his family moved to a different...
Topics: Kuehl, Richard, Agriculture, Blizzards, Corn husking, Schools, Sports
