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| | Chapter IV, History of Buchanan County, Iowa 1881 |
 | | The first store in the county was opened during the first year, and in the first place of its settlement, by "Old Dick"—that being all that is now remembered of the name belonging to the first Buchanan merchant. |
 | | The most of the mail matter, as well before as after the establishment of post offices within the county, came by way of Dubuque; but some of the settlers south of Quasqueton, previous to the location of the post office at that place, were accustomed to getting their mail from Marion, in Linn county. |
 | | Even after the county seat had been located, and the town of Independence laid out, theoretically, into lots and streets; there was nothing for sometime, as we learn from the same address, to distinguish streets from lots; even Main street was only a crooked wagon path through the bushes. |
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