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1853
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Henry is one of the railroad owners. J.B. meets him after a scuffle on a train.
Advises Grinnell to go to Iowa because he is planning on expanding the railroad there.
1853
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Within two months of meeting Farnam, Grinnell gets three men together to but land in Iowa. They purchased 5,000 acres for $1.60 an acre.
By 1855 the land was going for $10 an acre.
1854
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1856
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1857 - 1858
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Railroads were estimated to cost about $9,600 a mile.
1858
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1858
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Was to construct a line to connect all cardinal points
1859
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1859 - 1870
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Did not materialize until 1870.
ironic because Iowa College left Davenport because traffic through the school was a menace. Now there is a loud train
1859
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$100,000 in bonds approved
it was financed by a guy with the last name Sargent
Did not build for a few years which made J.B. mad so he refused to pay interest on the bonds. he lost the settlement in court and had to pay a financial penalty
Judge of U.S. Court John F. Dillion orders J.B. to be in charge of finances
1860 - 1863
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Greeley's advocacy, federal grants, and civil war help push railway through Iowa
1863
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reaches Des Moines by 1867.
The route was not going to go through Grinnell which stressed J.B. greatly. Henry Hamilton, an engineer, saves the day with new proposed less expensive route through Grinnell
J.B. is president of Grinnell and Montezuma Railroads
1879
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His financial integrity was questioned
1862 - 1865
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By end of war, wool went from $1 to $.45 per pound. War stimulated wool growing in Iowa.
1865
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Grinnell is worried about wool industry and fights to save it. Served as president of Iowa Association.
Wool and Woolens Act failed and the number of sheep in Iowa fell drastically
Grinnell said that tariff legislation was only second to emancipation
1865
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Imported them from other states
1865
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J.B. entered the shearing competition and also payed for the awards
1866
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Because of Grinnell's wool business he wanted high tariffs so that it was more expensive to manufacture the wool out of state. he wanted to develop manufacturing in Iowa. Was in support of "Big Business" - high tariffs
Iowans think high tariff will rob farmer and benefit manufacturer
1868
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In charge of classyfying wools
1879
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happened at National Dairymen's Fair in New York
1880
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last elective office held
1880
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1880
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1882
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32 dead, 100 seriously injured
J.B. raises thousands to rebuild college and town in just two weks after tornado
1884
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Put in charge by acquaintances to pass a bill through congress that mandated the checking of cattle for pleuro- pneumonia
1885
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was elected in New Orleans
1846
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Year Iowa College began in Davenport
1854 - 1874
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1854
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Built three temporary log cabins with Homer Hamlin, Henry Hamilton who was a surveyor, and Dr. Thomas Holyoke
1854
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By 1855 it jumped all they way to $10 an acre
1860 - 1880
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Recruited Vermonters to the college