News: Owen – 15 Investors Coming From Rock Island, Ill.  (Mar 1909)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Hart, Marshall, Johnson, Whisler, Stark, Ward

---------Source: Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill. (18 Mar 1909)

A party of some 15 prospective investors left this morning for Owen, Wisconsin to look over the land in that vicinity. E. C. Hart is in charge of the party, which includes C. B. Marshall, G. W. Johnson, Captain W. H. Whisler, Mrs. Herman Stark and her son, and J. W. Ward.

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News: Owen – Investors Return to Rock Island, Ill.  (Mar 1909)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Hart, Marshall, Johnson, Whisler, Ward, Reynolds, Darnell, Stark

---------Source: Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill. (22 Mar 1909)

The party of prospectors who left early last week to visit in Owen, Wisconsin, with a view to buying land there, returned yesterday after a very pleasant trip. The party was in charge of E. C. Hart, and included C. B. Marshall, G. W. Johnson of Moline, Captain W. H. Whisler, James Darnell, C. H. Wayne, J. W. Ward., and John Stark of South Moline.