Sign for Saylor on post. "Station sign at Saylor, Iowa, Polk Co. Photo taken PM Sat. 6.5 miles north of Des Moines, Ia. Photo taken by: Ronald Sims, 4207 Bowdoin St., Des Moines 13, Iowa"--Photograph verso.
Two story wooden depot with signal and train. "CNW 2 story general purpose depot. RR business at ground level. 2nd floor - agent and/or family. Photog. unknown"--Photograph verso.
Asahel Mann and his two brothers were soldiers in Company A of the 4th Iowa Volunteer Cavalry. Asahel enlisted in Aug. 1861 at age 18, was taken prisoner on Oct. 11, 1862 in Jones Lane, Ark., and was exchanged and returned to his company on Dec. 1,…
