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Garnavillo - Main Street work- view 2

In 1930, work was started on paving Main Street in Garnavillo, Iowa The road was also Highway 55. This photo was taken looking south on Main Street near the corner of Van Buren Street.

Tags: Clayton County, Garnavillo, Hwy 52, Hwy 55

Garnavillo - Main Street work- view 3

Photo of Hwy 55 / Main Street in Garnavillo, Iowa. The highway was later renamed to Highway 52. The building in the photo was part of the old Hardware Store. Men in photo are unidentified.

Tags: Clayton County, Garnavillo, Hwy 52, Hwy 55

Garnavillo - Main Street work - view 4

Photo of the paving of Hwy 55 / Main Street in Garnavillo, Iowa. The highway was later renamed to Highway 52. The building behind the dump truck was the Farmers State Bank. This building is now the Community Savings Bank (2017).

Tags: Clayton County, Garnavillo, Hwy 52, Hwy 55

Garnavillo - Main Street work- view 5

Photo of installing water lines on Hwy 55 / Main Street in Garnavillo, Iowa. Highway 55 was also known for being the Scenic Mississippi Highway. This highway through Garnavillo was later renamed to Highway 52. The photo was taken near the corner of…

Tags: Clayton County, Garnavillo, Hwy 52, Hwy 55

Mill - Valley Mill -1900s

Valley Mill is located on Upper Buck creek in the SE quarter of SE quarter 16-93-3 of Garnavillo Township in Clayton County, Iowa. If you look closely you can see 2 children standing by the house. The limestone mill stood 40x60, with 3.5 stories…

Tags: Buck Creek, Clayton County, Garnavillo, Mill, Valley Mill

Mill - Valley Mill -1920

Valley Mill is located on Upper Buck creek in the SE quarter of SE quarter 16-93-3 of Garnavillo Township in Clayton County, Iowa. The limestone mill stood 40x60, with 3.5 stories high. The mill is located 2 miles east from Garnavillo. Go to…

Tags: Buck Creek, Clayton County, Garnavillo, Mill

Mill - Valley Mill -1920s

Valley Mill is located on Upper Buck creek in the SE quarter of SE quarter 16-93-3 of Garnavillo Township in Clayton County, Iowa. The limestone mill stood 40x60, with 3.5 stories high. The Mill is now on the National Register list. Go to…

Tags: Buck Creek, Clayton County, Garnavillo, Mill, Valley Mill

Mill- Valley Mill -2008

Valley Mill is located on Upper Buck creek in the SE quarter of SE quarter 16-93-3 of Garnavillo Township in Clayton County, Iowa. The Mill is now on the National Register list. The limestone mill stood 40x60, with 3.5 stories high. Robert Shimp has…

Tags: Buck Creek, Clayton County, Garnavillo, Mill, Valley Mill

Mill - Motor Mill

Motor Mill is located on the Turkey River six miles down stream from Elkader. This six story structure stands approximately fifty feet wide, sixty feet long and over ninety feet high with walls that are five feet thick at the bottom, tapering to two…

Tags: Clayton County, Garnavillo, James O Crosby, Motor Mill

Mill - Motor Mill with three men in photo

Motor Mill is located on the Turkey River six miles down stream from Elkader. This six story structure stands approximately fifty feet wide, sixty feet long and over ninety feet high with walls that are five feet thick at the bottom, tapering to two…

Tags: Clayton County, Garnavillo, James O Crosby, Motor Mill

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