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Take notes on the following industries in Waterloo:
Create a classification system for grouping these industries. For example, you might classify them according to the following categories:
Look in the yellow pages of the telephone book. Find the name of a company for each of these products:
Check the Waterloo telephone book or yellowpages.com to see which of the following industries still exist.
Why do you think these companies survived over 100 years?
In 1903, William A. Welty was a blank book salesman and auditor for the firm of Matt Parrott & Sons. He also sold fountain pens for the company.
Source: John C. Hartman's History of Black Hawk County, Iowa, and its people, Volume II, 1915.
In 1902, W.W. Marsh started the Iowa Dairy Separator Company.
Source: Waterloo Daily Courier, August 16, 1922.
The WFC&N created a subsidiary company to build Electric Park. This amusement park provided much needed entertainment to the many factory workers and their families. You could ride the popular roller coaster, roll around in Barrel of Fun, or dance the night away. The WFC&N streetcars took you right to the park making transportation to the park easy.
The trolleys that ran to Cedar Rapids had open observation platforms, individual seats, and served meals! Those who used this service remember the plush cars and the speed at which it traveled (90 mph). As more and more families purchased their own vehicles, the company began losing money and made its last run to Cedar Falls in 1958.
Source: John C. Hartman's History of Black Hawk County, Iowa, and its people, Volume II, 1915.
Source: Waterloo Daily Courier, June 27, 1922
Source: John C. Hartman's History of Black Hawk County, Iowa, and its people, Volume II, 1915.
Source: John C. Hartman's History of Black Hawk County, Iowa, and its people, Volume II, 1915.
From: Explorations in Iowa History Project, University of Northern Iowa.
Source: The Waterloo Daily Courier, August 5, 1922.
George P. Beck started the first sash and door factory in Black Hawk County, located on what was then the site of The Nauman Company
Source: "History of Black Hawk County and Representative Citizens" by Isaiah Van Metre, 1904.
From: Explorations in Iowa History Project, University of Northern Iowa.
Source: John C. Hartman's History of Black Hawk County, Iowa, and its people, Volume 2, published in 1915
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