Warren County Iowa Genealogical Society

 

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    Solomon NEEDLES

     Around 1874 Solomon NEEDLES built the first farm pond in the area, 1 ½ miles northwest of Lacona, using horses, slip scrapers and working most of one summer. (Source - Chronology of the early settlers of White Breast Township and Lacona compiled by Edith HEEMSTRA and John FORD sometime around 1980.)