In 1838, Mr. Capps was joined by two carpenters, Horace Bowe and a Mr. Miles, who boarded with Mr. Capps and worked at their trade.
They found plenty of work for the surrounding settlers. They were joined in 1839 by Willis Rowe, who afterward lost his life by the fall of a beam in a building on which he was working. In the fall of 1839, Andrew Danner came from Pittsburg to Springfield and then to Mt. Pulaski. In Springfield, he purchased a set of blacksmith tools and opened up the first blacksmith shop at the "mound." The next year he was joined by his brother, Christian Danner, who went into the blacksmith
business with him. Christian Danner built the second building in the town, the same being a frame dwelling house, which he erected on the sczth side of the sqilare. The Danners were the only blacksmiths between Clinton and Springfield. There were no roads or bridges in the
county and price for labor was low. In the fall, farmers would take their pork to Mr. Capps, who paid them $1.50 per hundred pounds for it, deducting the amount of their blacksmith bill, from which Mr. C-apps would deduct what the Danners owed him for iron and then pay them the balance.
The Danners made the first iron plows in Mt. Pulaski, buying the pattern in St. Louis and doing the work themselves. Prior to iron plows, the plows were wooden mold bards and attached to the plow-point was an iron shoe, in which a socket was made for the insertion of the wooden plow-point.
They found plenty of work for the surrounding settlers. They were joined in 1839 by Willis Rowe, who afterward lost his life by the fall of a beam in a building on which he was working. In the fall of 1839, Andrew Danner came from Pittsburg to Springfield and then to Mt. Pulaski. In Springfield, he purchased a set of blacksmith tools and opened up the first blacksmith shop at the "mound." The next year he was joined by his brother, Christian Danner, who went into the blacksmith
business with him. Christian Danner built the second building in the town, the same being a frame dwelling house, which he erected on the sczth side of the sqilare. The Danners were the only blacksmiths between Clinton and Springfield. There were no roads or bridges in the
county and price for labor was low. In the fall, farmers would take their pork to Mr. Capps, who paid them $1.50 per hundred pounds for it, deducting the amount of their blacksmith bill, from which Mr. C-apps would deduct what the Danners owed him for iron and then pay them the balance.
The Danners made the first iron plows in Mt. Pulaski, buying the pattern in St. Louis and doing the work themselves. Prior to iron plows, the plows were wooden mold bards and attached to the plow-point was an iron shoe, in which a socket was made for the insertion of the wooden plow-point.
In 1838, Mr. Capps was joined by two carpenters, Horace Bowe and a Mr. Miles, who boarded with Mr. Capps and worked at their trade.
They found plenty of work for the surrounding settlers. They were joined in 1839 by Willis Rowe, who afterward lost his life by the fall of a beam in a building on which he was working. In the fall of 1839, Andrew Danner came from Pittsburg to Springfield and then to Mt. Pulaski. In Springfield, he purchased a set of blacksmith tools and opened up the first blacksmith shop at the "mound." The next year he was joined by his brother, Christian Danner, who went into the blacksmith
business with him. Christian Danner built the second building in the town, the same being a frame dwelling house, which he erected on the sczth side of the sqilare. The Danners were the only blacksmiths between Clinton and Springfield. There were no roads or bridges in the
county and price for labor was low. In the fall, farmers would take their pork to Mr. Capps, who paid them $1.50 per hundred pounds for it, deducting the amount of their blacksmith bill, from which Mr. C-apps would deduct what the Danners owed him for iron and then pay them the balance.
The Danners made the first iron plows in Mt. Pulaski, buying the pattern in St. Louis and doing the work themselves. Prior to iron plows, the plows were wooden mold bards and attached to the plow-point was an iron shoe, in which a socket was made for the insertion of the wooden plow-point.
They found plenty of work for the surrounding settlers. They were joined in 1839 by Willis Rowe, who afterward lost his life by the fall of a beam in a building on which he was working. In the fall of 1839, Andrew Danner came from Pittsburg to Springfield and then to Mt. Pulaski. In Springfield, he purchased a set of blacksmith tools and opened up the first blacksmith shop at the "mound." The next year he was joined by his brother, Christian Danner, who went into the blacksmith
business with him. Christian Danner built the second building in the town, the same being a frame dwelling house, which he erected on the sczth side of the sqilare. The Danners were the only blacksmiths between Clinton and Springfield. There were no roads or bridges in the
county and price for labor was low. In the fall, farmers would take their pork to Mr. Capps, who paid them $1.50 per hundred pounds for it, deducting the amount of their blacksmith bill, from which Mr. C-apps would deduct what the Danners owed him for iron and then pay them the balance.
The Danners made the first iron plows in Mt. Pulaski, buying the pattern in St. Louis and doing the work themselves. Prior to iron plows, the plows were wooden mold bards and attached to the plow-point was an iron shoe, in which a socket was made for the insertion of the wooden plow-point.
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