Site # 7 - The Blacksmith Shop & Garage

W A Street

From 7/28/1905- 5/7/1915 This was the Dixon Machine Works. General Blacksmithing, Horseshoeing, lumber planing, sawing, machine and wagon work across the street from the livery stables.

7/28/1905 A.P. D'Artenay worked for John Casey and bought his shop when Casey retired in Oct of 1894 on east side of Main Street. He is the prop in this location until 10/1/1909 when "he builds himself a shop just south of Neat Garnett's house north of town on Main Street across the RR tracks". He named his Dixon Iron Works (WH look this up to be sure)

1/1/1909 L.J. Sager was prop until September

10/9/1909 Schroeder & Jahn become the prop until ?

1914 D.E. Weigele came to town and bought the business. Later he buys John Casey's original shop on the east side of Main Street and opened a garage and machine shop

In 1916 John McDermott owns all the properties west of here to the corner and north to the Jail/City Hall.

1919 - July

The former blacksmith and machine shed on the McDermott property on the north side of A Street is being transformed into a garage by the erection of a large addition on the east side, which will afford a total storage capacity of twenty-five autos.

Part of the addition is for a wood-working business. C. Joy has the garage rented.

01/01/1921

CITY GARAGE - Clarence Joy, Prop.

09/01/1930---THE CITY GARAGE -- N.W. DuYORE

01/01/1932

N.W. DuYore, proprietor of the City Garage, in the McDermott building on A street, is going onto the highway on the west

side. He is having a building 60x70 erected this side of the L.D. Buck place where he purchased a small tract.

03/01/1932

NEW PLANT ON THE WEST SIDE. N.W. Duyore expects to have his new garage in shipshape for business by the middle

of next week. Earl Smith has been building, and Ben King has been stuccoing the front part of the doing the wiring that will

flood the place with plenty of light and keep the big, colored electric iight sign going as a beacon to the wayfarer in need.

The plan', Jo 75x65 '01-11 an attractive -ftc.,rt cF which a commodious office and small aprp room is part. The garage is

concreted throughout.

06/01/1945

BERGLUND CO. GOING TO BUILD. According to Gordon Webster, local manager of the Berglund Implement Co., the Company has bought, and acquired title to , the five acres north of the Atkinson home on north Main St., Claude Kernick seller, and expects to erect thereon a 120X80 building to house their stock and repairing equipment. Berglund has been housed in the McDermott building on A street,