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Dorchester Roller Mill
- undated, contributed by Errin Wilker

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written on the back: Johnis Schrader's Down Creek Near Dorchester, Iowa
- undated, contributed by Errin Wilker

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Dorchester birds-eye view - postcard post-marked August 2, 1909
- contributed by Brian Theiler

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Dorchester Main Street - postcard post-marked February 14, 1908
- contributed by Brian Theiler

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William and Anna Roeber farm home, rural Dorchester, ca1880.
- contributed by Errin Wilker

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This photo is from the Sires family and was taken in rural Allamakee Co., English Bench / Dorchester area. 
The photo is undated and no names are given.
- contributed by Errin Wilker

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~photos taken by Errin Wilker, June 2009

Dorchester Hotel / Postoffice Dorchester was settled in the early 1850's and a post office established in 1856. This limestone building (ca1880), originally a hotel, later became the Dorchester Post Office.

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