Daniel Baker 1811-1856

BAKER, HARDING

Posted By: CHERYL MOONEN (email)
Date: 6/11/2022 at 22:04:51

Manchester Democrat, Wednesday, Jun 26, 1912, Manchester, IA, Page:6

In 1851 Daniel Baker built o’d Iowa House and in 1856 the Harding Hotel was completed. These two hostelries did a flourishing business for hundreds of strangers who came to Iowa with their pockets full of gold to buy the acres of fertile prairie.