CRAWFORD COUNTY

Dow City

DOW CITY	Pop. 700 Alt. 1.142	Control, Mail Corner
Carroll 36.1	Omaha 62.6	One hotel, 3 garages. Extensive road improvements have been made west of town. Two banks, 2 railroads, 26 general business places, express company, telephone company, 1 newspaper. $100,000 Consolidated School building. Beautiful city park, 2 blocks from center of town, Free Camp Grounds
Graded Dirt		L.H. Local Consul, W.E. Fishel, banker

- A Complete Official Road Guide of The LINCOLN HIGHWAY Fifth Edition (1924)

Dow City.
A Dow City church overlooking Pearl Street a few blocks west from the early campsite that was host to weary Lincoln Highway travelers.

Dow City.
Russell Brasel American Legion Memorial Hall, rubbing shoulders with the Lincoln Highway on Pearl Street. There are buildings with similar architectural style in Nebraska, and also on the Lincoln Highway.

Dow City.
Not on the Lincoln Highway, but the Dow House was home to the founder of Dow City. Overlooking the town, it has a spectacular view of the Boyer River valley.

"..on Clark Street, and proceed two blocks to the south to Pearl Street and turn right. This is the exact route of the old Lincoln Highway.

Off to the left a couple blocks is the present city park, offered as a campground to Lincoln Highway travelers in the 1924 Road Guide. In addition to free camping, the city offered fuel, water, and electric lights - all free."

- Gregory Franzwa, The Lincoln Highway: Iowa, The Patrice Press, 1995