Chapter 10 cont. BUFFALO. The principal town in Buffalo township is Buffalo.  It is about ten miles below Davenport on the Mississippi river and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad, whose track is also used by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway.  This gives the town two means of transportation by railroad.  It now has about 400 inhabitants.  In 1900 one of the finest public school buildings in the county outside of Davenport was built at a cost of $5,000.  It has Methodist, Catholic and Lutheran churches.  Quite a number of coal mines are in operation within two miles of the village, and with quite a sprinkling of timber land near at hand fuel is plentiful and comparatively low in price.  One of the largest brick manufactories in the county is maintained here, which turns out superior quality of work and gives employment to about forty men.  There are four pearl button factories in operation at Buffalo; three general stores; a bank; a drug store; bakery; meat market; lumber yard; farm implement concern; a very good hotel; livery stable; blacksmith shop; two physicians; and three or four saloons. Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L