Iowa Gazetteer and Business Directory 1884-1885 BLUE GRASS. A village in Blue Grass and Buffalo townships, Scott county, 200 miles from Des Moines, 10 west of Davenport, the county seat and nearest banking point and 5 north of Buffalo, on the C., R.I. & P. Ry, the nearest railroad station. It contains Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian and Baptist churches and ships grain and live stock. Stages, tri-weekly to Davenport and Muscatine; fares 25 and 35 cents respectively. Population, 120. Mail, tri-weekly. Henry Karges, postmaster. Buchanan J O, tombstone agent. Campbell S R, hotel propr and harnessmkr. Claussen G A, brick mnfr. Gadd B F, physician Gadd Samuel, cabinetmaker. Greenwald John, flour mill. Jost Frederick, wagonmaker. Karges Henry, General Store. Klatt A, blacksmith. Knause Wm, flour and feed. Langbehn Henry, shoemaker. Lewis Wm, flour and feed. Meeke C, blacksmith. Meynos Herman, hotel propr. Miller __, hotel propr. Plett Henry, carpenter. Porter J R, physician. Pugh Rev H F (Methodist Episcopal) Putman Philip, farm impts. Robinson S A, carpenter. Shaffer S S, meat market. Speer D B, nursery. Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm