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BEAVER AND ROWAN
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BEAVER AND ROWAN. Operating from a building owned by Mr. Rowan at the corner of Iowa and 12th STREETS, Beaver and Rowan was an early department store when it opened in August 1875.
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"The New Store," Dubuque Herald, August 29, 1875, p. 4. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=uh8FjILnQOkC&dat=18750825&printsec=frontpage&hl=en