2018.021.044 [Store, lumber]

The Mount Ayr Lumber Company opened this lumber yard in January 1910. Three men, I. J. Dalbey, Frank Sheldon and Howard Tedford, co-owned the company, and the lumber yard was managed by Charles Mapel. Some time before 1940, I. J. Dalbey bought out his partners and changed the company's name to Dalbey Lumber Company. I. J. Dalbey died in 1962 and the Country Boys Lumber Company bought the Mount Ayr lumber yard. Content can be used with the following standards: SS-Econ. 9-12.24 Iowa Impact Upon Economy in a lesson on Iowan businesses of the early 1900s. For any use other than instructional resources, please check with the organization that owns this item regarding copyright restrictions.