2018.024.002 [Print, Photographic]

This photograph shows Ernst Heinrich Struve with his wife, Catharina Schnoor Struve. Struve emigrated from Holstein, Germany to the United States in 1849. His ship landed in New Orleans, and he settled in Iowa soon after. He purchased land with his brother near Davenport in the early 1850s, which they sold three years later for a good profit. He credited the increase in land prices to the influx of immigrants arriving in Iowa as well as the completion of the railroad between Iowa and New York. In 1869 he became part owner of Elk River Mill in Hauntown, Iowa. The mill was eventually passed to his son, William, and then to his grandson, Leslie, who operated it until the 1980s. Content can be used with the following standards: SS-Econ. 9-12.24 Iowa Impact Upon Economy in a lesson on Iowan businesses passed down through several generations and the impact the business had on Iowa. For any use other than instructional resources, please check with the organization that owns this item regarding copyright restrictions.