This photograph of the bridge to Sherman nursery was used to connect the trolley tracks to the nursery and to move people and supplies there. The nursery began in 1884, when Erwin Milo Sherman moved to Charles City after founding Upper Iowa University. By 1912, the company held 712 acres of land, which it donated to the park commission for the Wildwood golf course. Then, in the 1920s and 30s the company fell on hard times during the depression
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This photograph of the bridge to Sherman nursery was used to connect the trolley tracks to the nursery and to move people and supplies there. The nursery began in 1884, when Erwin Milo Sherman moved to Charles City after founding Upper Iowa University. By 1912, the company held 712 acres of land, which it donated to the park commission for the Wildwood golf course. Then, in the 1920s and 30s the company fell on hard times during the depression