The Ulah Shipping Association and Elevator:

 

The Stockyards were located north of the Elevator, next to the railroad tracks on the east side of Adams St . Rueben Nelson recalls some memories of the stockyards and the elevator in the March 1978 issue of Galvaland Magazine. Before the use of trucks, hogs and cattle were hauled to market in lumber wagons. If wagons weren’t available, the stock was herded to market. Rueben tells of one day when he helped his father drive hogs to Ulah to be shipped to market. They got as far as the bridge just east of Ulah when the stock hog that was leading, decided to return home. In a short time, the hogs were scattered everywhere beneath the hedge rows, and some hogs died from heat exhaustion. After trucks came into use, the Ulah Shipping Association combined with the Cambridge Association. In the same Galvaland Issue, Rueben reminisced about the Ulah Elevator run by Harry Johnston. Rueben remembers the brass weights and balances that Harry used to sample and grade the grain. Harry Johnston ran the elevator and “watered” the trains from about 1910 to 1946, when he retired. Harry also ran a small store where pop and candy were sold. In the Galvaland Magazine July-August 1977, Mrs. Harry (Irene Pratt) Johnston writes that Harry had also served as Ulah postmaster. He was former secretary of the Henry County Fair Association, a director of the Cambridge Rural Fire District, the former Henry County Cold Storage Locker Board, and the North Edwards Drainage District.

Contributed by Bonnie Wiley

 

 

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