Johann Gronow lived on Plauer Strasse

Johann Friederich Heinrich Gronow married Johannah Maria Fischer in Lübz in 1836. Their first 7 children were born in Lübz. In 1849, Johann and Johannah took their youngest children and moved to the United States. They had 4 more children after settling in Illinois, where Johann the ropemaker became John the farmer.

When I visited Lübz in 2008, the little gold nameplate in the doorway of this house said K. Gronow. Johann's older children never came to America. I have high hopes that this K. Gronow is descended from one them, and that this building has housed Gronows for centuries.

Alexander Garrick's boiler making business

A native of Scotland, Alexander Garrick arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1878. He was employed by a railroad company for eleven years before starting a business.

In 1889, Alexander Garrick and Samuel Holmes created Garrick & Holmes Boiler Works. Their advertisements guaranteed "Reasonable Prices and Good Work."

The building advertises "Samuel Holmes" rather than "Garrick & Holmes" because this picture was taken sometime after Garrick's death in 1893.