Shire Horses for Sale near Oelwein, IA

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King
Take a look at this big Gentle Giant!! He sure is cool and just a big ole p..
Fairbank, Iowa
Black
Shire
Gelding
9
Fairbank, IA
IA
$3,500
Shire Mare
Steege's Pink, AKA Fairy is a very nice filly. She is easy to handle, been..
Fredericksburg, Iowa
Sorrel
Shire
Mare
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Fredericksburg, IA
IA
$4,000
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About Oelwein, IA

The town of Oelwein was laid out in a corn field purchased from Gustav Oelwein on the coming of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Minnesota Railroad (later called the Rock Island) in 1872. Some years later the two dividing streets of Oelwein were named after his sons, Frederick and Charles. The town of Oelwein is named after the Oelwein family, but they were not the original settlers of the land. On the contrary, it was entered by a professional man at Dubuque, who made it his business to enter land, add a good fee for his trouble, plus a high rate of interest, and then not turn it over to the man in whose name it was registered until he was able to pay the price. Oelwein's present site was entered in 1852 by J.