General Crocker Steamer
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Image of General M.M. Crocker driving the new General Crocker Steamer fire engine. The original Hawkeye Insurance building is in the background at 99 4th Street, Des Moines, Iowa.
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General Crocker Steamer
In the summer of 1869 the first fire engine arrived in Des Moines: It was named the General Crocker Steamer in honor of General Marcellus Crocker, beloved Des Moines lawyer who died at the end of the Civil War. The steamer was financed by the…