The population of Surprise reached its peak of about 350 in the early 1920s. Its businesses included a brick factory and two grain elevators; it was an important shipping point for livestock, and exported ice cut from the millpond in the winter.
the population of surprise reached its peak of about 350 in the early 1920s its businesses included a brick factory and two grain elevators; it was an important shipping point for livestock and exported ice cut from the millpond in the winter