Enos Lowe (May 5, 1804 – February 13, 1880) was a pioneer medical doctor and businessman who was among the original founders of Omaha, Nebraska, and served as president of the Second Iowa Constitutional Convention.
[3] In 1837 at the age of 33, Lowe moved to the Black Hawk Purchase,[3] an area of 6 million acres (24,000 km²) in what is now Iowa that was purchased by the United States federal government five years prior in connection with the Black Hawk War.
There, Lowe began practicing medicine in the relatively new, small frontier village of Burlington, Iowa.
[3] In 1853 at the age of 49, Lowe was appointed receiver of the United States Land Office at Council Bluffs.
[1][3] Additionally, Lowe and his brother Jesse co-founded the Council Bluffs and Omaha Steam Ferry Company, along with several other partners.