What a wonderful look at life in the mid-west in the 1800’s. This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Mitchell and Worth Counties and their people.
This is a scanned copy on CD of the original book published in 1884.
History
of
Mitchell and Worth Counties,
Iowa
Together with Sketches of their Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens.
History of Iowa
Embracing Accounts of the Prehistoric Races, and a Brief Review of its Civil and Military History
Illustrated
Springfield, ILL.
Union Publishing Company
1884
902 pages on 1 CD
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Contents
History of Iowa
A brief History of the State of Iowa
Pages 17 – 182
CHAPTER I. - INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II. - INDIANS AND INDIAN WARS.
CHAPTER III. - INDIAN TREATIES
CHAPTER IV. - EARLY SETTLEMENTS
CHAPTER V. - TERRITORIAL AND STATE ORGANIZATIONS
CHAPTER VI. - GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE.
CHAPTER VII. - GEOLOGY—TOPOGRAPHY—WATER COURSES
CHAPTER VIII. - IOWA AND THE REBELLION
CHAPTER IX. - EDUCATIONAL—STATE INSTITUTIONS
History of Mitchell County
CHAPTER I. - INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II. - LOCATION, TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY
CHAPTER III. - EARLY SETTLEMENT
CHAPTER IV. - CREATION-ORGANIZATION-COUNTY SEAT AFFAIRS
CHAPTER V. - COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICIAL MATTERS
CHAPTER VI. - PIONEER LIFE
CHAPTER VII. - EDUCATIONAL
CHAPTER VIII. - THE COURTS OF MITCHELL COUNTY
CHAPTER IX. - THE BAR OF MITCHELL COUNTY
CHAPTER X. - AGRICULTURE AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES
CHAPTER XI. - THE NEWSPAPER PRESS
CHAPTER XII. - THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
CHAPTER XIII. - POLITICAL
CHAPTER XIV. - NATIONAL, STATE AND COUNTY REPRESENTATION
CHAPTER XV. - THE WAR FOR THE UNION
CHAPTER XVI. - COUNTY INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER XVII. - BURR OAK TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XVIII. - CEDAR TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XIX. - DOUGLAS TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XX. - JENKINS TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXI. - LIBERTY TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXII. - LINCOLN TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXIII. - MITCHELL TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXIV. - NEWBURG TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXV. - TOWNSHIP OF OSAG
CHAPTER XXVI. - CITY OF OSAGE
CHAPTER XXVII. - OTRANTO TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXVIII. - ROCK TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXIX. - ST. ANSGAR TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXX. - STACYVILLE TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXI. - UNION TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXII. - WAYNE TOWNSHIP
Mitchell County Biographical
Abbott, Addington, Agen, Allen, Alling, Allison, Amundson, Anderson, Angell, Annis, Armstrong, Asperheim, Assorsen, Atherton, Bailey, Barbour, Barker, Bartle, Bartleson, Beebe, Belding, Benson, Bengtson, Bennett, Bevier, Bishop, Blake, Blakeslee, Blakstad, Blackman, Bless, Blonegren, Borsheim, Boyd, Bradley, Brainard, Brewer, Brown, Browne, Brush, Buck, Brunson, Buckner, Bundy, Burtch, Bush, Bushnell, Butters, Button, Butterfield, Buttholph, Cady, Carpenter, Carter, Carrol, Case, Caswell, Chambers, Chase, Cheney, Clark, Clausen, Cleland, Cleveland, Clyde, Cobb, Colbjornson, Cole, Cook, Coonradt, Cotton, Counsell, Cravath, Crocker, Cummings, Cutler, Dailey, Dalrymple, Davenport, Decker, Deering, De Ford, Doran, Downs, Doyle, Dade, Dudley, Duncan, Dunton, Durand, Du Shane, Dyer, Eagle, Eastman, Eaton, Ebert, Eckford, Edgar, Eggert, Elliott, English, Evans, Everson, Faville, Fellows, Fesenmeyer, Fey, Fletcher, Fisler, Fods, Foreman, Fonda, Forbes, Foster, Fountain, Fox, Frazer, French, Frisbie, Frit, Furse, Gable, Gallup, Gammons, Gardner, George, Gerbig, Gerhart, Gibeant, Gilles, Gilchrist, Glassel, Goodhue, Gould, Gray, Graham, Granger, Gransee, Gratias, Green, Griffin, Grinnell, Grove, Grout, Groner, Gulbrandson, Hall, Hallock, Halsted, Halvorson, Hambrecht, Hammond, Harrolson, Hart, Hartwig, Harwood, Hastings, Haun, Hausen, Hendra, Helfritz, Helm, Hitchcock, Hjorth, Hockenmiller, Hoemer, Holbrook, Holvelson, Horton, Howe, Hovelson, Hover, Hoyt, Hume, Hunt, Hutchins, Hylden, Isaac, Jacobs, James, Jenks, Jones, Johnson, Judd, Julen, Keefe, Kelley, Kimball, Kittelson, Klemesrud, Kleinwort, Klein, Kleinwort, Knight, Lambert, Landgrebe, Larson, Lesch, Lewis, Libby, Lindley, Lindsley, Lindellen, Lohn, Lohr, Lombard, Loomis, Lovejoy, Lublens, McCarthy, McGhan, McKinley, McNab, McSmith, Marsh, Marley, Maxham, Meier, Merrill, Meyer, Meyerhofer, Miller, Miniger, Moe, Montgomery, Moody, Moore, Morrow, Morgan, Moss, Mosher, Mowry, Muffley, Munson, Murray, Murphy, Myrick, Needham, Nelson, Newell, Nichols, Nicol, Olsen, Oleson, Orchard, Orcutt, Owen, Page, Palmer, Parks, Patterson, Pederson, Penney, Peshak, Peterson, Pickel, Pilcher, Pillsbury, Piper, Pitzen, Poindexter, Pomeroy, Pratt, Prime, Pritchard, Proctor, Ramsdell, Rands, Reding, Reid, Reiniger, Rennebohm, Rice, Ricker, Richardson, Rierson, Riordan, Roberts, Robeast, Robertson, Robinson, Rodgers, Rogers, Rood, Rolf, Rood, Rose, Rossiter, Rowland, Roziene, Ruddick, Rushlow, St. John, Samson, Saunders, Scheu, Schoonmaker, Schillinger, Schulte, Schultheis, Scott, Scofield, Scriven, Severson, Sheldon, Sheehan, Shipherd, Shipman, Shoger, Shulze, Simpson, Skiff, Skinner, Skutle, Smalley, Smith, Snow, Snyder, Sprung, Squires, Stacy, Stark, Stillman, Stokes, Stock, Stoughton, Sweet, Sweney, Syverud, Tallman, Tarson, Taylor, Temple, Thomas, Thompson, Thornigton, Thornburg, Tiltus, Toeter, Tollefsen, Toman, Torsleff, Torney, Tucker, Tupper, Turner, Tyler, Tyrrell, Upham, Van Camp, Van Wie, Vandever, Vanderpoel, Walk, Wall, Walker, Walling, Wamstad, Wardall, Warren, Weeks, Weinrobe, Wells, Wentworth, West, Westfall, Wheeler, White, Whitaker, Whitcomb, Whitley, Whittemore, Wiegner, Wilder, Wilk, Willard, Williams, Winerebe, Wilson, Woods, Woodward, Wooldridge, Woodward, Worseldine, Wright, Wynn, Young, Youngman, Zellinger, Zilk,
History of Worth County
CHAPTER I. - INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II. - EARLY SETTLEMENT
CHAPTER III. – PIONEER LIFE
CHAPTER IV. - COUNTY GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER V. - OFFICIAL MATTERS
CHAPTER VI. - REMINISCENCES OF AN OLD SETTLER
CHAPTER VII. – THE COURTS OF WORTH COUNTY
CHAPTER VIII. - THE BAR OF WORTH COUNTY
CHAPTER IX. - THE MEDICAL PROFESSION OF WORTH COUNTY
CHAPTER X. - POLITICAL
CHAPTER XI. - NATIONAL, STATE AND COUNTY REPRESENTATION
CHAPTER XII. - THE PRESS
CHAPTER XIII. - THE WAR FOR THE UNION
CHAPTER XIV. - EDUCATION
CHAPTER XV. – GEOGRAPHY, TOPOLOGY, GEOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER XVI. - COUNTY SOUNTY SOCIETIES
CHAPTER XVII. - RAILROADS
CHAPTER XVIII. - BARTON TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XIX. – BRISTOL TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XX. – BROOKFIELD TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXI. –DEER CREEK TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXII. - DANVILLE TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXIII. - FERTILE TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXIV. - HARTLAND TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXV. – KENSETT TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXVI. – LINCOLN TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXVII. - NORTHWOOD TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXVIII. – SILVER LAKE TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXIX. – UNION TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXX. – A RETROSPECT – WORTH COUNTY OF TODAY
CHAPTER XXXI. – TERRITORIAL AND STATE OFFICERS
Worth County Biographical
Aasenhus, Abbey, Albrecht, Allinson, Anderson, Armstrong, Arnesen, Asbjormson, Arudts, Balkan, Barker, Barnard, Beaver, Beckett, Belstad, Berge, Benjegerdes, Bentley, Benson, Beyer, Bigelow, Blackmore, Blegen, Bolton, Booth, Boughton, Boynton, Bratten, Bray, Brooks, Brunsvold, Brunswold, Burdick, Butler, Cady, Calhoun, Carter, Christian, Christianson, Clark, Clausen, Cleophas, Cole, Colbertson, Cooper, Collin, Copes, Cornick, Couse, Crandell, Cuchar, Cullen, Dahl, Dahlseide, Daley, Doble, Doebel, Dwelle, Eckert, Edwardson, Egbert, Egge, Ellingson, Elliott, Eno, Erickson, Eschrich, Evanson, Evenson, Fass, Finch, Fjeld, Folmuth, Ford, Foster, Franklin, Freeman, Frink, Frostem, Fryer, Gabriel, Gardner, Gaskill, Gile, Glassel, Golburg, Gordon, Grefthen, Greenly, Gullickson, Gullson, Hagen, Hall, Halgornson, Halverson, Hauge, Hangestuck, Hanson, Haroldson, Harmon, Hartley, Henryson, Heiny, Hendrickson, Hengesteg, Holshad, Holstad, Holstenson, Hooper, Hopperstad, Horland, Horwei, Housey, Hove, Hildreth, Hill, Hitchcock, Hunchis, Hundeby, Hungerford, Hunt, Hunter, Jensen, Jewell, Johnson, Jones, Jorde, Kaasa, Kean, Keeler, Kelley, Kirk, Kivel, Kjerland, Klove, Knudtson, Koettengen, Krusemark, Kuchar, Landsrud, Langseth, Lane, Lang, Larson, Lee, Leedle, Leslie, Letzring, Leverson, Linderman, Littlefield, Loberg, Locke, Loftsgarden, Loop, Lostenson, Lund, Mastrud, Maxwell, McEnelly, McKercher, McLeod, McNenamy, Mehus, Mellem, Merrill, Michener, Midlang, Miller, Molsberry, Moore, Mostrom, Murphy, Myli, Nelsen, Nye, Nichols, Nielson, Noben, Olmsted, Olsen, Orwerson, Oosen, Overholt, Pangburn, Parker, Paulson, Pederson, Perkins, Perry, Peterson, Petznich, Platts, Pickering, Ramse, Randall, Remore, Rendall, Rhodes, Rice, Robinson, Root, Rowe, Rustad, Russell, Rye, Sagen, Savre, Scammon, Schaub, Seater, Sether, Sherman, Sime, Simmonds, Sinda, Siverson, Slosson, Smith, Sonve, Spickerman, Splida, Spudling, Stehn, Stelle, Stein, Stenerson, Stensrud, Stevens, Storre, Storre, Stott, Strand, Sunderman, Svensrud, Swessinger, Syverson, Telle, Tenold,Thoen, Thompson, Thompson, Thorson, Thostenson, Todd, Torgerson, Torstenson, Tosdal, Tostenson, Towne, Trebilcock, Trostem, Trustram, Turner, Wadsworth, Wagner, Walker, Walsvik, Wardall, Watson, Wattson, Weineth, Wentmore, Westcott, Weston, White, Wilcox, Willing, Williams, Wikko, Winger, Wiser, Wright, Wyborny, Wyborny, Zum,