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Past and Present

of

Buena Vista County,

Iowa

By C.H. WEGERSLEV and THOMAS WALPOLE

Illustrated with Portraits and Views

Also Biographical Sketches of Some

Prominent Citizens of the County

CHICAGO

THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING CO

1909

600 pages on 1 CD

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Table of Contents

The beginning of our county and state

The Indians

Organization of Iowa counties

Act that established the county

Surveying the county

Buena Vista county

Geology of Buena Vista county

Forestry notes

The first era of the county (1855-1866)

The Indian raid

Poll book of election at Sioux Rapids

A pioneer home

Brooke's recollections

The second era of the county (1866-1878)

First settlement at Storm Lake

County seat war

Grasshoppers

Early days in Buena Vista county

Vigilance committee

Old Settlers Association

Township division

The county in 1875

County seat at Storm Lake

The newspapers

Farmers Institute and short course

Rural mail delivery

Political parties

Tornadoes

Blizzards

County fairs

Murders in the county

Other crimes

Nomenclature

Drainage

Notable facts

Public preferment

County officers

State representatives

State senators

Judicial districts

Reminiscent

Fat tax list

Wild animal bounties

Mosquitoes

Albert City

St. John’s Church in Hanover

St. John’s Church in Brooke

St. John’s Church in Grant

Growth in the county

Marathon - Schools – Churches - Lodges

Storm Lake - Schools – Churches – Lodges – Y.M.C.A.

Storm Lake Chautauqua

Buena Vista College

Alta - Schools – Churches - Lodges

Rembrandt

Truesdale

Sulphur Springs

Newell - Schools – Churches - Lodges

Sioux Rapids - Schools – Churches – Lodges - Clubs

Linn Grove - Schools – Churches

Biographical Index

Adams, Ahntholz, Allen, Allison, Alpers, Anaugi, Anderson, Bailie, Ballou, Barrows, Bartels, Beason, Behrens, Bell, Benna, Biddle, Bladine, Bodholdt, Bradford, Bridge, Brooke, Browne, Bryant, Buck, Buckingham, Burns, Burr, Butler, Callahan, Campbell, Campton, Canon, Carlson, Carpenter, Carroll, Carter, Chaney, Christenson, Clancy, Clemons, Clough, Colby, Colwell, Cone, Conley, Connell, Conner, Corneliussen, Couch, Crone, Crouse, Cundy, Cunningham, Currier, Dale, Dalziel, Danforth, Denio, Dierwechter, Eaton, Eckman, Edwards, Ekstam, Ellrich, Enemark, Engelkes, Ericksen, Erickson, Farb, Faville, Fletcher, Foell, Foley, Foster, Fracker, Frownfelter, Fuller, Fulton, Funk, Gabrielson, Geisinger, Gilmore, Gordon, Green, Gulling, Gutel, Haight, Hanke, Harker, Harris, Hartshorn, Harvey, Hawk, Heath, Helberg, Helsell, Heywood, Higgins, Hobart, Hobbs, Hoch, Hollingsworth, Holmen, Holmes, Hoskins, Howe, Hultgren, Hunter,Jacobsen, Jacobson, Jimmerson, Johnson, Jones, Judge, Kennedy, Kidman, Kinne, Kjarsgaard, Koons, Krause, Kruse, LaGrange, Larsen, Larson, Lauridsen, Lawson, Layman, Lee, Lilly, Lucia, Lundvall, McLaughlin, Mack, Meredith, Metcalf, Miles, Miller, Minard, Moffatt, Moore, Morrissey, Morse, Mudge, Negus, Nelots, Nelson, Newcomb, Nitzke, Noel, Nordstrom, Norton, Nute, O’Banion, O'Donoghue, Olney, Olson, Parker, Parsons, Partridge, Paulson, Peterson, Petlon, Pewsey, Pike, Pond, Ponser, Porath, Porter, Poulson, Pratt, Putnam, Rae, Redfield, Reding, Rehnstrom, Riguana Robar, Roberts, Robinson, Rodda, Rogers, Russell, Rust, Ryder, Schaller, Schuman, Sherman, Sipe, Smith, Soeth, Sorensen, Stennerson, Stevens, Struble, Suckow, Sundholm, Sutton, Swope, Thomas, Torkelson, Troeger, Typper, Umphrey, VanBuskirk, Vanerstrom, Walker, Walpole, Walrod, Wart, Waterman, Wegerslev, Wells, Weston, Wethal, Wetherall, Wheat, Whitney, Wilcox, Williams, Winther, Witter, Woodward, Young, Youngstrom, Yuill