History of

Boone County, Iowa

In Two Volumes

By Nelson Edward Goldthwaite, 1914

534 + 705 pages, Illustrated, Indexed, Searchable

 

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The History of

Boone County, Iowa

CONTAINING

A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, &c.,

Biographical Sketches of its Citizens, War Record of its Volunteers in the late Re-

bellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prom-

inent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Boone

County, Constitution of Iowa,  Miscellaneous Matters, &c., &c.

By Union Historical Co., 1880

                                                                                                                       680 pages, Illustrated, Indexed, Searchable 


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Volume I

CHAPTER I

1 HISTORIC IOWA 9

CHAPTER II ORGANIZATION OF THE TERRITORY OF IOWA 29

CHAPTER III A PREHISTORIC RACE 59

CHAPTER IV THE INDIANS 63

CHAPTER V DESCRIPTIVE 81

CHAPTER VI COUNTY ORGANIZATION 91

CHAPTER VII COUNTY ORGANIZATION (CONTINUED) Ill

CHAPTER VIII GOVERNMENTAL 129

CHAPTER IX HISTORY OF THE RIVER LAND GRANT 135

CHAPTER X DAYS OF THE RIVERLAND TROUBLES 145

CHAPTER XI A STORY OF THE "CLAIMS CLUB" 153

CHAPTER XII SPIRIT LAKE MASSACRE 161

CHAPTER XIII SCRAP OF LOCAL HISTORY 175

CHAPTER XIV BOONE COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR  179

CHAPTER XV YELL TOWNSHIP 197

CHAPTER XVI DODGE TOWNSHIP 209

CHAPTER XVII JACKSON TOWNSHIP 217

CHAPTER XVIII . DOUGLAS TOWNSHIP 225

CHAPTER XIX CASS TOWNSHIP 25 1

CHAPTER XX WORTH TOWNSHIP 259

CHAPTER XXI PILOT MOUND TOWNSHIP 275

CHAPTER XXII MARC TOWNSHIP 281

CHAPTER XXIII BEAVER TOWNSHIP 289

CHAPTER XXIV GRANT TOWNSHIP 293

CHAPTER XXV AMAQUA TOWNSHIP 297

CHAPTER XXVI PEOPLES TOWNSHIP 303

CHAPTER XXVII COLFAX TOWNSHIP 309

CHAPTER XXVIII HARRISON TOWNSHIP 317

CHAPTER XXIX GARDEN TOWNSHIP 323

CHAPTER XXX UNION TOWNSHIP 331

CHAPTER XXXI DES MOINES TOWNSHIP 347

CHAPTER XXXII THE MEDICAL PROFESSION 357

CHAPTER XXXIII THE BENCH AND THE BAR 361

CHAPTER XXXIV THE PRESS OF BOONE COUNTY 377

CHAPTER XXXV TRANSPORTATION 401

CHAPTER XXXVI B00NESB0R0 THE COUNTY SEAT 417

CHAPTER XXXVI CIVIC IMPROVEMENTS OF BOONE 433

CHAPIKR XXWIII FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS 445

CHAPTER XXXIX BOONE PUBLIC SCHOOLS 471

CHAPTER XL THE POSTOFFICE 479

CHAPTER XLI BANKING 483

CHAPTER XLII INDUSTRIAL BOONE  489

CHAPTER XLIIl PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS 495

CHAPTER XLTV SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS 507

CHAPTER XLV FRATERNAL ORDERS, COMPANY, ETC 517

 

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