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HISTORY OF
CLAYTON
COUNTY, IOWA:
FROM THE
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HISTORY OF CLAYTON COUNTY IOWA
FROM THE EARLIEST HISTORICAL TIMES DOWN TO THE PRESENT
INCLUDING A GENEALOGICAL AND BIO- GRAPHICAL RECORD OF MANY REPRE- SENTATIVE FAMILIES, PREPARED FROM DATA OBTAINED FROM ORIGINAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION
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VOLUME I
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PREFACE
L IVING in this beautiful county, bordered by the Father of Waters, with its majestic hills, its castled rocks, its swiftly running streams, its wooded slopes, its fertile fields, its happy homes, its staid and enlightened civilization, it is difficult to realize that this is but the eightieth anniversary of the coming of the first, real American Pioneers. And yet, so young is our state, when meas- ured by the pendulum of centuries, that Clayton is one of the very oldest counties within its borders, and its history is contempora- neous with, and typical of, the history of Iowa.
The story of these wonderful years should be a source of pride and of inspiration, and the better known the story; the more familiar the names and the deeds of the strong and sturdy men and courageous women who founded and nurtured and perfected its civilization, the stronger will be our love of home; and, in the last analysis, love of home is Patriotism.
The institutions of which the people of Clayton county are so justly proud; the well-tilled farms, the cosy, comfortable homes, the flourishing business concerns, the schools, the churches, the very roads they travel, are not the results of nature, not spontaneous growths, but each represents toil and energy and thought and sacrifice and hard- ship and self-control.
The pioneers were a stalwart, two-fisted, hard-headed race. They were inured to hardship; they were adventurers in the best sense of the term. They were rough and ready, quick to defend their rights, com- bative, turbulent, if you will, but inspired, through it all, with a splen- did sense of justice and a real love of law and order which is the highest expression of Americanism.
Hardly had they set foot in this new wilderness before the rudi- ments of government were established and courts and schools and churches followed quickly. It is to the lasting credit of Clayton county that, throughout its history, and in spite of the presence of a bold, adventurous people and the absence of judicial machinery, it is one of the very few counties of Iowa which has never been the scene of mob violence.
While the mere struggle for existence was the first problem con- fronting the pioneers, it was not their ambition nor their goal, and, in a surprisingly short time, we see the evidences of the refinements of civilization, the desire for culture and the strivings of a strong intellec- tual, as well as of a sturdy physical life.
A large percentage of the earliest pioneers were college bred men; graduates of Yale and William and Mary's and the universities of the old world. These were men driven by the call of the West, the same call which sent their sons to California and to Pike's Peak, and their grandsons to the Dakotas and Nebraska to fill the west with the rich, red blood of Iowa.
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And, added to this tide of Americanism, there came, but a few years later, the very pick and flower of foreign immigration. Not the dregs of Europe, but the very best and strongest of its civilization. Wearied of the oppression of monarchies, eager for the wider oppor- tunities of the newest of the new lands, from Germany and Ireland and Norway and all the countries of northern Europe, came the strongest and bravest of their peoples. This engrafting, under perfect conditions of freedom and equality, of the stability and thrift and frugality of the Old World, upon the alertness, the nervous energy and the indomitable spirit of the New, has been one of the most suc- cessful and most upbuilding processes in the evolution of mankind, and nowhere has it shown better results than in Clayton county.
Back of the pioneers we come to the mysterious, romantic shadow land of history. Across the screen are thrown dim pictures of a wild and untamed land, of herds of buffalo and droves of deer, of red- skinned warriors and rude Indian villages, of bloody massacres and dangling scalps.
Following, in rapid succession, we see the stately, saintly Fathers, soldiers of the Church, meeting the showers of savage arrows with the emblem of the Cross. Upon the broad bosom of the Mississippi we hear the lilt of French songs, as strong-backed row- ers send the canoes of early explorers to marvel at the beauties of the Iowa shore.
Floating on the swift current of the Wisconsin come the Canadian voyageurs, the traders, the trappers; here, on the borders of Iowa, to meet the adventurous brother who had made the equally long and arduous journey from New Orleans, for this juncture of the rivers was the natural meeting point of the civilizations which came from the north and east and from the south.
Every wave of war which swept over Europe plashed, finally, upon the banks of the Upper Mississippi. It was here that the French made their last stand against the aggressiveness of Great Britain and sought by superior cunning to maintain commercial supremacy, even after the fortunes of war had deprived them of the great Dominion.
Even as a child might play with a diamond, unwitting of its value, so this great region became the plaything of Europe's kings, and these headwaters of the world's greatest river became the last skirmish line on which the British, the French, the Spanish and, finally, the Ameri- can struggled for mastery; and thus the known history of Clayton county reaches back for more than two centuries and a half.
And, back of all this, is the unknown history of long forgotten races; a history unwritten, save in the mounds and bones found on the majestic bluffs which guard the Mississippi.
It is the purpose of this history of Clayton county, therefore, not to be a reference book, only ; not a mere compilation of names and dates and statistics, however valuable and necessary these may be, but to present, to the favored sons and daughters of old Clayton, the story of their past, as an inspiration for their future, and to preserve for them a readable account of the great events, the great lives, the great struggles, the great hardships which have made possible the still greater blessings of to-day.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
Preface
iii-iv
Chapter One-Earliest History, 1673-1833 17-46
Chapter Two-Log Cabin Days, 1833-1840. 47-57
Chapter Three-Clearings, 1840-1850 59-76 Chapter Four-Progress and Poverty, 1850-1860. 77-127
Chapter Five-Antebellum Days, 1860-1861. 129-137 Chapter Six-War History, 1861-1865-Events at Home. . 139-155
Chapter Seven-War History, 1861-1865-At the Front ... 158-174 Chapter Eight-Domestic History During War. 175-193
Chapter Nine-Reconstruction Period, 1865-1870.
195-206
Chapter Ten-Development Period, 1870-1880. 207-238
Chapter Eleven-Improvement Period, 1880-1890. 239-277
Chapter Twelve-The New Century, 1900-1916.
279-312 Chapter Thirteen-Beginnings 313-323
Chapter Fourteen-Present View of County 325-370
Chapter Fifteen-Banks and Banking 371-377
Chapter Sixteen-Catholic Church History .. 379-387 Chapter Seventeen-Biographies of Noted Citizens. 389-411
Chapter Eighteen-Reminiscences of Pioneers.
413-429
Chapter Nineteen-Historical Writings by Clayton County Men .. .431-464 Chapter Twenty-Tables of Elections, etc. .465-494
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INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FACING PAGE
Boardman, Elisha
59
Brownson, H. D.
59
Davis, James.
59
Davis, Timothy 77
Cooley, A. S ..
59
Edgewood, Church
313
Journal Block
313
Elboeck, Joseph ..
77
Elkader, Catholic Church.
379
County Asylum ..
417
County Jail
417
Courthouse
465
Elkport, Main Street.
313
Farmersburg, High School.
313
Street Scene
313
Francia, J. K.
59
Gifford, Asa.
59
Gifford, Rev. H.
Gillett, John W ..
..
Guttenberg, Birdseye View of ...
279
Public Schools
279
Henderson, Cyrus
59
Howard, "Freed"
59
Jonos, James.
Kauffman, Jonathan
Knight, Willard ..
59
Uriell, Michael ..
McGregor, Main Street. :
..
..
FACING PAGE
Monona, High School
. ..
349
Parochial School.
349
Murdock, Samuel ..
69-77
Newberry Springs.
157
Noble, Reuben
77
North McGregor, Birdseye View of 232
C., M. & St. P. Ry. Yarda.
232
Pontoon Bridge.
195
Olmsted, P. P.
59
Osterdock , Creamery
313
Paddelford, John
59
Peck, Samuel.
59
Price, Major A. T ..
157
Price, Eliphalet.
59-77
Price, Realto E ..
.Frontispiece
Price, V.
157
Ryan, James.
59
St. Olaf, Church.
318
Main Street ...
818
Shadow Lake ..
196
Stence, Mike ...
59
Strawberry Point, Soldiers' Monu-
ment .
157
Street Scene
157
Updegraff, Thomas.
77
Wadsworth, 8 ..
59
View of ...
195
Walker, Thomas.
...
59
Merrill, Gov. Samuel.
77
Williams, E. H ..
77
INDEX
Abd-El-Kader
Adams, S. K ....
Agricultural Fair, First .......... 99
Agricultural, Fourth Fair ........ 117 Agricultural Faire, 1866-1869 ..... 201 Agricultural Fairs 211
Agricultural Fair, Strawberry Point 212 Beulah 317
Agricultural Fairs, 1880-1900. .... 258 Agricultural Society, Organization. 89 Agricultural Society, 1856 ........ 110
Agricultural Society, 1857 .........
113
Agricultural Society During War .. 181 Agricultural Statistica 289
Andros, Dr. Frederic. 274
A. O. U. W. Conventions
254
Appleman, G. A ..
272
Automobile, First 285
Automobile Tax, First .. 283 BANKS AND BANKING-
Citizens State Bank, Monona. ... 377 Clayton County Bank, 876 Clayton Savings Bank, Clayton .. 377 Elkader State Bank. ... ... 874 Elkport Savings Bank 376
Farmersburg Savings Bank ..... 874 Farmers Savings Bank, Edgewood 877 Farmers Savings Bank, Garber. . 376 Farmers State Bank, Garnavillo. 377 Farmers State Bank, St. Olaf .... 377 Farmers State Bank, Volga ...... 377 First National of McGregor ..... 372 First National of Elkader. ...... 872 First National Bank, Strawberry
Point ... 375 Garnavillo Savings Bank ........ 375 Guttenberg State Bank ........ 374 Littleport Savings Bank. : 876 Luana Savings Bank 375
Monona State Bank. 374 North McGregor Savings Bank. 376 St. Olaf Savings Bank. 375 State Bank of Edgewood 375
State Bank of McGregor 374 Strawberry Point State Bank 372 Volga Savings Bank. 376 Baleff, Victor 276 Balka, Joachim 266 Base Ball, First. 218 Bar of 1857. 118
Bar, Membership 1862. ....
190
Barron, E. R.
. . . 277
Baugh, D. .
125
Becker, Carl F.
288
Becker, Casper
276
Bevins, Capt, A. 146
Beyer, Hanry
294
Bismarck Town of.
316
Bixby, B. N.
269
Blackhawk Purchase
Blanchard, O. B ..
275
Blaut, Otto.
266
Bleldung, Ale .... . . 225 ...
Bloody Run, Story of. ...
462
Boardman, Capt E ......... 147-150-154 Boardman, Elisha, Death of ....... 196 Boardman, Elisha 401 Boardman Township . . . 818 Borman, August 276 Bothmer, H. F. W. . . 272 Bowland, Murder of 291 Bradshaw Jos 272 Brasil, Martin
Bridges, First County.
98
Bridges, Controversies Over .......
94
Brinkhaus, George
270
Bronson, Horace D. ..
401
Brown, Alonzo, Report of .. 126
. . .
197
Brownson, Daniel
......
274
Buena Vista, 1853.
82
Buena Vista Township Organized .. 52
Buena Vista Township ...
314
Buffalo Farm at Luana
286
Campbell, J. F ..
266
Carter, Maj. E. V.
406
Carter, H. B ..
276
Carver, Jonathan
22
Casey, Thomas
268
Cass Township
$14
Cass Township Churches
457
Cass Township, Early Settlers .... 458
Cass Township, History and Tradi-
tions
449
Cass Township Mill
455
Casa Township Mission Road ...
452
Cass Township Schools
456
Cass Township Postoffices
454
269
Brown, Alonzo, Death of.
x
INDEX
Census of 1836.
31
Census of 1838 ..
Census of 1856
119
Census of 1865.
186
Census of 1870-1875
218
Census of Towns
492
Census of Townships 493
Ceres, Town of. 316
277
Chapman, Ingle
CHURCHES-
Baptist Church, Strawberry Point 162
Catholic Church
379
Buena Vista
387
Clayton
386
386
Cox Creek
Elkader
382
Elkport
386
Garnavillo
380
Guttenberg
381
McGregor
884
Monona
385
Strawberry Point.
386-387
Volga City
386
Christian Scientist, McGregor. 366
Congregational Church, Edgewood 327 Congregational Church, Elkader. 881 Congregational Church, McGregor 365
Congregational Church, Monona. 142 Congregational Church, Straw- berry Point
Evangelical Frieden's Church,
Elkader . 332 Free Methodist Church, Monona. $60 Lutheran Church, Elkport ... 387 Lutheran Church, Farmersburg .. 338 Lutheran Church, Garnavillo (St. Peter's) . 340
Lutheran Church, Gernavillo (St.
Paul's)
339
County Markets
Lutheran Church, Guttenberg (St.
John's) .
344
Lutheran Church, Littleport
248
Lutheran Church, Marion (Nor-
wegian)
361
Lutheran Church, Monona (St. Paul's) 360
Lutheran Church, Norway, Wag- ner Township (Norwegian). 361 Lutheran Church, Strawberry Point 864
Methodist Church, Edgewood.
...
328
Methodist Church, Giard (Ger-
man)
342
Methodist Episcopal Church, Gut- tenberg 344 Methodist Church, McGregor .... 856 Methodist Church, No. McGregor 360 Methodist Church, Volga City ... Presbyterian Church, Volga City 369 Clayton, 1853 84
Clayton, Boom Days at.
98
Clayton, Grain Shipments at ..
100
Clayton in 1866. 188
Clayton, Town of .. 826
Census, 1840-1850
59
Clayton Center, Description of, 1856 107
Clayton Center
Clayton County Insurance Co 219
Clayton Township
Clues, Rebecca
62
Clydesdale Company $21
C. M. & St. P. Ry. Yards, North McGregor 259
Collins, Lemuel G.
221
Commissioners, First 51
Commissioners, Last
78
Commissioners, Acts of 1840 ... 60,
63
Commissioners, Acts of 1841.
...
Commissioners, Acts of 1842.
Communia, Description of. 1856.107-822 Cook, A. P. 268
Coulee de Bloux ..
108
County Assessment, 1853. 80
County Asylum
247
County, Business in, 1853.
87
County Business Men in 1856
105
County Bond Issue.
285
County, Conditions in, 1857 114
County Expenses
117
County Finances, 1853
91
County Finances, 1860.
County, Financial Condition of.
289
County Government, 1866-1870
201
County Government, 1880-1900
215
County Government
281
County, History of, 1882.
18
County, Immigration, 1858
88
County Improvements
County in 1850
75
County in 1858
98
County in 1855
102
County in 1856
106
County Jail
186
County Officers
County Organization and Bounda-
ries
31
County, Pioneers of.
47
County Poor Farm Election.
138
County Poor Farm, Purchase of ...
136
County Poor Farm Opened.
198
County Population, 1866.
110
County Population, 1890-1900
$80
County, Proposed Division of. 184
County, Present View
825
County Supervisors
185
County Resources in 1858
81
County Taxes for 1915.
284
County Under Mulct Law 218
County, Wealth of ..
281
County Seat at Prairie La Porte
54
County Seat, First Election
78
County Seat to Elkader
108
County Seat Election, 1857.
112
County Seat Election, 1857. 113
County Seat Election, 1858.
120
County Seat Election, 1860.
180
xi
INDEX
Courts, First
51
Courts, Early Sessions.
66
Elkader Beginnings
313
Courts, Early District.
68
Elkader Postmasters
314
Courts, Early Probate.
67
Elkader City Government.
330
Courts Under Judge Wilson.
71
Elkina Murder
256
Courts in the '40s .
Elkport
58, 189, 322,
336
Court House, Beginning of ..
186-7
Elk Township
315
Court House, Appropriations for ..
192
Enfield, Town of.
280
Court House Completed.
216
Enlistments in 1862
147
Cornell Murder
257
Cox Creek Township
315
Creameries
254
Everall, Richard
270
Crosby, J. O.
112, 124,
301
Cyclone of 1899.
260
Davis, L. D.
271
Davis, Timothy
398
Death Roll, 1900-1916. 301-307
Democratic Party, 1854.
25
Diamond Joe
178
D'Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne
20
Dickens, Mrs. Ann. 121
Dickens, Edward
279
Fleck, Maurice
270
Dinan, Patrick
277
Draft, Enrollment for. 148
Draft, Avoidance of. 151
Draft Ordered
162
Floods of 1896
249
Flood Record, 1900-1915
289
Draft, Supplementary
163
Drips, Capt. A. W ..
148
Drips, T. G., Attack on. 96
Drips, Capt. T. G., Death of. 198
Downie, John
196-268
Dubuque Road
460
East Elkport
322
Eberhardt, J. M. 26.6
Edgewood
327
Elboeck, Joseph
124, 125, 126, 132. 149, 215,
305
Election, First
53
Garnavillo, Lots Sold
Election of 1842.
66
Election, Special, 1853 87
Election, 1863
89
Election, August, 1856.
110
Election of 1867
116
Election, 1858
122
Election Results, 1858
123
Election County Poor Farm
133
Election of 1864
158
Elections, Tables of.
465-489
Elkader, Contesta for County Seat. 78
Elkader, 1853
86
Giard, Grant.
23
Elkader Wins County Seat.
108
Elkader, Description of 1856. 107
Elkader, County Seat at. 130
Elkader Mill Fire.
184
Elkader in 1865.
188
Elkader Woolen Factory Project .. 200
Elkader "Firsts" 200
Elkader, 1870-80
235
Elkader Bridge
189-216
Elkader Fair
Elkader, 1880-1900
261-264
Elkader Opera House
292, 298
Elkader Band
292
Eikader, Events, 1900-1916.
292-297
Giard Township
317
Giard Village
317
Gifford, George L. 276
Gifford, Rev. Henry 266
Gilchrist, W. J.
270
Gillett, John W
224
Goddard, A. M.
267
Gold, Discovery of.
123
Gold, Second Discovery of.
219
Golden Circle, Knights of
150
17-20
Falconer, Alex
271
Farmersburg
315
Farmersburg City Government
337
Farmersburg Township
816
Farmers' Institutes 286
Fenianism
200
Ferry, First Steam
110
Flaherty, Thomas 268
Floods of 1865
192
Floods, 1866
196
Floods, 1880-1895
248
Flood of 1916
290
Fisher, M. L.
Forbes, B. F
117
Fox, B. F.
270
Frenchtown
316
Frese, G. Henry
276
Froehlich, Henry
276
Froelich, Town of.
317
Fur Traders . 34-38 Garnavillo, Name Changed. 70
Garnavillo, 1853
85
Garnavillo, Description of,. 1856
107
Garnavillo In 1866.
188
Garnavillo
316
Garnavillo City Government
339
Garnavillo & Guttenberg Railroad. 287
Garber
322
Garber City Government.
337
Garber, John
269
Gates, I. B.
227
Giard, Basil.
28
Giard Postoffice Established. 100
Giard Grant Litigation
123
Giard in 1865
189
Giard
342
Elkader School Building
295
Eno, William P.
276
Everall, John
216
Explorers, Early French
101, 112,
184.
225
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INDEX
Good Roads Movement.
284
Good Templars .
112
Linton, Dr. John ..
222
Grand Meadow Convention
98
Little, Dr. Samuel.
407
Grand Meadow Township.
317
Littleport in 1865.
189
Granger, H. 8 ..
78, 98.
99
Grant, Judge James.
76
Guttenberg, Beginnings of
Guttenberg, 1863 83
Guttenberg, Improvements at
90
Guttenberg, 1856
106
Guttenberg Wins County Seat.
113
Guttenberg County Seat Election. 120
Guttenberg in 1865.
187
Guttenberg, Growth of.
259
Guttenberg City Government.
343
Hagensick, Christ
267
Hagensick, C. W
267
Hagerty Murder 198
Hamilton, Dr. H. H.
266
Monona
352
Volga City
369
CATHOLIC ORDER OF FORES- TERS-
Elkader
336
McGregor
857
Community Club, Guttenberg
344
Coterie Club, Elkader 236
EASTERN STAR-
100
Elkader
386
Guttenberg
346
Monona
McGregor
357
Strawberry Point
36G
Frauen Verein, Littleport. 348
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUB-
LIC-
Elkader
888
Monona
361
Strawberry Point
366
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD
FELLOWS-
Elkport
887
Garnavillo
240
Guttenberg
$45
Monona
358
Strawberry Point
865
Ingleside Club, Guttenberg.
Knights of Pythias, Edgewood.
339
Ladies' Tourist Club, McGregor.
357
MASONIC LODGE-
Edgewood 329
Elkader
332
Farmersburg 838
Garnavillo
241
Guttenberg
345
Monona
352
McGregor
357
Strawberry Point
MODERN BROTHERHOOD OF AMERICA-
Elkport
Farmersburg
$88
Littleport City Government.
LODGES AND CLUBS-
A. O. U. W., Strawberry Point ... $67
Auto Club, Elkader ...
96, 884
Auto Trails Association,
Mo-
Gregor
$57
Boy Scouts, McGregor.
856
BROTHERHOOD OF AMERICAN
YEOMEN-
Edgewood
329
Elkader
334
Guttenberg
346
McGregor
357
North McGregor
359
267
Hamilton, Norman
Hardin .
104,
Hartge, Fred
223
Hartge, Murder of.
71
Hartrich, Mrs. C.
292
Hatch, Judge L. O.
278
Heckel, F. E.
281
Hennepin, Father
19
Henry Creek Postoffice 104
Highland, Town of. $17
Highland Township
271
Hoffbauer, Dr. Wm
Hofer, Adam
$5
Holtsbecker, Henry, Killing of.
200
Hop Industry
236
Hunt, B. T., Death of.
Hunt, William
270
Huntting. W. F.
Indian History
Indian Wars 88-10
Indians at McGregor. 120
Iowa, Birth of.
89
Iowa, Census of, 1836. 31
Iowa, Settlement of 45
Jacksonville, Founding of.
Jacksonville
316
Jail, County 136
Jail Deliveries 258
Jail, First County. 70
817
Jefferson Township
Jordan, A. J. 221
Karberg, Peter 26.8
Kellner, Henry
267
Kerosene First Advertised. 188
Kinsley, Guy
125
Knapp, Buel 276
Knight, Willard 226
Kreiba, John P.
287
Lahontau, Baron
20
Larkin, John
273
Leach, J. M.
272
Le Suer, Pierre Charles. 20
Licenses, Ferry
61
Licenses, First
54
Lincoln, Death of.
154
321
Hill, James M ..
271
271
Littleport
$48
xiii
INDEX
Monona
353
MODERN WOODMEN OF AMER- ICA-
Edgewood
330
Elkader
333
Elkport
337
Farmersburg
338
Garnavillo
341
Guttenberg
345
Monona
25.8
McGregor
357
Strawberry Point
365
Mendon Township.
319
Mystic Workers, Guttenberg
847
P. E. O., Elkader.
P. E. O., Strawberry Point.
867
Pythian Sisters, Edgewood.
328
Millville, 1853
85
Rebekah Lodge, Elkader.
385
Rebekah Lodge, Garnavillo
242
Rebekah Lodge, Osterdock 360
ROYAL NEIGHBORS OF AMER- ICA-
Guttenberg
$17
Farmersburg
339
Littleport
248
Strawberry Point
367
Volga City
369
Turn Verein, Garnavillo.
342
Women's Court of Foresters, El- kader
Woman's Relief Corps, Edgewood. 328 Woodman Circle, North McGregor. 359 WOODMEN OF THE WORLD McGregor 357
North McGregor
259
Lodomillo Township
818
Louisiana Purchase
25
Louisiana Under American Rule. . 26-22
Lowry. Rev. David.
221
Luana Buffalo Farm
286
Luana
821
Luana City Government. . . 3.48
Luana Consolidated School 348
Mails, Early Stage Lines 91
Mails, Pioneer Carrier
92
Mallory Township
318
Marais, Chevalier
314
Marin, Pierre Paul. 21
Marion Township
319
Marquette, Father Jacques .. . 17-18-19
McGonigle, C. L.
274
McGuire, James.
267
McGregor, Alexander
408
McGregor, James, Death of. 197
McGregor, Beginnings of. 319
McGregor, City Indebtedness.
235
McGregor During the War.
179
McGregor, Early Incident in. 159
McGregor, Early History of ... 110-111
McGregor, Golden Days of.
175
McGregor, Hard Times of 1857 ...
117
McGregor, Incomes in 1868 197
McGregor in 1853.
83
McGregor in 1854.
96
McGregor in 1865.
187
McGregor in 1870-75.
232
McGregor in 1900-1916
297
McGregor Land Titles
.115, 129
177
McGregor, Methodist
Chautauqua
at
254
McGregor, Progress of.
203
McGregor Progress 1880-1900
260
McGregor, Prosperity of. 90
Mederville
315
Medical Association Formed
219
Mentzel, Chas. 274
Merrill.
. . 125-186-204-212-405
Millville-First Settled
18
Millville Township
820
Mining, 1853
88
Mining, Lead
90
Mississippi, Discovery by
Mar -..
quette
17
Mississippi, Freedom of the.
24
Mississippi, Rafting on the.
180
Mississippi, Traffic 1852.
86
Mississippi, Traffic 1865-70.
192
Missouri Territory
28
Missouri, Admission of
20
Monlux, Geo.
416
Monona, Beginnings of.
$21
Monona in 1853
86
Monona in 1865
189
Monona, Progress of
203
Monona City Government.
349
Monona Township
820
Morasser Township, Establishment
of
104
Motor
322
Murdock, Louisa
124
Murdock, Samuel .... 124, 277, 392, 418
National
104
National Park
300
National Park Association,
Mc-
Gregor
Neutral Ground
. 41
Newberry, Hon. B. W
149
NEWSPAPERS-
Advertiser, Elkader
138
Clayton County Democrat, Elka-
der
$31
First
72
In 1858
119
In 1859
125
Journal, Edgewood
327
Journal, The Clayton County
123
McGregor, City Government.
364
Leader, Monona.
342
Mail Press, Strawberry Point.
363
News, Volga City
362
Nord Iowa Herold, Elkader.
331
North Iowa Times, McGregor 108-354
Press, Guttenberg
344
Register, Elkader, Founded
236
Register & Argus, Elkader.
331
Tribune, Elkader
110
Tribune, Garnavillo
339
xiv
INDEX
Nicklaus, Jacob, Death of. .. 195
Noble, R .... 92, 101, 101, 108, 118, 126 181, 135, 188, 186, 204, 214, 276
North McGregor City Government 868
North McGregor, Beginnings of ... 312
North McGregor, Fire at. 232 North McGregor in 1857. 118
North McGregor, Pontoon Bridge at 179
North McGregor, Progress of. 203 Norwegians, Coming of. 116
Oathout, George 421
Oathout, S. H 268
Odell, Elijah
220
Old Settlers' Edition. 287
Old Settlers' Reunion 227
Old Settlers' First Reunion. 228 Old Settlers' Second Reunion 230 Old Settlers' Reunions, 1880-1900 250 Olmsted, P. P. 419
Osborne
315
Otis, Geo. H .. 260
Paddelford, John
274
Partch, James T. 277
Patch, Luther
269
Peace Party, 1863
149
Pearl Button Industry 2.98
Pearson, Richard, Probate Judge. 67
Peet, S. R.
223
Penfield, Wm. A ..
278
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