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HISTORY
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Harrison
County
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ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS Vel. 1
By HON. CHARLES W. HUNT, Logan
Assisted by WILL L. CLARK, Woodbine
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families
ILLUSTRATED
1915 B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana
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DEDICATION. This work is respectfully dedicated 10 THE PIONEERS,
long since departed. May the memory of those who laid down their burdens by the wayside ever be fragrant as the breath of summer flowers, for their toils and sacrifices have made Harrison County a garden of sun- shine and delights.
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PREFACE
All life and achievement is evolution : present wisdom comes from past experience, and present commercial prosperity has come only from past exer- tion and suffering. The deeds and motives of the men who have gone before have been instrumental in shaping the destinies of later communities and states. The development of a new country was at once a task and a privi- Jege. It required great courage, sacrifice and privation. Compare the pres- ent conditions of the people of Harrison County, Iowa, with what they were one hundred years ago. From a trackless wilderness and virgin land, it has come to be a center of prosperity and civilization, with millions of wealth, systems of railways, grand educational institutions, splendid indus- tries and. immense agricultural and mineral productions. Can any think- ing person be insensible to the fascination of the study which discloses the aspiration and efforts of the early pioneers who so strongly laid the founda- tion upon which has been reared the magnificent prosperity of iater days? To perpetuate the story of these people and to trace and record the social, polit- ical and industrial progress of the community from its first inception is the function of the local historian. A sincere purpose to preserve facts and per- sonal memoirs that are deserving of perpetuation, and which unite the pres- ent to the past, is the motive for the present publication. A specially valuable and interesting department is that one devoted to the sketches of representa- tive citizens of these counties whose records deserve preservation because of their worth, effort and accomplishment. The publishers desire to extend their thanks to the gentlemen who have so faithfully labored to this end. Thanks are also due to the citizens of Harrison county for the uniform kind- ness with which they have regarded this undertaking, and for their many services rendered in the gaining of necessary information.
In placing the "History of Harrison County, Iowa," before the citizens, the publishers can conscientiously claim that they have carried out the plan as outlined in the prospectus. Every biographical sketch in the work has been submitted to the party interested, for correction, and therefore any error of fact, if there be any. is solely due to the person for whom the sketch was prepared. Confident that our effort to please will fully meet the approbation of the public, we are,
Respectfully, THE PUBLISHERS.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1-INTRODUCTION 33 The Period Prior to the Advent of the White Man-The Indian Hunting Grounds-Nature's Own Landscapes-Comparison of Conditions.
CHAPTER HI-TOPOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES 35 Boundaries of Harrison County-Area-Timber-Streams of the County -- Topography of Harrison County-The County's Lakes-Minerals-The Soil -Rainfall and Temperature- Prehistoric or Indian Mounds-An Original Mode of Burial-The Last of the Deer, Elk and Buffalo-Prairie Chickens -The Beaver and His Dam.
CHAPTER IN- - INDIAN OCCUPANCY -- TERRITORIAL AND STATE ORGANIZATION
51 The Mound Builders-Their Origin-Early Indian Tribes -- Early Explora- tions -- Military Posts-Black Hawk-Treaties-Territory of Jowa-State- line War-lowa Made a State-Constitutional Conventions-First General Assembly-Initiating Legislation-Prohibition of Slavery -- Under a Second Constitution-Lewis and Clark Explorations-Indian Trails.
CHAPTER IV-PIONEER SETTLEMENTS AND FIRST EVENTS 65 Mormon Settlements-Daniel Brown, the First Settler-First Land Pur- chase-Earliest Settlements in the Various Townships -- First Events in the County-Early Schools-The Log Cabin of Pioneer Days-Early Post Roads and Routes-Naming of Woodbine-Pioneer Customs.
CHAPTER V-COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION 85
Creation and Organization of Harrison County -- Location of the County Seat-First Election-A Just Judge-Boundaries and Areas of Townships- Prosent Townships.
CHAPTER VI-COUNTY GOVERNMENT, FINANCES, ETC. 90 The County Judge System-Destruction of Early Records-Division of County into Civil Townships-Board of County Supervisors -- Burning of First Court House-County Board Proceedings-County Finances-Public Defalcations and Other Financial Losses-Bonds of County Officers- County-seat Contests-Logan Selected-Court Ilouse History-First Court House at Logan-Special Election for New Court House-The County Jail- Care of the County's Unfortunate Poor -- Swamp Lands-Real Estate Valua- tion-Tax List of 1890.
CHAPTER VHI-BENCH AND BAR 109 The Value of the Legal Profession-The First Lawyer in Harrison County- Personal Mention of Some of the Early Lawyers-Sanford H. Cochran,
CONTENTS.
"Father of the Harrison County Bar"-Lawyers in Order of Settlement- Judges of the District Court-Judges of the Circuit Court.
CHAPTER VIII-MEDICAL MEN AND SOCIETIES 118
Pioneer Practice of Medicine-Some Fairly Profes ional Cards-Pioneer Physicians-Physicians in the Various Towns of the County-Medical So- cieties-Missouri Valley Hospital.
CHAPTER IX-NEWSPAPERS OF THE COUNTY 136 Early Pioneer Demand for a Newspaper-The First Papers in the County- Quaint and Curious Cards-Hebrew Edition in English-Brief Mention of All Newspapers Which Have Existed llere.
CHAPTER X-DRAINAGE CANALS OF HARRISON COUNTY 146 Drainage an Important Factor in the Reclamation of Farm Land-Early Efforts in this Direction-Advent of Drainage Canals and Their Fruitful Rusuits-Drainage Districts.
CHAPTER XI-AGRICULTURE AND COUNTY FAIRS 150 llarrison's High Rank in the Output of Farm Products -- Fertility of the Soil-The Dairy Industry -- Time-saving Machinery -- The "Go-devil" -- Agri- cultural Societies-Recorded Farm Namics- - Agricultural Extension -- Sciemi- fc Instruction Inaugurated.
CHAPTER XII-BANKS AND BANKING 164 Pioneers llad Little Use for Banks-Early Currency ard "Wildcat" Money -The First Bank in the County-Subsequent and Present Banks.
CHAPTER XIII -- EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS 175
The First School in Harrison County-First Teacher in Jefferson Township and in Other Sections of the County-Pupils froin Magnolia High School Who Have Attained Eminence -- Early Schools in Jackson Township-Mis- souri Valley Public Schools -- The Dunlap Schools-Woodbine Schools -- Woodbine Normal School-Public Schools of 1913 -- Consolidated Schools.
CHAPTER XIV-MILITARY RECORD OF THE COUNTY. 189
The War with Mexico-Harrison County in the Civil War-A Creditable Record-County Relief for Soldiers' Familie -- Roster of Soldiers-Drafted Men-Spanish-American War-List of Mexican Soldiers-Grand Army Hall.
CHAPTER XV-CHURCHES OF THE COUNTY 202
The Motions, or Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints -- Religious Census of Harrison County-First Religious Services -- Mormon Churches-Baptist Churches-Presbyterian Churches-Christian Churches- Catholic Churches-Seventh-Day Adventists -- Brethren, or Dunkard Church -The Lutherans-German Evangelical Societies-Free Methodists-Con- gregational Churches-Methodist Episcopal Churches-Harrison County Holiness Association.
CHAPTER XVI-CIVIC SOCIETIES OF THE COUNTY 229 Universality and Usefulness of Secret Societies-Free and Accepted Masons in Harrison County-Masonic Semi-centennial Anniversary-Independent Order of Odd Fellows-Knights of Pythias.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XVII-RAILROADS AND TRANSPORTATION 241 The First Sound of the "Iron Horse" in Harrison County-Railroads as Great Civilizing Factors-The Railroads of Harrison County-Railroad Ship- ments from this County-Proposed Electric Koads.
CHAPTER XVHI-POLITICAL ELECTIONS-OFFICIAL ROSTER. 246
Political Changes in Harrison County -- Election Returns, 1857 to 1912-State Representatives-State Senators-Vote for Presidents-Vote for Governors- County Judges-Prosecuting Attorneys-County Attorneys-School Fund Commissioners - Drainage Commissioners - County Treasurers - County Auditors-County Recorders -- Sheriffs-County Clerks-County School Su- perintendent-County Surveyors-Coroners -- County Supervisors-Liquor Prohibition Amendment Vote-Special Court House Election-Great Re- publican Rally-Campaign Wit and Incident.
CHAPTER XIX-MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS 262 Original Town Plats-A Defunct Platting-Items on Pioncer Plattings --- Melrose, a "Paper" Town -- Comparative Market Prices-Census Figures on Farm Property, 1910-The County's Population-Altitudes-Early Mar- riages-Fourth of July Celebration, 1803 -- Grant Memorial Services-Mc- Kinley Memorial Services-The Grasshopper Scourge-"Squatters" and "Regulators" ---- Logan Railroad Wreck of 1896 -- A Political Advertisement -l'resent and Discontinued Postoffices-A Present to the County-Har- rison County Historical Society-Old Settlers' Association.
CHAPTER XX-NOTED CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CASES. 284
La Ponteur Murder -- Indian Murders-Triplett Murder Trial-Meecham Trial -- Murder of Stephen Ide-Killing of Washington I. Crow-Important Civil Cases-First Drainage Ditch Litigation-The Great Diamond Rob- bery.
CHAPTER XXI-JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP AND LOGAN 292 Area and Boundaries-Population-Natural Features-Early Settlement- Defunct Villages of the Township-"Buena Vista" (Whitesboro)-Reeder's Mills-Town of Logan-The Beginning-Mills -- Postoffice-Made a Mag- netic Station -- Municipal History --- Parks-Business Interests-Insurance Companies.
CHAPTER XXU-BOYER TOWNSHIP AND WOODBINE 309 Location-Origin of Name-Population-Streams -- Groves-Improvements -- Bonecis-An Indian Encounter -- The Town of Woodbine-How Named- Business Interests in 1868 -- Commercial Interests of 1914-Postoffice His- tory-Municipal History-Telephone Company-Public Library-Mills- --. Tornadocs.
CHAPTER XXIII-MAGNOLIA TOWNSHIP 327 Oldest, Largest and Most Central Township in County-Area, Boundary and Name-Population -- Natural Features-Early Settlement-Indian Troubles-Pioneer Mills-Cheese Factory-Village of Magnolia-lis Begin- ning-Location-First Postoffice in Harrison County-Early Events-Pres- ent Business Interests-Postoffice History.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XXIV-HARRISON TOWNSHIP AND DUNLAP 340
Location-Natural Features-First Events-Pioneer Settlement-Accidents and Catastrophes-The Farmers' Wives Society-Mill Creek Farmers' Club -- The Town of Dunlap-Beginning of Business-Some Important First Frents - Postoffice History-Mimicipal History-Water Works-Parks -- Library- Commercial Interests-Early Epidemics, Accidents and Fires- Cemetery Association.
CHAPTER XXV-ST. JOHNS TOWNSHIP' AND MISSOURI VALLEY 355 Boundaries and Area -- Population-Natural Features-Public Utilities- Early Settlement-Mills-Oak Grove Cemetery-Defunet Village of St. Jolis --- City of Missouri Valley-Early Business Interests-Postoffice His- tory-Municipal History-Water Works-Fire Department-Industrial In- terests-Mills-Business Directory-Public Library.
CHAPTER XXVI-WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP 375 Location and Area-Natural Features-Population-Settlement-Town cf Persia -- Municipal History-Postoffice-Business Interests-Destructive Fire -Village of Yorkshire.
CHAPTER XXVII-UNION TOWNSHIP 380 Area-Population-Topography-Early Events -- Settlement-Former Post- offices.
CHAPTER XXVIII-RAGLAN TOWNSHIP 324
How Named-Location-Early Settlers -- General Improvements.
CHAPTER XXIX-CLAY TOWNSHIP 388
Arca-Natural Features-Population-Early Settlement -- Early and First Events -- Milling Interests.
CHAPTER XXX-CINCINNATI TOWNSHIP 391 Boundaries-Natural Features -- Early Settlement -- Village of California -- Postoffice History-Business Interests.
CHAPTER XXXI-JACKSON TOWNSHIP 400 Location -- Arca-Public Utilities-Population-First Settlers-Milis-Town of Pisgah-Postoffice-Municipal History -- Business Factors-Village of Orson.
CHAPTER XXXII-LA GRANGE TOWNSHIP 408
Location-Natinal Features-Population -Organization-First Events- Early Settlement-Ilarris Grove Farmers' Che-Harris Grove Postoffice- Becheetown.
CHAPTER XXXIII-LITTLE SIOUX TOWNSHIP 415 Location-Area-Its Name -- Pioneer Settlement -- Ilistoric Items-Town of Little Sioux-Business Interests-Postoffice History -- Corporation Items- Village of River Sioux.
CHAPTER XXXIV-MORGAN TOWNSHIP 426 Location-Organization -- Topography-Streams-Early Settlement -- Town of Mondamin-Postoffice History-Municipal History-Commercial Interests.
CONTENTS.
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CHAPTER XXXV-TAYLOR TOWNSHIP Area-Name-Population-Early Settlers-First Officers-Early Trouble With Indians-Pioneers-Modale-Commercial History-Postoffice Items- Incorporation-Mills.
CHAPTER XXXVI-CASS TOWNSHIP 441 Boundary-Arca-Noticeable Features of the Township-Early Settlement -- Needmore Postoffice -- Some First Events.
CHAPTER XXXVII-DOUGLAS TOWNSHIP 447 Location-Natural Features -- First and Important Events-Pioncer Settle- ment.
CHAPTER XXXVIII-CALHOUN TOWNSHIP 453 Location-Natural Features-Population -- Early Settlement-First Events -- Trouble with Indians-Mills-Defunct Village of Calhoun.
CHAPTER XXXIX-ALLEN TOWNSHIP. 460 Location-Topography-Early Settlement-Olympus Postoffice.
CHAPTER XL-LINCOLN TOWNSHIP' 163
Boundaries-Natural Features-Early Settlement.
CHAPTER ALI-REMINISCENCES :67 Before and After the Railroad-Corn, Ten Cents a Bushel-The Mails- Sixty-one Years Ago-Old Days in Magnolia-Old Magnolia High School- Hester Abbie Hillis-Pioneers of Sixty Years Ago -- Cattle Wear "Green Goggles"-Harrison County During the Civil-War Period-Money Scarce -- An Incident of the Winter of 1856-7-Early-day Hardships.
HISTORICAL INDEX
A
Adams Township 92
Agricultural Extension 159
Agricultural Societies
155
Agricultural Statistics
150, 206
Agriculture
150
Allen Township-
Area
Constituted 86
Name
Popualtion
266, 460
Schools
180
Settlement
70, 460
Tax List, 1890
108
Valuation
106
Area of Harrison County 35
Area of Townships 86
Assessed Valuations
107
Assessment, Abstract of
106
Auditors, County
252
B
Banks and Banking 164
Baptist Churches 209
Bar of Harrison County 109
Beaver
47
Beebeetown
414
Before the Railroads
Bench and Bar 109
467
Birth, First in County 74
Black Hawk
53
Bonds of County Officers
95
Boyer Township ---
Area 86
Burial. Indian 44
Constituted
86.
92
Drafts
199
Improvements
310
Indian Encounter
314
Boyer Township ---
Name
86, 309
Pioneers
310
Population 267, 309
Schools
178
Settlement 68
Streams 309
Tax List, 1890
I
108
Timber
309
Valuation 107
Brethren Church 218
Brown, Panie!
65
73
Buena Vista
263. 298
Buffalo, Last of the
46.
Burning of First Court House
92
Butler, Mrs. Annie
SO, 316, 319
C
Calhoun
459
Calhoun Township --
Area
87, 432
Constituted 87, 91
Drafts
200
First Events 455
Indian Troubles
456
Mills 457
Name 87
Population 266, 452
Settlement
452
Tax List, 1890 JUS
Valuation
107
California Junction.
.244, 263, 394, 397
Campaign Wit and Incident
260
Canals. Drainage
146
Cass Township-
Arca 87, 441
Constitution
87,
91
Name
Population
206, 4.1]
Schools
175
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Cass Township-
Settlement 441
Tax 1.ist, 1890 103
Valuation 107
Catholic Churches 215
Christian Churches 213
Church History 202
Church Statistics 202
Cincinnati
262,
201
Cincinnati Township-
Arca 87
Constituted
ST.
91
Name 87 1
Population 2010 1
Schools
1
177
Settlement
395
Streams
394
Tax List, 1890.
-08
Valnation
107
Circuit Judges 117
Civic Societies 229
Civil Cases, Noted.
284
Civil-War Period 479
Civil-War Record 189
Clay Township-
Arca 87
Boundaries 388
Churches 213
Constituted 87, 91
Drafts
200
First Events
391
Mills 392
Name 87
Population 266, 388
Schools 177
Settlement
69, 388
Tax List, 1890. 108
Valuation 107
Clerks of the County 254
Congregational Churches 221
Consolidated Schools 186
Constitutional Conventions
55.
58
Contests over County Seat 96
Coroners 257
County Attorneys
250
County Auditors 252
County Board Proceedings. 93
County Clerks 254
County Fair, First 75
County Tamm 104
County Finances 93
County Judge System
County Judges 249
County Official Honds 90
County Recorders 252
County School Superintendent 255
County-seat Contests 96
County Seat Located 85
County Supervisors 258
County Surveyors 256
County Treasurers 251
Court House, Burning of First 92
Court House Election 259
Court House History 99
Creation of lowa as a Stare 54
Criminal Cases, Noted 284
Customs of Pioneer Days
82
D
Dairy Industry 151
Death, First in County 74
Deer, Last of the 46
Destruction of karly Records 91
Diamond Robbery, Great 291
Discontinued Postoffices 279
District Court. First 76
District Judges 117
Doctor, First in County 75
Doctors
118
Douglas Township-
87, 447
Constituted SZ
First Events 447
Important Happenings 447
Location 447
Naine 87
Population 266
Schools 177
Settlement 72, 448
Tax List, 1890 108
Valuation 107
Drainage Canals 146
Drainage Commissioners. 250
Drainage Districts 147
Drainage Ditch Litigation 290
Drainage, Natura! 35
Dunkard Church 218
I
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Dunlap-
Accidents 353
Atitude 268
Beginnings 347
Pu-iness Interests
352
Cemetery Association 354
Churches 211, 216. 222, 227
Epidemics
353
Fires
353
First Events
348
Lawyers
116
Library
352
Location
346
Lodges 231, 235, 239
Municipal Ilistory 350
Newspapers 139
Parks
351
Physicians
131
Plat
253
Population 266. 347
Postoffice 350
Schools
182
Shipments
243
Valuation
106, 108
Water Works
351
Dunlap District Agricultural Society 157
E
Earliest Religious Services 75
Early-day Hardships 482
Early Mail Facilities 78
Early Schools 74, 175
Educational Interests
175
Eldorado 263
Election, First
85
Islections 2.46
Elk, Last of the 16
Exploration of Iowa 52
Explorations of Lewis and Clark
59
F
Fair, First Countyu 75
Fairs 155
Farm Names 157
Farm Statistics 150, 266
Farmers' Wives Society
34-1
Fertility of Soil
151
Finances. County 93
First Court House at Logan 100
First Court House, Burning of 92
First District Court
First Election 85
First Events in the County 73
First Land Purchase in 'County 73
First Schools in County 74
First Settler in the County 65
Fountainbleau
264
Fourth of July. 1863. 269
Free Methodist Church 221
Freemasons
229
G
General Assembly. First 56
German Evangelical Church
220
Governors, Vete for 2.18
Grand Army Hall
201
Grand Jury, First
76
Grant Memorial Services
270
Grasshopper Scourge
271
H
Hardships of Early Days 482
Harris Grove 409, 414
Harris Grove Farmers Club. -113
Harrison County Agricultural So-
ciety
155
Harrison County Historical Society 280 Harrison Township ---
Accidents 3.14
Are 87
Con-tituted 87. 92
l'armer,' Wives Society 3.4.4
First Events 340
Mill Creek Farmers' Club 345
Name 87
Population 216
Schools 177
Settlement 72, 311
Tax List, 1890 103
Valuation 105
Ilistorical Society, County 280
Holiness Association 228
lloosier Township
91
Hospital, Missouri Valley 135
HISTORICAL INDEX.
I
L
Independent Order of Odd Fellows_ 234
Indian Burial 44
Indian Hunting Grounds 33
Indian Mounds
Indian Murders
284
Indian Occupancy
51
Indian Trails
62
Indian Treaties
53
Indian Troubles
314, 333, 434, 456
Introduction
33
lowa Created as a State 5.4
Iowa Territory
51
J
Jackson Township-
Area 87. 400
Constituted 92
Nane
87.
Mills
404
Mormons
400
Population 266, 400
Schools
179
Settlement 400
Tax List, 1890 108
107
Jail History 103
Jeddo
262, 297
Jefferson Township-
Area
87, 292
Constituted
87,
91
Drafts 200
Name
ST
Natural Features
292
Population 267, 292
Schools 176
Settlement (7, 293
Tax List, 1890
108
Valuation 107
Villages, Defunct 297
Judges, County 90, 219
Judges of Circuit Court 112
Judges of District Court 117
K
Knights of Pythias
238
LaGrange Township --- Arca 87
Constituted 87, 91
Name
87
Drafts 200
First Events 1
408
Organization 408
Population 267 1
Schools 176
Settlement 71, 409
Tax List, 1890. 108
Valuation
107
Lakes of Ilarrison County 37
Land Purchase. First in County 73
Latter-day Saints
34, 05, 203, 400
Lawyers of Ilarrison County
109
Lewis and Clark Explorations 59
Lincoln Township ---
Area 87
Constitute 1
Population 267, 463
Schools
180
Settlement
71, 463
Tax List, 1890. 108
Valuation
106
Little Sioux ___ 107, 108, 131. 140, 174.
185, 204, 228, 231, 236, 244, 262, 267, 421 Little Sioux Township --
Area 87
Constituted 87,
92
Drafts 200
liistoric Items 420
Mills 420
Name 87
Population 267, 415
Schools 137
Settlement 68,
416
Steamboating 421
Tax List. 1890. 108
Valuation 107
Locating the County Seat 85
Location of Harrison County 35
Log Cabin, Building of a
77
Logan-
Altitude 268
Banks
168
beginnings 301
Business Interests, 1874 301
Valuation
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Logan-
Churches 206, 209, 212, 215, 226
Insurance Companies 305
Lawyers
116
Location
300
Lodges
232, 236
Magnetic Station 303
Mills
302
Municipal History
30-4
Name
300
Parks
305
Physicians 126
Plat
263
Population
267
300
Postoffice
303
Present Business Interests 305
Press
141
Schools
185
Seicetion of County Seat. 300
Shipments
213
Tax List, 1890. 108
Valuation
107
Logan Railway Wreck
276
M
MeKinley Memorial Services
271
Madison Township 92
Magnolia-
Banks
167
Business
Interests
337
Churches
205, 213,
215, 219, 220, 221, 228
County Seat
327, 335
Lawyers
116
Lodges
229, 237
Newspapers
136
Physicians
122
P'lat 262, 263, 335
Population
267
Postoffice
338
Schools
168, 474
Valuation 107
Plat Magnolia High School 474 263
Magnolia, Old Days in 473
Magnolia Township-
Area 87, 327
Cheese Factory 335
Constituted
87,
92
Magnolia Township ---
Indian Troubles 333
Mills
334
Name
87
Population
267, 327
Settlement
66, 323
Tax List, 1890 108
Valuation 107
Mail Routes, Early 78
Mails, the
170
Marcy Township 92
Market Prices
265
Marriage, First in County 74
Marriage License, First Issued 74
Marriages, Early 268
Masonic Order
220
Medical History 118
Medical Societies
134
Melrose 262
Methodist Episcopal Churches. 22.1
Mexican Soldiers
201
Military Record
Mill Creek Farmers' Club. 345
Mills
75, 302, 323,
334, 359, 367, 38 :. 392, 404, 420, 428, 439
Minerals
39
Miscellaneous Subjects
262
Missouri Valley ---
Altitude 268
Banks
165
Business Interests 367
Churches
.209, 211, 214, 219, 226
Early Business Interests
362
Fire Department.
365
Industrial Interests
366
Lawyers 116
Library
369
Light
365
Lodges
230, 235, 239
367
Municipal History
363
Newspapers
133
Physicians
120
Population
263
Postoffice
I
I
363
Schools
181
Settlement
361
Shipment 244
Mills
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Missouri Valley-
Tax List, 1890. 108
Valuation 1017
Water Works 301
Missouri Valley Hospital.
135
Modale- Altitude 268
Churches 213, 217. 226
Commercial History 437
Lodges
238
Mills 439
Municipal History
439
Officers 439
133
Physicians Plat 263
Population 267
Postoffice
1
438
Schools
185
Shipments
211
Valuation 107. 108
Mondamin-
Altitude 268
Banks
173
Business Interests
431
Churches
206, 223, 226
Municipal llistory
430
Newspapers 144
Physicians
133
Plat 263
Population 267 1
Postoffice 430 I I I
Schools 185 1
Shipments
244
Tax List, 1890 108
Money Scarce
480
Morgan Township
Area
87, 420
Constituted
87
Mills
428
Name
87
Population
267, 426
I
Schools 178
Settlement 69, 427
Tax List, 1890.
108
Valuation
107
Mormon Separation
34
Mounds, Prehistoric
42
Murder Trial, First
285
N
Naming of Townships 86
Naming of Woodbine
Naming of County 85
Needmore
145
Newspapers
75, 136
Normal School. Woodbine
183
Noted Criminal Cases 284
O
Odd Fellows 23-4
Old Days in Magnolia. 473
Old Settlers' Association 280
Olmstead
263, 265
Olympus 462
Organization of County
85
Original Town Plats
262
Orson
261. 407
Parrish City 263, 264
Persia --
Altitude 26S
Banks
172
Business Interests 376
Churches
219, 227
Fire 378
Lighting Plant 377
Lodges 233, 238. 239
Municipal History 370
Newspapers 145
Physicians 130
Plat 263
Population 267
Postoffice
376
Schools
-185
Shipments
243
Valuation
107
Water Works 377
Physician. First in County 75
Physicians
118
Pioneer Customs 82
Pioneer Physicians 119
Pioneer Settlement of County (,5
Pioneers of Sixty Years Ago
476
Pisgah
107. 131
174, 185, 207, 203, 267, 405
4
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Plats. Town, Original 262
Political Advertisement 278
Political History 246
Pomi. Care of the
104
Population Statistics
266
Post Roads, Early
78
Postoffices Discontinued
279
Prairie Chickens 47
Prehistoric Mounds 12
Presbyterian Churches 211
Present Townships
88
l'residential Vote
248
l'ress, The 136
Prohibition Amendment Vote 259
Prohibition of Slavery 58
Prosecuting Attorneys
250
R
Raglan Township-
Arca
Constituted
88,
91
Draf:
200
Location
384
Name 88
Population 267, 384
Schools
180
Settlement
71, 384
Tax list, 1890 108
Valuation
107
Railroad Shipments 243
Railroads 241
Railroads, Before the 467
Rainfall
40
Real Estate Valuations 106
Recorded Farm Names 157
Recorders, County
252
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