History of Crawford County, Iowa, a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement, Volume I, Part 52

Author: Meyers, F. W; S.J. Clarke Publishing Company
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Chicago : S. J. Clarke publishing co.
Number of Pages: 638


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Rev. Rockwell was perhaps the first to bring the gospel message to West Side. He was an itinerant preacher and filled a number of appointments. His work in West Side seems to have borne fruit for as early as August, 1875, the West Side correspondent mentions the need of a meeting house and also urges the erection of a new school house as, owing to the rapid increase of popula- tion, it was thought that the school house then built would scarcely accommodate the pupils. Dr. L. L. Bond, settled in West Side in 1875 and became one of the leading and most highly respected citizens of the new village.


In the fall of this year West Side was visited by another severe storm and it is noted that the Hartney house was flooded and the side walk on Main street moved bodily into the middle of the road.


In the closing days of the year 1875 there appears quite a lengthy descriptive article concerning West Side from which we take the following items :


"At the commencement of 1875 our population was less than two hundred. We have now fully three hundred. During the year there were eleven births


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and two deaths. The interests of religion are well attended to by ministers of the Methodist Episcopal church. Two lodges, the Masons and the Good Temp- lars have been organized. Thirty new buildings were added during the year, nine of which are occupied as business places. Smith and Gary, grain, live stock and coal merchants head the list. They being among the oldest firms and their business the most extensive and varied. Their business for the year amounted to $75,000, and they shipped 150 cars of grain, ten cars of hogs and eight of cattle. They give constant employment to fifteen men. Mr. Wayne of Carroll had an agent purchasing grain and his shipments were about seven thousand bushels. Blackman and Company report sales for ten months amount- ing to $30,000. They also engage in building and have erected during that time twenty-five residences, five business places, three school houses and two livery stables. They employ ten men. E. T. Savage reports sales of twenty-seven thousand dollars in lumber and coal, in addition to large sales of agricultural implements. House and Laub figure their dry goods business at $23,000. Weidling and Evers, general merchants and dealers in agricultural implements, had sales of $40,000. Mr. Burlingame did a business of $10,000. Drs. Satter- lee and Patterson, dealers in drugs, paints, etc., report annual. sales of $6,000. Mr. Taylor, manager of the drug store, was also the postmaster. Other business men mentioned are W. B. Laub, W. N. Becker, F. St. Helm, Mr. Whipple, fur- niture dealer, Mr. Spottswood, harness maker, F. Brown, and Mr. Adams, blacksmiths,. The steam mill had been running almost constantly and had ground out eighty-five thousand bushels of wheat and forty thousand bushels of other grain. Dr. L. L. Bond had a large and successful practice."


In March, 1876, it is reported that "the dull times of February have been succeeded by a livelier trade. New emigrants have been rapidly pouring in and settlements are being made both north and south."


The advent of Mr. Johnson, who was said to be "one of the finest boot makers in the west," is mentioned, and among the business changes it is recorded that A. S. Hayne took the place of E. House the retiring member of the firm of House and Laub. I. B. Nelson also is mentioned as having rented Mr. Cox's' interest in the West Side mill, thus obtaining exclusive control.


In May of 1876, the West Side correspondent notes that "the Methodists contemplate erecting a house of worship this summer."


A trial of sulkey plows is also noted as having taken place on the premises of J. J. Woolhiser. Four practical farmers, Michael Winters, B. F. Parker, Clark Everson and R. C. Everson were chosen as judges.


A new hardware store owned by Mr. Parks was another addition to the new town. In June 1876, E. P. Savage sold his lumber and coal business to F. M. Blashfield of Grand Mound, Iowa, Mr. Savage continuing in the implement business. In 1879, a Denison visitor to West Side says "There were quite a number of teams in town. The steam mill is doing a good business and has extensive trade. Messrs. Ward Matthews and Baer, formerly of Denison, were hard at work selling goods. R. B. Taylor has gone into the hardware business. West Side will have a new school house in another year, several new buildings have gone up and the business men seem to have their share of patronage."


GERMAN VEREIN. WEST SIDE


GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH, WEST SIDE


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The first settlement of West Side was distinctively American and was made up quite largely of veterans of the Civil war. At one time, with not more than three hundred population, West Side had a Grand Army post of thirty members. Death and removals have thinned the ranks until there are but two of these veterans remaining, Mr. Isaac Patterson and Mr. Fred Bock, and the Grand Army post has long since given up its charter. While the settlement around Vail was largely by those of Irish descent, West Side became more and more Germanized, this element gradually becoming ascendent in the com- munity. In point of population West Side has barely held its own since those prosperous days of 1880. Its present population is 367 as against 396 in 1900. In volume of business, however, it has shown a steady increase and it now has a number of wealthy and well established business institutions, many handsome homes, good schools, and three churches, the Methodist Episcopal, Catholic, and German Lutheran.


The growth of the German element is evidenced by the organization of the Germania Verein in 1889. J. H. C. Peters was the first president of this society and has for many years been its secretary. D. H. C. Schutt is the present president. In 1893 this society erected a fine hall at an expense of $8,000, and the society is now nearly free from debt.


The first ordinance indicating the boundaries of the incorporated town of West Side is dated February 21, 1879, and is signed by C. Weidling, mayor, and L. L. Bond, recorder. According to the minute books of the city council the following have held the office of mayor, C. Weidling, 1879-1881 ; E. C. Hay- wood, 1887; A. P. Fellingham, 1889; George S. Ohnsman, 1892; J. H. C. Peters, mayor protem, 1894; John F. Grote, mayor protem, 1894; L. L. Bond, 1895- 1900; J. H. C. Peters, mayor protem, 1900; F. J. Herre, 1904; George E. Spotts- wood, 1906; C. L. Patterson, 1908; J. H. C. Peters, mayor protem, P. H. Dohse, the present mayor. The other town officers now are: E. J. Peters, clerk; C. W. Payne, treasurer; James Nickelsen, marshal; and Henry Moeller, J. H. C. Peters, Peter Sievers, D. H. C. Schutt and E. B. Spottswood, councilmen.


The city has one of the best systems of water works and the best provision for fire protection of any town of its size in Iowa. The water works cost $14,000 and though the city is still in debt to some extent for this improvement, it is felt that the money was well expended. The fire department is a volunteer company of twenty men, Emil Evers, chief ; P. H. Dohse, secretary; and E. B. Spottswood, treasurer. Business meetings are held monthly and fire drills are held twice a month from May to November. The water works is the gravity system with a large well, a gasoline engine, with pumping capacity of 125 gallons per minute, and a steel water tank, 162 feet high, with capacity of 40,000 gallons. There are one and one-half miles of main with eleven double hydrants. The fire equipment consists of a hose cart, with 600 feet of hose, a hook and ladder wagon, and a chemical engine with capacity of one hundred gallons.


The German character of the town is again indicated by its music loving characteristic. It has the oldest and one of the best uniformed bands in the county. This organization has been in existence continuously for seven years and owns a number of valuable instruments and has a considerable nest egg in its treasury. There are sixteen members of the band, A. J. Kelly is president


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of the association, W. T. Dohse, secretary, and E. B. Spottswood, treasurer, while the jolly mayor, P. H. Dohse, is manager and leader.


The Lutheran church is another German institution. Rev. Carl Fauth is the present pastor. The church property, consisting of church building and parsonage, is valued at $5,000, and is free from debt, while the membership is large and zealous.


West Side has furnished to the county many of its strongest men, aside from those already mentioned A. B. Catt, Dr. A. Waterman, John F. Grote, Captain Melvin Smith, and many others have left a lasting impress upon the county.


The business of West Side to-day is represented by the following: The Valley Bank, owned by Mr. C. W. Payne, one of the wealthiest and most philan- thropic citizens of the county; E. B. Spottswood, is cashier and E. D. Dannatt assistant ; The Farmers Bank, owned by J. H. C. Peters, with E. J. Peters and A. C. Peters assisting in the management; The Journal, edited by Max Hueschen ; H. J. Moeller and The Dewey Mercantile Company, general merchants; The West Side Drug Company owned by C. L. and A. B. Patterson, and Peter Sievers drugs; Evers and Martens hardware, furniture and implements; Patter- son and Campbell, carrying the same line and also dealing in automobiles; Henry Pahl, harness maker ; C. R. Craft, postmaster and confectioner ; A. D. Starek, barber; S. P. McGarvey, hotel; A. Kracht, livery; Fred Sierks, jewelry; West Side Lumber Company, West Side Roller Mills, owned by Thos. Buton; C. L. and J. C. Patterson, physicians; A. L. Gilson, blacksmith; Henry and John Munn, carpenters; J. H. Sheldorf, automobiles; Frank Glasscock, meats; H. C. Bock, cream agent; Gary and Voss, grain and stock buyers; A. L. Kelly, and Charles Martens, saloons; John Schluter, dray; W. N. Walters, agent North- western railway; Dr. Biernes, veterinarian; West Side telephone company of which J. H. C. Peters is secretary, and R. B. Harrison, manager.


West Side is in the heart of what is perhaps the richest agricultural section of Crawford county and, consequently of Iowa. Its merchants carry extensive stocks, its banks are noted for their wealth and stability. It is the home of a number of wealthy retired farmers and it enjoys the confidence and affec- tion of a large clientage. There seems to be no reason why the coming years should not bespeak continued prosperity and while it is improbable, per- haps, that West Side will ever become a large city, it will nevertheless continue to maintain itself as a prosperous business center and the location of many happy homes.


Accounts of the Methodist and Catholic churches of West Side appear in the chapters devoted to those denominations.


In Fraternal orders the Masonic Lodge, Setting Sun Lodge number 349, is the oldest organization. The Good Templars and the Grand Army of the Republic both had strong organizations at one time but these have passed away.


The Highland Nobles now the American Nobles, was instituted in West Side in 1899 and is known as Dunavaty Lodge, No. 55. Mr. Gus Gradert was the first secretary, but it was not until 1906 that regular officers were elected, these were, Edward Peters, protector; J. C. Kaschube, councellor ; Mrs. M. J. Camp- bell, Chaplain ; Peter Sievers, secretary. The lodge at present holds no regular


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meetings and is constituted simply as an insurance order. It now has seventy- three members in good standing. Mr. Peter Sievers is the popular secretary and is an enthusiastic and intelligent supporter of the order. Since its organiza- tion the lodge has lost two members by death, Mr. Peter Switzer and Mrs. Elizabeth E. Evers, wife of August Evers. Accident benefits have also been paid in two instances.


West Side Camp, No. 2991, M. W. A., is the foremost social organization in point of membership, there being ninety members on its roll. The camp holds its meetings in the Masonic hall and its gatherings are among the leading social events of the town. The present officers are, H. J. Moeller, V. C .; P. H. Dohse, W. A .; L. Schomberg, Banker; Emil Evers, Clerk; M. Kracht, Sentry; Wm. Pacholge, Watchman ; R. T. White, Escort; Thos. Buton, E. B. Spottswood, and P. H. Dohse, managers. The camp has lost three members by death, George Spottswood, Fred J. Herre, and Walter F. Evers. It is in excellent financial condition and its membership is strong and enthusiastic. It received its charter May 24, 1895, and its charter members were: H. C. Boock, E. M. Clark, J. A. Cummings, Emil Evers, Gustav Grodert, J. F. Grote, W. E. Hart, J. C. Kaschube, W. D. Long, H. J. Moeller, S. B. McGarvey, Henry Pahl, D. H. C. Schutt and H. C. Smith.


Setting Sun Lodge, No. 349, A. F. & A. M. received its charter June 6, 1876, and its first officers were: M. Smith, W. M .; C. N. Levy, S. W .; and B. E. Allen, J. W.


CHAPTER XLIV.


OTHER TOWNS OF THE COUNTY.


Aspinwall, located near the center of Iowa township, was established at the time of the construction of the Chicago and Milwaukee railway. For a time it was quite a flourishing trading point and it still has considerable business as it is located in a very rich territory. Manning to the east and Manilla to the west have proven formidable rivals. It contains a post office, a good general store, blacksmith shop, elevator, and creamery. It has always been noted for its excellent school.


Astor was founded at the same time as Aspinwall and at first bid fair to be the metropolis of southern Crawford. As we have already mentioned, the building of Manilla, but two miles north-east caused an exodus from Astor, although it has maintained its identity as a pleasant little village. It has a good store, a good school and a post office.


Buck Grove is located near the center of Washington township, on the Sioux City branch of the Chicago Milwaukee railway. It has good trade terri- tory and is in many ways an ambitious and thriving little town. It is incor- porated and its mayors have been J. T. Slater, A. F. Bonney, George Dieber, and John Finnegan. The population is about one hundred, with three churches, German Lutheran, Catholic, and Methodist. None of these have resident pas- tors, however. George Carpenter was the first postmaster and Mrs. A. F. Bonney is postmistress at present. The business of the town is represented by the following, Wm. Arndt and C. O. Wulzine, merchants; Ben Quathamer, hardware; Quathamer and Finnegan, furniture; J. P. Welch, blacksmith; The Farmers Lumber Company, H. Asmus, manager; James Hain, wagon maker; D. Hemphill, Banker; W. L. Morton, station agent; Mrs. M. Vogt, hotel; F. Bonney, drug store; Neola Elevator Company, John Finnegan, manager; H. Newbaum, saloon keeper; Thos. McGuire, section foreman ; Dr. A. F. Bonney, a man of much fame as a writer ; Joseph Brewster, liveryman and town marshal.


Buck Grove has shown considerable civic pride. It has a number of neat homes, cement walks, and creditable schools.


Boyer is located in Stockholm township and is a junction point where the Mondamin line of the Northwestern joins the Wall Lake division. This gives the village considerable importance as a transfer point. Mr. C. S. Johnson is the chief merchant and the town has an excellent hall, good schools, and together


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with Deloit, supports a Methodist Episcopal church of which Rev. Wall is pastor.


Ells is a station and post office on the Illinois Central and is located about a mile south of Boyer in Stockholm township. Mr. B. F. Ells is the principal business man.


Old Kiron is located in the north-west corner of Stockholm township. It is still the home of a number of Swedish pioneers but the business of the place is conducted at New Kiron, located a trifle over a mile to the west.


Ricketts, located in the south-east corner of Soldier township, on the Mon- damin branch of the Chicago Northwestern, is the most pretentious and thriving of the smaller towns of the county. It is almost exclusively a German com- munity, although at one time swept by a fire which consumed almost the entire business section, it has been rebuilt and is a wide awake community. It boasts numerous business houses among which are A. F. Baak and J. H. Detlefs, general merchants; I. N. Vollerson, the popular mayor and manager of the Green Bay Lumber Co .; The German Savings Bank with P. H. Claussen as cashier ; Peter C. Peterson hotel; T. J. Munster, hotel; Gustav Rickert, saloon ; Max Wulf, blacksmith.


"AFTER THE FIRE." AT RICKETTS


BOYER JCT. it


121211


VIEW OF BOYER JUNCTION


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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY


CONCLUSION.


This history has been written with two objects in view. First, to present the facts of the past for the enjoyment of the present and, second, to present the facts of the present for the enjoyment of the future. It has been hoped not only to give a readable account of the history of the county up to the present time, but to give such facts as should afford a solid basis for some succeeding his- torian and to make it a reference book for the future. For this reason many things have been included which, it must be confessed, make dry reading if one takes the volume in hand as one would a work of fiction. Nevertheless it is believed that these facts, these lists of names and dates, are of value and should be permanently preserved.


To be honest, the writer feels that with the close of the work he is just com- mencing to be competent to begin the work. No one will be more aware of the many defects than will he. The work was commenced in October, 1910, but from the pressure of other business only occasional time could be devoted to it In the course of its preparation the files of both the Denison Review and the Denison Bulletin have been freely used and the publishers of these papers are to be thanked for the courtesy extended in the loan of these files. Use was also made of the writings of a number of pioneers, and as far as possible they have been allowed to tell the story in their own words. In regard to the roster of the old soldiers, Mr. J. L. Richardson rendered valuable service. Mr. Z. T. Hawk devoted a vast amount of energy and intelligence to the history of our schools. The special chapters on church history were most carefully prepared. The Iowa State Historical Society afforded every possible courtesy and help. Assistant State Geologist Lees contributed a valuable chapter. One of the most interesting sources of early history was the diary of Mr. A. F. Bond. In fact hundreds of people have contributed to the making of this volume and the writer has simply tried to be their mouthpiece. It has been very largely a labor of love, love for the dear old county, love for the kind friends who have stood ready to make smooth all the rough places of life, love for the home where loved ones have lived and wrought and died, love for the dimpled hills and tree clad valleys and love for the great country of which Crawford county is so fair a part. If this history shall be acceptable to the people of Crawford county, the writer will feel that his life has not been in vain.


INDEX


Accidental Deaths .395


Acker, Jacob 150


Admission of the State. 32


Congressional Districts 129


Agricultural Society 192


Conner, J. P. 218


County Government 77


County Officers in 1884. 99


County Safe Robbed.


91 .


County Seat Located at Denison. 80


County Superintendents 298


Courthouse 95, 103, 221, 224


Crawford, William Harris 34


Banks and Banking. 351


Bassett, John Richardson 77


Black Hawk Purchase. 24


Board of Supervisors in 1879. 98


6.


66


1880 98


66


66


66


66


1881. 98


66


66


66 1882. 99


66


66 6


66


1883. 99


66


66 .6


66 1885 99


66


66


66 1886. 100


66


1870


.165


66


1873 .167


Bold Robbery 201


Bond, A. F. .49, 148, 157


66


66


1884. 183


Boundaries of the State 31


66


1885


187


Boyer 473


66


1886. 190


Buck Grove 473


66


1887


192


Buffalo Visits Denison 57


66


66


1888. 194


1890. 186


1891. 198


Catholic Church 285


66


66


1893.


200


Census of 1860. 151


66


66


1894.


202


Presbyterian Church 275


66


66


1896.


206


St. John's Evangelical Lutheran


66


1897.


.207


262 Church


66


1898.


209


St.


Paul's Evangelical Lutheran


66


66


1899.


210


Church .262


66


66


1900.


.215


Charter Oak School. 324


66


66


1901. 218


Live Oak Lodge. 409


66


66


1902.


220


Charter Oak Lodge, No. 105, I. O. O. F .. 409


66


1903.


221


. Rebekah Lodge .410


66


66


1874. 186


9


Crawford County Attached to Shelty


County 54


Crawford County Census 400


Crawford County Schools 295


Crawford County Sunday School Associa-


tion 285


Crawford County in 1869. 163


Board of Supervisors' Action Relative to


Civil War 85


Briggs, Ansel


33


66


66


66


66


1895


.204


Charter Oak 407


Modern Woodmen of America. 410


Woodmen of the World. 410


Allen, Isaac, Killed 157


Arion 403


Aspinwall 473


Astor 473


Australian Ballot 102


Crawford County, Its Birth.


33


Crawford County Location.


66


1880. 181


1904. .223


477


478


INDEX


Crawford County in 1905. .224


66


1906. .225


66


..


1907. 228


1908. .229


1909.


.230


.6 ..


1910. .232


1911 .234


Death Roll of Pioneers. .385 Ells .474


Deloit


Deloit School


.303


Denison


Its Founding


132


Early Settlers


149


Early Days


141


Denison Organizations


237


Masonic Order


.237


Sylvan Chapter, O. E. S. 238


Daughters of the American Revolu-


tion 239


Improved Order of Red Men. .240


Chapter Coe. P. E. O. 241


Sidonia Lodge, No. 393, I. O. O. F. .241


Rebekah Lodge .242


Denison Lodge. No. 626, I. O. O. F. .242 Brotherhood of American Yeomen. 242


German Mutual Insurance Company .243 Royal Highlanders .243


Denison Lodge, No. 80, F. B. R. S. .244


Dowdall Lodge, No. 90, K. P. .244


Woodmen of the World. 245


Germania Verein


245


Modern Woodmen of America. .246


Mystic Workers of the World. .246


German Brotherhood 247


German Landwehrverein .247


Women's Clubs


.247


First Baptist Church. .251


School


304


High School 191


High School Alumni 312


Denison as a Trade Center 174, 190


Denison as a Manufacturing Town. 175


Denison, J. W.


131, 135, 141


Denison's First Street Fair. .220 Denison Improvement Association .. 185 Denison Library .172, 184, 224 Denison and Normal Business College. . 326 Disastrous Flood .187 Dobson, Thomas 43, 141


His Address, July 4, 1876. 59


Dodge, Henry 26


Dow City 439


A. F. & A. M .. 453


I. O. O. F. 454


The Red Men 454


Modern Woodmen of America 455


School


.319


Early Discoveries 9


Early Marriages 204


Early Settlers 37


Elections


113


Election of 1862


84


66 1863. 85


1876.


..


97,175


Episcopal Church .255


First Agricultural Society 89 Fourth of July, Crawford County Cele-


brates Its First 50


First Irishman


401


First Mill


75


First Newspaper


151, 155


First Officers


77


First Real Criminal Sensation. 80


First Supervisors


81


First Telegraph Line 90


First Threshing Machine. 160


First Twins Born in the County . 54


First War Meeting Recorded ..


160


Geology of Crawford County. .391


German Immigration 181


German Methodist Church 273


Goldheim, Meyer 198, 199


Goodrich


46


Good Roads Movement. 86


Grasshoppers


.161, 178


Great Rains and Floods 57


Great Ridge Road


398


HIerd Law


89


Horse Thieves


.159


Indians in this County 10


Indian Scare


.58, 83, 151, 157


Indian Troubles .21, 75


Iowa a Part of Michigan. 25


Iowa a Part of Wisconsin. 26


Iowa Territory


17, 29


Judicial Districts


128


Kiron and the Swedish Settlement ..


.417


Latter Day Saints. 290


Laub, H. C. 142


Lawson, G. C .. 74


Legislative History 125


Log Rollings


74


Louisiana Purchase 16


Lucas. Robert


29


Lutheran Church


260


66


50. 413


131


479


INDEX


Methodists of Crawford County . .. .. 48, 263


McHenry, Morris


48, 70, 104


McHenry, W. A. .191


McKim, Martin and Wife. 184


Manilla


423


Knights of Pythias.


429


Pythian Sisters 429


Golden Leaf Lodge, No. 595, A. F. &


A. M. .


. 430


Botna Valley Lodge, No. 312. I. O. O. F. 431 Forest Camp. No. 195, W. O. W ... 431


Modern Woodmen Camp, No. 2843. .431


Royal Neighbors


.432


Westminster Circle


.432


Kappa Yeata Club 432


Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church. 261


First Presbyterian Church.


.276


German Evangelical Church.


261


Swamp Lands


82


School


322


McHenry Hall


90


Mason, Jesse 44


Molony. A. D. 86, 100


Mormons


.39


New Era


.161


Nishnabotny


423


Old Kiron


474


O'Conner's. Patrick, Execution.


24


Old Settlers' Association 369


Old Settlers' Picnic


202. 203. 205, 211


Patriotic Organizations 343


Plimpton, E. S.


49


Politics


109


Poor House Destroyed by Fire.


104


Population of the County in 1875.


172


Postal Facilities


158


Postmasters


159


Prairie Fires


68, 178


Prentice, Franklin


40


Presbyterianism in Crawford County 274


Press


359


Denison Bulletin


362


Vail Observer 363


Die Denison Zeitung.


.363


Crawford County Demokrat.


364


Dow City Enterprise.


364


Charter Oak Times


364


Schleswig Leader


366


Kiron Newspapers


366


Manilla Enterprise


366


West Side Journal


367


Prohibitory Amendment


99, 190


Question of Incorporation.


169


Question of Slavery


.27


Railroads .152, 161, 210


Ricketts


474


Salary of Officers


80


Schleswig and Germans.


433


Sons of Herman Lodge, No. 17. 436 Pretoria Lodge, No. 696, I. O. O. F. .437


Schleswig School


325


School Fund in 1860. 80


Search for Coal


96


Securing Volunteers


87


Settlers of the Early '50s. 40


Shaw. Leslie Mortimer


111


Soldiers Home


190


Soldiers of the Civil War


329


Spanish-American War


347


Statistics in 1910.


106


Storms


179. 181, 182, 211


Tax Levy for 1862


84


Terrible Fight


172


Three Early Settlers in the Civil War 70


Todd. W. J ..


46


Township Boundaries


79


Township Organization


53


Tragedies


381


Train Run Down.


212


Turner's Guide to the Rocky Mountains. 153


Union Soldiers Who Have Resided in


Crawford County


333


Union Township


439


Unprecedented Flood


229


Vail and Vicinity


457


White Oak Camp, No. 72, W. O. W.


.461


Knights of Columbus.


461


Diamond Lodge, No. 422, A. F. & A. M.461 Vail Homestead, No. 659. Brotherhood


American Yeomen 462


Vail Camp, No. 3057, M. W. A. 462


Catholic Church


189


Presbyterian Church


277


School


.314


West Side


465


West Side School


321


Wicks, B. F.


63


Wild Animals


67, 79


Wild Fruit


68


Winter of 1856-7


46


Wright, A. S.


144


Wright, O. S.


-16


Yale Family


38


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