History of Page County, Iowa : also biographical sketches of some prominent citizens of the county, Vol. I, Part 46

Author: Kershaw, W. L
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: Chicago : S.J. Clarke Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 500


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EARLY SETTLEMENT.


The first white man to invade Valley township for the purpose of making for himself a home was Alexander Dyke, who came in the early part of 1850 and settled on section 16. where he remained until his death in March. 1880.


The next to settle was S. F. Snider who came in 1851 and settled for a time on section 28. He was afterward elected county judge.


Reuben Trout came from Ohio, September 28, 1853, Dr. Graves had come previously and settled on the north line of the county. He afterward moved to Hawleyville and practiced for a time but later moved to In- diana.


Tilman Loveless also settled on the north line and remained until 1864, when he removed to Missouri and there died.


A. M. Tice settled in 1853 on section 36. He died on section 22 in 1887.


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HISTORY OF PAGE COUNTY


Ezra Heady took land on section 27.


F. W. Higgins settled on the north part of the township.


Reuben Coffman settled on section 16, remained several years and fin- ally removed to Kansas, where he passed away.


A. J. Petty was also a settler on section 16. He afterward removed to Indiana.


James Insco and Louis Van Devener came about 1854.


Henry Beavers settled on section 21 and in 1862 removed to California.


Hugh Moffitt came as early as 1854, while William Copeland came about 1852. Copeland's Grove was named in his honor.


In the fall of 1856 Nathan and William Orme came. William Orme was known as Squire Orme, he being a justice for many years. He died in 1868. Jesse Orme came in 1856.


Napolean Swim came prior to 1855, settling on section 25, where he re- mained for five years.


Jonathan Snider, son of Judge Snider, was also an early settler.


L. H. Wilder came in 1856, settling in the center of the township. He was an early county clerk.


The Rounds family came in 1856, Solomon, Levi and James. The father, who also came, was a veteran of the war of 1812. Joshua Rounds came a year later.


SCHOOLS.


The first school was held in a log cabin built for that purpose on section 27, in 1853. Myron Quimby was the first teacher. As the township became settled much attention was paid to educational matters. The wages then paid were from fifteen to twenty dollars per month. Many of the brave soldiers who went forth from Page county lived and attended the pioneer public schools of Valley township. Many went forth to do battle and many are now slumbering in a soldier's grave in a southern clime. The township is now provided with good school buildings, there being nine in all.


RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.


Valley township has always been guided by a moral and religious ele- ment. North Grove Methodist church was formed in 1859. The original members were Elizabeth Orme. J. A. Bussey and wife, Henry Beaver and wife. A. Beaver and wife, C. Kennett and wife, O. F. Henshaw and wife and Mrs. Caroline Osborn. Originally services were held at the school- house but in 1877 a church was completed and dedicated by Rev. B. F. Crozier, at a cost of two thousand dollars.


Rose Hill United Brethren church was formed in 1868, with nine de- voted members : George Hagley and wife, S. Markel and wife. William Snl- livan. Maria and Sarah Shepherd, L. Markel and Samuel Wolf.


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HISTORY OF PAGE COUNTY


In 1873 a frame chapel was erected in the southwestern part of the township, at a cost of six hundred dollars.


Hepburn United Presbyterian Mission was formed March 16, 1879, under the pastoral care of Rev. D. Doods. There were nine original mem- bers. In 1878 a church edifice was erected at Hepburn at a cost of seven- teen hundred dollars. It is a two-story structure, twenty-two by forty feet.


A Christian church was formed in 1889, with thirty-two members, with Rev. Isaiah Moffitt as pastor.


The Methodist church was formed at Hepburn in the fall of 1887, with a membership of twenty-five persons. A parsonage was furnished in the fall of 1889.


MILLS.


At an early day there was a steam saw mill located about a mile north- east of Hepburn. It was on section 27 and was called the Latty steam mill, and from it came much of the early day hardwood lumber.


E. P. Bager built a water buhr-mill south of Hepburn in 1875, which was burnt in 1881. It was replaced by a very large mill with six run of im- proved buhrs but this was destroyed by fire in 1887.


VILLAGE OF HEPBURN.


Hepburn, named in honor of Colonel "Pete" Hepburn, of Clarinda, is a station on the Clarinda branch of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway. It is eight miles north of Clarinda and some less south of Vil- lisca. It was platted in January, 1873, on section 20. It is of but little business consequence, yet makes a good market and trading point for the farmers of Valley township. The first to engage in merchandising at this point were Messrs. Growling and Sunderman. The first house was erected by Mr. Field.


POSTOFFICE.


Prior to railroad days there was a postoffice established northeast of Hepburn, known as Meed postoffice, with O. G. Robbins as the first post- master. The office at Hepburn was opened in 1873.


ODD FELLOWS LODGE.


Hepburn Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 442, was instituted in January, 1885, by six persons. The first officers were: H. Reed, N. G .; C. J. Carlson, V. G .; C. B. McColm, secretary ; S. S. Heady, treasurer.


INDEX


Introduction


5


The Indian and His Fate 6


Black Hawk 10


Indian Treaties 18


First Land Title in Iowa


18


Early Settlement


19


Civil Government for Territory and State


20 21 23


The State Becomes Republican


25


Capital Removed to Des Moines


Climate


Topography


Iowa in the Civil War.


29 32


Educational Institutions


The First School Building at Dubuque.


33


State University


35


State Normal College


37


State Agricultural College


37


School for the Deaf


37 38


Hospital for the Insane.


38


Soldiers' Orphans' Home


41


Feeble-Minded Children


42 42


Penal Institutions


43


Penitentiary at Anamosa


43


State Historical Society


43


Iowa Soldiers' Home


44


Other State Institutions


44


Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Constitution of Iowa.


45


Page County


48


Location


50


Descriptive and Physical


53


Hydrography and Geology


58


Pioneers of Page County


61


Trading Points in Early Days


81


County Organization


S3


Early Courts


86


Land Entries


89


The First Townships


91


Early County Court 94


95


Court House History


104


County Infirmary 106


Officials of Page County


107


Bench and Bar


138


Medical Fraternity


115


Organization of the Territory of lowa


The Territory Becomes the State of Iowa.


25 26 26


College for the Blind


Industrial Schools for Boys and Girls


Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors.


INDEX


Medical Societies in Page County.


151


The Press of Page County 152


The Clarinda Herald 153


The Page County Democrat 155


The Clarinda Journal


156


The Sentinel-Post, Shenandoah


158


The Shenandoah World


161


The Essex Independent


162 163


Transportation Facilities in Page County


165


The First Railway


165


Brownsville & Nodaway Valley Road.


166


St. Louis & Council Bluff's (Wabash) line


169


llumeston & Shenandoah Railroad


170


Denver Short Line


171


Religious Societies in Page County


171


Page County's Civil War Record.


228


A Border War Episode. 251


Sergeant Goodman and the Guerrillas


258


Page County in the Spanish-American War


282


Growth of the County in Population


286


Important to Taxpayers


288


Gratifying Comparisons


289


Valuation of Real and Personal Property


289


Live Stock a Great Industry


291


Township Officers for 1908-9


291


First Things to Happen.


.295


Drainage Districts


298


Banks and Bankers of Page County.


299


Fraternal Orders and Societies of Page County.


307


Location of the County Seat.


331


Clarinda


332


Nodaway Township


371


Grant Township


373


Shenandoah


.376


City and Village Plats


422


Pierce Township


423


Essex


425


Amity Township


429


College Springs


430


Tarkio Township


139


Fremont Township


441


Morton Township


443


Lincoln Township


445


Coin


446


Washington Township


448


Colfax Township


453


Blanchard


454


Harlan Township


456


Shambaugh


461


Douglas Township


463


Buchanan Township


465


Braddyville 467


East River Township


468


Nebraska Township 472


Valley Township


476


llistory of Page County Newspapers.


ILLUSTRATIONS


W. L. Kershaw. Historian


4


Sheridan Avenue East from Elm Street. Shenandoah 15


East Side of Public Square, Clarinda . . 27 West Side of Public Square, Clarinda . . 27


Congregational Church, Shenandoah 39


Braddyville High School


51


George W. Farrens. 03


Main Street, Looking


West, She


doah, in 1873 75


Shenandoah in 1885 75


Perry Hardce


North Side of Public Square. Clarinda, about 1866 99


West Side of Public Square. Clarinda. about 1867 99


Methodist Episcopal Church, College Springs 111


Sheridan Avenue West of Elm Street, Shenandoah 125


Sheridan Avenue West from Sycamore,


Shenandoah


125


Clarinda Avenue West from Elm, Shen- andoah 139


View of Elm Street, Shenandoah .


139


Sentinel-Post Office, Shenandoah. 159


Chicago. Burlington & Qainey Depot.


Shenandoah


167


Wabash Depot, Shenandoah 167


Rev. Samuel Farlow 17%


First Presbyterian Church, Clarinda . . . 187 First United Presbyterian Church, Clar- inda 187


Presbyterian Church, Shenandoah. 193 St. Mary's Catholic Church, Shenan- doalı 201


Proposed M. E. Church, Shenandoah . . . 205


Present M. E. Church, Shenandoah. . . . 205


First Baptist Church, Shenandoah . . . . 209 Christian Church, Shenandoah. .209 United Presbyterian Church, College Springs 221


Nishnabotna River at Shenandoah .. 255 Seene in Forest Park, Shenandoah. 255


North Side of Public Square, Clarinda . 275 South Side of Public Square, Clarinda . 275 High School, Shenandoah. .. 309


State Hospital for the Insane, Clar-


inda


.345


Public Library, Clarinda 351


John Beam's Hotel in the early '70s.


Clarinda


359


Clarinda High School, 1876.


.359


Lisle Manufacturing Company, Clar- inda .365


Clarinda Poaltry, Butter & Egg Com- pany 365


Sheridan Avenue East from


Maple


Street. Shenandoah


317


Sheridan Avenue West from Blossom Street. Shenandoah 377


Western Normal College, Shenandoah .. 399


Carnegie Library. Shenandoah


409


Shenandoah Armory


409


College Springs before the fires of 1900, 1902, and 1904 . 431


Business Row at College Springs after the tires .437


Old Mill at Braddyville


449


Shambaugh Mill


459


First Gristmill at Page County. Sham-


baugh


459


Christian Church, Braddyville


.469


Methodist Episcopal Church. Braddy-


ville


.469


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