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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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