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1860-(Election November 6th.) Lott Laughlin, clerk of district court ; John Mulroney, treasurer and recorder; James Nolan, surveyor; Martin Coonan, sheriff; John Nolan, justice of the peace; Michael Graham, con- stable.
1861-Thomas McCormick, county judge; John Pendergast, clerk; . J. M. Mulroney, treasurer and recorder; Jeremiah Crowley, drainage com- missioner; John McCormick, county superintendent ; James Neary, county supervisor ; Patrick Lynch, sheriff; John McCormick, coroner; Thos. Camp- bell, justice of the peace; Thos. Laughlin, constable.1
1863-J. M. Mulroney, treasurer and recorder; Thos. Campbell, sheriff; Patrick Mulroney, county judge; Wm. Carter, county superintendent ; John McCormick, coroner; Hiram Hall, drainage commissioner; John Nolan, county supervisor Emmetsburg township; Wm. E. Cullen, clerk.
1864-James Hickey, clerk; John Mulroney, recorder; Daniel Ream, superintendent.
1865-Patrick Mulroney, county judge; James P. White, treasurer; Pat- rick Nolan, sheriff; James P. White, surveyor; James H. Underwood, superintendent and coroner; James Hickey, clerk.
1866-J. H. Underwood, clerk; A. B. Carter, recorder.
1867-Jas. P. White, treasurer; John McCormick, sheriff; D. W. Spauld- ing, superintendent; John M. Hefley, county judge.
1868-W. D. Powers, recorder; G. S. Anderson, surveyor.
1869-James P White, treasurer; J. M. Hefley, sheriff; J. L. Martin, superintendent ; M. Coonan, surveyor.
1870-Wm. E. Cullen, recorder; Robert Shea, clerk.
1871-W. H. H. Booth, auditor; M. L. Brown, treasurer; M. D. Daniels, sheriff ; T. W. Harrison, surveyor; John J. Robins, superintendent.
1872-J. L. Martin, recorder; Robert Shea, clerk.
1 .A contested election between John M. Mulroney and John and James Nolan and Thos. McCormick.
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1873-W. H. Shea, auditor; M. L. Brown, treasurer; P. C. sheriff; A. L. Day, superintendent ; J. L. Lang, surveyor.
1874-J. L. Martin, recorder; T. J. Prouty, clerk. (Geo. B. M was elected district attorney for four years.)
1875-Benjamin Franklin, auditor; M. L. Brown, treasurer; J. E. sheriff; J. C. Bennett, superintendent; Le Roy Grout, surveyor.
1876-M. F. Coonan, recorder; T. J. Prouty, clerk.
1877-John J. Robins, auditor; Robert Shea, treasurer; J. E. sheriff; A. S. McGrorty, Jr., superintendent; Le Roy Grout, surveyor. 1878-Thomas Walsh, recorder; T. J. Prouty, clerk.
1879-John J. Robins, auditor; Robert Shea, treasurer; Henry P superintendent ; Le Roy Grout, surveyor; T. McDonnell, sheriff.
1880-Thomas Walsh, recorder; Wm. E. Cullen, clerk.
1881-W. H. H. Booth, auditor; Robert Shea, treasurer; H. A. superintendent ; Le Roy Grout, surveyor; T. McDonnell, sheriff.
1882-Thomas Walsh, recorder; D. W. Burlingame, clerk.
1883-W. H. H. Booth, auditor; Robert Shea, treasurer; P. V. sheriff; E. W. Bachman, superintendent ; Le Roy Grout, surveyor.
1884-Thomas Walsh, recorder; J. E. King, clerk.
1885-W. H. H. Booth, auditor; E. J. Hartshorn, treasurer; Jacobs, sheriff ; B. E. Kelly, superintendent; Le Roy Grout, surveyor
1886-Wm. G. Henry, recorder; J. E. King, clerk; Thomas O'℃ county attorney (first county attorney and only Democrat ever elec the office in Palo Alto County).
1887-P. V. Nolan, auditor; E. J. Hartshorn, treasurer; H. H. J sheriff; P. H. Donlon, superintendent; John Moncrief, surveyor.
1888-Lewis Stuehmer, recorder; David Grier, clerk; Thomas O'℃ attorney.
1889-P. V. Nolan, auditor; E. P. McEvoy, treasurer; H. H. J sheriff ; P. H. Donlon, superintendent; Le Roy Grout, surveyor.
1890-Lewis Stuehmer, recorder; C. E. Clark, clerk; B. E. Kel torney.
1891-John Moncrief, auditor; E. P. McEvoy, treasurer; H. H. J sheriff; P. H. Donlon, superintendent ; Le Roy Grout, surveyor.
1892-Lewis Stuehmer, recorder; C. E. Clark, clerk; Thomas O'℃ attorney.
1893-C. W. Hodgkinson, auditor; A. J. Armstrong, treasurer ; Jc Hanson, sheriff ; Bessie Larson, superintendent; Le Roy Grout, surve
1894-L. A. Martin, recorder; E. J. Hartshorn, clerk; John M attorney.
1895-C. W. Hodgkinson, auditor; A. J. Armstrong, treasurer; Jc Hanson, sheriff; Bessie Larson, superintendent ; Le Roy Grout, surve
1896-L. A. Martin, recorder; E. J. Hartshorn, clerk; John M attorney.
1897-P. V. Hand, auditor; J. B. Lamb, treasurer; Wesley Da sheriff; Anna Donovan, superintendent ; Le Roy Grout, surveyor.
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1898-Geo. Kinnie, recorder; H. M. Helgen, clerk; E. A. Morling, at- torney.
1899-J. B. Lamb, treasurer; Wesley Davidson, sheriff; Anna Donovan, superintendent ; Le Roy Grout, surveyor.
1900-P. V. Hand, auditor; Geo. Kinnie, recorder; H. M. Helgen, clerk ; E. A. Morling, attorney.
1901-S. P. Crisman, treasurer; Alex Cullen, sheriff ; Anna Donovan, superintendent ; Le Roy Grout, surveyor.
1902-Thos. R. Martin, auditor; F. H. Wells, recorder; D. A. Johnson, clerk; F. C. Davidson, attorney.
1903-S. P. Crisman, treasurer; Wm. Coakley, sheriff; Anna Odland, superintendent; Le Roy Grout, surveyor.
1904-Thos. R. Martin, auditor; F. H. Wells, recorder; D. A. Johnson, clerk; F. C. Davidson, attorney.
1906-Sim R. Stedman, auditor; E. G. Kelley, treasurer; E. M. Carney, clerk; Wm. Coakley, sheriff ; Pearle Richardson, recorder; J. E. Williams, attorney; Lille Patton, superintendent; Le Roy Grout, surveyor; J. L. Van Gorden, coroner ; B. J. Bergeson, representative.
1908-Sim R. Stedman, auditor; E. G. Kelly, treasurer; E. M. Carney, clerk; Alex Cullen, sheriff ; Pearle Richardson, recorder; J. E. Williams, attorney ; Lille Patton, superintendent; Guy Campbell, surveyor; J. L. Van Gorden, coroner; F. C. Davidson, representative.
APPENDIX B
ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGMENT AND SETTLEMENT OF PAOLI COURT HOUSE MATTER
The County of Palo Alto In the District Court of
VS. the County of Palo
John M. Stockdale et al. Alto.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Palo Alto County, Iowa :-
At the June term of the District Court of Palo Alto Co., in 1866, a Judgment was rendered and entered upon the Judgment Doeket now in the office of the clerk of the District Court of said County, against John M. Stockdale and others, defendants, in the above entitled cause, and in favor of Palo Alto Co., PIff., for the sum of ($9750.00), Nine Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars and cost of suit.
I desire to purchase said judgment from your said County and will pay for the same as follows, to wit:
1st .- I will deed or cause to be deeded to your said county one square of land containing three acres more or less in the town of Paoli in your said county, embracing the ground on which the Court House now stands, for the site of a Court House to be erected.
2nd .- Deed or cause to be deeded to your said county this day one square or traet of land in the town known as Paoli, containing three aeres, more or less, for the purpose of a poorhouse site or other purpose of said county.
3rd .- I will erect or cause to be erected in the county seat of said county, upon the land first above named, one court house or public building for said county, according to the plan and conditions of a contraet herewith sub- mitted and will execute a bond with approved security for the faithful performance of said contraet.
4th .- I will release or cause to be released the county of Palo Alto from all or any claim which I have or may have against the said county for damages on account of land deeded to me by the said county which has been conveyed to other parties by the U. S. Government, provided that I still retain all rights of indemnity which may accrue to me from the state of Iowa, or the U. S.
5th .- I agree to discontinue or cause to be discontinued the application or suit now on file in the office of the clerk of the District Court of your said county in relation to the above judgment, and to pay all costs which may accrue or may have been incurred in the prosecution of said suit or appli-
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cation for a new trial in said above cited cause. The acceptance of the above proposition by your Board shall be a final and conclusive contraet and agreement without further action on iny part. Witness my hand this 14th day of August, A. D. 1866. (Signed) John M. Stockdale.
Resolved by the Board of Supervisors after full conference, investiga- tion and reflection that the interests of the county will be promoted and litigation and expense avoided as well as a substantial benefit realized from a doubtful elaim by the sale of the above named judgment of Nine Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars, in favor of Palo Alto and against John M. Stockdale and others, and upon the terms and conditions above offered, and we the said Board of Supervisors, do hereby sell, trans- fer and assign for good and valuable consideration the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, to the said John M. Stockdale, his heirs and as- signs, all right, title and interest of said County of Palo Alto in and to the said judgment or any and every part thereof and authorize him or his assignee to collect said judgment and to assume and have the benefit of all right and legal means for the collection of said judgment or any part thereof which could have been resorted to by Palo Alto Co. And the said defendant both principal and securities, to wit, John M. Stockdale, Wm. P. Logan, Wm. N. Meservey, H. Butterworth, and A. Taylor, are hereby re- leased from the payment of said judgment or any part thereof to said Plff .. Palo Alto County, and they and each of them the said defendants are hereby authorized and required to pay said judgment to the said John M. Stock- dale or his assignee which shall be a full and complete payment, and the Clerk of the District Court of the said County of Palo Alto (he being the clerk of the Board) is hereby authorized and directed to make the follow- ing entry upon the Judgment Docket in the above entitled eanse and im- mediately contiguous to said judgment, to-wit:
The above or foregoing judgment is hereby for good and valuable eon- sideration sold, transferred and assigned to John M. Stockdale and to his assigns, August 14th, 1866. See order of Board of Supervisors and sign his name thereto as elerk. Witness our hands this 14th day of Angust, 1866.
(Signed) Joseph T. Mulroney, John Nolan,
Supervisors.
I hereby certify that James H. Underwood, C. M., was entirely opposed and voted against the proceedings of this meeting.
.James Hiekey, Clerk.1
1 Minutes and Supervisors' Record, Palo Alto County, i, pp. 86-88, county auditor's office.
APPENDIX C
The following is a copy of a resolution adopted by the board of super- visors of Palo Alto County and forwarded to Representative E. J. Harts- horn, Wednesday, February 4, 1874:
To the General Assembly of the State of Iowa :-
Your petitioners, the Board of Supervisors of Palo Alto County, Iowa, would respectfully represent to your honorable body that owing to the extremely wet weather and destruction by grasshoppers, a great number of the citizens of this county are in destitute circumstances and are unable to procure food, clothing or seed to sow for the coming season. Your peti- tioners would further represent that they are without means or authority by law and are wholly unable to provide adequate relief for such a wide- spread calamity and that unless aid is procured in some manner, the pros- perity and well being of this portion of the state will be materially af- fected and its development greatly retarded. Therefore your petitioners would humbly ask your honorable body to make an appropriation of $5000.00 for the benefit of the destitute in this county, and to make such enactments as shall enable the Board of Supervisors to distribute the same as shall seem just and proper and for the best interests of the county or that you will furnish relief in such other manner or under such other regu- lations as may seem proper, for the relief of this county, and in further- ance of the future prosperity thereof and to the honor and well being of the whole state. Alexander Gownie, Chmn.
Attest: W. H. H. Booth, Auditor.1
1 Minutes and Supervisors' Record, Palo Alto County, no. 1, p. 347.
APPENDIX D
Abstract of election returns Palo Alto County election, October 13, 1874: For district attorney, Geo. B. McCarty 308; M. Wakefield 175. For the herd law 320, against 76.1
The Election Register no. 1, p. 222, in the office of the auditor of Palo Alto County shows that the proposition of restraining stock carried, the official vote being 335 for and 148 against.
Advertisement by McCarty & Hartshorn, " Iowa Land Office. Several thou- sand acres of choice land for sale at $2.50 to $5.00 per acre.'' 2
Report of Teachers' Institute Friday and Saturday, September 11 and 12, 1874.3
" Fitzgerald's store is on wheels and en route to the new town. '' 4
" The Lake Shore House is being thoroughly re-fitted and enlarged and will be opened in about ten days." 5
" Grand Ball at Roper's Hall on the 29th. Free carriages to and from the Valley House. '' 6
" P. Joyce is waiting anxiously for his store building, which is out run- ning a race with that of Jas. Fitzgerald from the old town to the new. At present Fitz is a few yards ahead.'' 7
1 Palo Alto Pilot, vol. i, no. 20, Thursday, October 22, 1874.
2 Palo Alto Pilot, vol. i, no. 20, Thursday, October 22, 1874.
3 Palo Alto Pilot, vol. i, no. 20, Thursday, October 22, 1874.
4 Palo Alto Pilot, vol. i, no. 20, Thursday, October 22, 1874.
5 Palo Alto Pilot, vol. i, no. 20, Thursday, October 22, 1874.
6 Palo Alto Pilot, vol. i, no. 20, Thursday, October 22, 1874.
7 Palo Alto Pilot, vol. i, no. 21, October 29, 1874.
APPENDIX E
" PROSPECTUS OF PALO ALTO DEMOCRAT
"On or before the first of November, 1869, the undersigned will issue at Soda Bar, Palo Alto County, Iowa, an Independent Democratic Newspaper bearing the above title.
"The Democrat will be a faithful and impartial expositor of the natural advantages, resources and progress of the county in which it is published, and an advocate of the social, social political and financial interests of North- western Iowa.
"Bound by no clique and controlled by no faction, the Democrat will assume that conservative, yet progressive, stand on the political questions of the day, calculated to redeem our country from the thraldom, oppression and misrule which the unlimited power of the Republican party has wielded in the interests of the few at the expense of the many. In short its watch- word will be Retrenchment and Reform, and will labor with unswerving fidel- ity for the restoration of principles and the inauguration of measures cal- eulated to secure to all classes of our people those rights and privileges which the spirit of our free institutions inspire and national dignity and our common manhood demands.
"JAMES P. WHITE,
"Editor and Publisher."
Terms of sub. were 2.00 per year
1.00 six mos. 1
1 The original of this Prospectus is owned by Tom White, Whittemore, Iowa.
INDEX
INDEX
ACKER, JOHN, 96 Acker, Hud., 96 Acknowledgement for help in writ- ing this history, 9 Acres, William R., 98 Adamson, P. C., 99
Advance, Palo Alto, published in 1870, 90; printed at Humboldt or Algona, 91; description of, 93, 94; published in old town, 119
Advance, Palo Alto, 93, description of, 93, 94; published in old town, 119
Agricultural Society, organized, 140 Aldrich, Charles, remembers frac- tured Indian skull, 29; letter from, quoted, 66 note
Allan, C. T., buys threshing machine, 91, 102 Allen, H. T., 102
Algona, 29; mail service from, 54; volunteers for northern brigade, 76; railroad ended, trading point, 90; freight line, 90; Palo Alto Democrat published at, 90; stage line through, 101; teaming to, 103; railroad to, 117; base of sup- plies for Emmetsburg, 117; rail- road builds Westward, 123; rail- road terminus at, 141, 142
Algona, Upper Des Moines Republi- can, cited, 14 note; cited 55 note; cited 60 note Amos, William, 147 Amos & Gray, 147 American character, developed on the frontier, 10
American Historical Association, an- nual report 1893; cited 10 note
Anderson, Peter, 99, 100 Anderson, G. S., elected Surveyor, 1868, Appendix A
Andrews, L. F., article in Des Moines Register & Leader, cited, 29 note
Annals of Iowa, cited, 12 note; cited 31 note; cited 34 note; cited 36 note; cited, 39 nite; cited, 41 note Antelope, often seen by settlers, 24 Anthony, John A., settled near Lost Island Lake, 100; kept Lost Island post-office, 100; headquarters for stage line, 101 Appelby, George, 120
Armstrong, A. J., elected treasurer, 1893, Appendix A; elected treas- urer, 1895, Appendix A
Aristotle, 62
Ashley, Levi, came to county, 85 Ayrshire, founding of town of, 154; history of, 97, 154 Ayrshire Chronicle, cited 97 note
BACHMAN, DR. E. W., 148; elected superintendent, 1883, Appendix A Badger Creek, 45 Badgrow, G. R., 113 Bagley, Edward, 147
Baker, David G., came to county, 102; Diary of Experiences, 102 Baker, J. C., 102; first president county fair, 140
Ballard, S. W., came to county, 96; portrait, 88
Ballard, Charles, driving stage, 89 Banwart, settlement, 147 Bancroft, 29 Barnard, R. T., 96
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Bargstrom, Lars, 101
Barker, M. W., came to county, 96
Barringer, Cleyborn, 101
Barringer, Emmet, 101 Barringer, Lyman, 101
Barnum, L. C., 102
Bart, J., came to county, 96
Bassett, Miss, instructor in Insti- tute, 138
Bates, Thomas, 149
Bates & Hagedon, start Palo Alto Patriot, 119; dissolution of the firm of, 119 note Baum, Henry, 151 "Black Friday," 137 Blackford, John E., representative, 71
Blair, Miss Maria, acts as deputy county superintendent, 138; mar- ries George B. McCarty, 138 note Blairgowrie, 149 Blizzard, described, 102 Beach, George H., 98
Bearss, N. D., builds first building in old town, 108; description of building, 108, 109, 113
Beck, A. P., 98 Beck, Douglas, 98
Benton county, Iowa, 15; Mrs. Car- ter and Ben come from, 17 Bennett, J. C., worked on Pilot, 119; describes Pilot office, 120; state- ment of, cited, 120 note; state- ment of cited, 127; elected super- intendent, 138; Appendix A
Bergeson, B. J., elected representa- tive from Palo Alto County, 1906, Appendix A
Bickle, Jolın P., came to county, 83; Bickle and Jacobs put up hay, 82 Big Island Lake, signs of Indians at, 35
Board of Supervisors, settlement of Court House difficulty of, by, Ap- -
pendix B; issuing depreciated warrants, 93
Boardman, H. R., 102
Boddy, John, came to county, 97 Boone, Carter hauls lumber from, 56 Booth, H. T., came to county, 96
Booth, William H. H., auditor, office of, 92; came to county, 96; elect- ed auditor, 1871, Appendix A; elected auditor, 1881, Appendix A; elected auditor, 1883, Appendix A; elected auditor, 1885, Appendix A
Border plain, steam saw mill brought from, 85
Border Brigade, description of, ac- tivities of, 76, 77, 78, 79; article on, by Captain Ingham, cited, 76 note, 77 note, 79 note; recollec- tions of, participants in, cited, 76 note
Bradgate, stage route to, 88 Bradley, B., 102
Bridge, early specifications of, 69, 70 Briezee, trials with expedition in crossing Cylinder creek, 39, 40 Brown, Ed, 154
Brown, George, came to county, 95, 96
Brown, M. L., came to old town, 115; candidate for county treas- urer, 94; treasurer, office of, 92; statement of, cited, 127; first mayor of Emmetsburg, 133; dele- gate to convention, 140; elected treasurer, 1871, Appendix A; elected treasurer, 1873, Appendix A; elected treasurer, 1875, Ap- pendix A; portrait, 120
Brown, P. S., came to old town, 115 Brown, W. J., comes to old town, 115; portrait, 120 Brown & Sons, 154
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Brennan, James, came to county, 85, 98
Brennan, John, 101
Brooks, Rev. of Livermore, 148
Brigade, northern border, descrip- tion of, activities of, 76, 77, 78, 79; article on, by Captain Ingham, cited, 76 note, 77 note, 79 note; recollections of, participants in, cited, 76 note
Buchacher, William, came to county, 96
Buena Vista County, 117, 140
Buffalo, seen by early settlers, 24
Burkholder, Captain, perishes from cold, 36, 41, bones found years after, 36
Bulls Ferry, 45
Burlingame, D. W., elected clerk. 1882, Appendix A
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & North- ern Ry., terminus of, 141; builds through Palo Alto county, 142; fight with Milwaukee, 142; race in construction of roads, 133, 142, 143, 144, 149; builds to West Bend, 146; built to Rodman, 148; builds to Osgood, 149; builds to Graettinger, 149
Burlington, first settlement of, 12 Burnell, H. L., arrives in old town, 115; forms partnership with Har- rison, 115; political canvass, 94 Burnham, Ormsby & Company, bank of, established, 119
Burns, Lawrence, came to county, 84, 121 Burns bridge, 48 Bursell, Frank, 96 Butler, U., 102
CABINS, of first settlers, 23 Cahill, Thomas, settled in county, 48 Cahill, county seat speculator, 58 Call, Ambrose A., pioneer cabin of,
14; historical sketches by, 14 note; sketch of early history, in "His- tory of Kossuth County," cited, 29 note; early days in the west fork, cited, 50 note, 55 note, 60 note, 61 note
Call, Asa C., pioneer cabin of, 14 Call's Addition, 107; houses at, 120 Cammick, W. H., came to couuty, 96 Campbell, Thomas, settled in county, 44; putting up hay with Jacobs, 81, 82; elected justice of the peace, 1861, Appendix A; electel sheriff, 1863, Appendix A
Campbell, Joel, 154
Campbell, Guy, elected surveyor, 1908, Appendix A
Caner, W. H., 110
Carpenter, Cyrus C., joins relief ex- pedition, 34; county seat commis- sioner, 60; referred to, 66 note; county seat commissioner, 67 Carpenter, J. M., 101
Carney, Robert, Sr., came to county, 83, 84
Carney, W. T., came to county, 84 Carney, Robert, Jr., came to county, 84
Carney, John, came to county, 84 Carney, E. M., elected clerk, 1906, Appendix A; elected clerk, 1908, Appendix A
Carroll, Dennis, came to county, 84 Carroll, Patrick, came to county, 84 Carter, A. B., interview with, aud letter from, 15 note; still owns old homestead, 16 note; comes to county, 17; tells experiences, 17, 18, 19; interview and letter of, 19 note, 20; statement that Sleepy Eye camped at Crowley 's, 32 note ; statement of cited, 44 note; state- ment of, cited 53 note; statement of, 56 note cited; school director of West Bend, 56 note; facts as
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to first election given by, 64 note ; appointed sheriff, 72; first volun- teer to Civil War, 75; service of, in war, 75; letter from cited, 75 note; secures name of West Bend, 146; elected recorder, 1866, Ap- pendix A; portrait, 17
Carter, Ann, 44
Carter, Elizabeth, 44
Carter, Mrs., comes to the county, 17
Carter, R. Fayette, first settled in Palo Alto county, 15; successful vote for coroner, 71; joins north- ern border brigade, 77; second ser- geant, 77; elected coroner, 1859, Appendix A
Carter, William, settled at West Bend, 15; brings rest of family, 17, 20, 42, 43; daughters of, 44; services at cabin of, 56; hauls lum- ber for school house, 56; voting at cabin of, 64; postmaster at, re- ferred to, 81; elected county sup- erintendent, 1863, Appendix A
Carter & Evans, location chosen by, 15, 16; first experiences of, 17; re- ferred to, 42
Cates, T. J., 98
Catholic Church, first services, 56; first church in old town, 117; de- stroyed by fire, 117; rebuilt, 117; growth of, 117, 118
Cavanaugh, county seat speculator, 58
Cedar Rapids, chronological history of, cited, 53 note
Cedar Rapids Republican, cited, 53 note
Cedar Rapids, Iowa Falls & North- western Town Lot Co., 150
Census of Palo Alto county, 1863, 1873, 81
Cherokee County, 140
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R.,
131, 133; fight for land grant, 141, 142; builds through county, 142; builds branch north from Emmetsburg, 142; construction race with Burlington, 142, 143, 144; construction race through Osgood, 149
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R., 133; construction race with Mil- waukee, 142, 143, 144, 149
Christensen, L. C., 99
Churches, of modern Palo Alto coun- ty, 157
Circus, first in county, 90
Civil War, issues of, 74; Palo Alto county, in, 74, 75; substitutes from Palo Alto county, 75, 76; delays western settlement, 80; conces- sions to soldiers of. 80
Claer, Patrick, 154
Claer, P. J., 154 Claer, Tom, 154
Clark, 110
Clark, C. E., elected clerk, 1890, Ap-
pendix A; elected clerk, 1892, Ap- pendix A
Clarke, George L., 98
Clark, Malachi, cabin entered by In- dians, 29
Clark, William E., makes contract to build Paoli court house and school house, 68; contract for court house, 86; difficulties over swamp lands, 139
Clemens, James, canie to county, 96 Clermont, Iowa, 118 note
Coakley, William, elected sheriff, 1903, Appendix A 1906, Appendix A
Colburn, L. B, 97
Collins, T. D., 97
Collins, John, 97 Collins, Dan, 97
Comer, F., came to county, 96
Compromise, in the Civil War, 74
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Confederates, 75
Congregational Church of Emmets- burg, organization of, 118 Conlon, Thomas, 98
Conners, Pat, buys threshing ma- chine, 91
Consigny farm, 60 Conway family, 101 Conway, Jerry, 149 Cooley, L. M., 102
Coonan, Martin, settled in county, 53; method of threshing, 54; post- master at Emmetsburg, 55, 58; candidate for county clerk, 64; candidate for county judge, 71; vote for, 71; elected sheriff, 73; distributes amunition, 77; builds log cabin, 107; builds brick house, 107; tavern of, 107, 108, 109; Coonan's house described, 111, 112; family of, 113; travelers at, 113, 114; hospitality of wife of, 114; plats town of Emmetsburg, 119, 121; buildings on plat of, 124; old town grows along road of, 119; plats old town, 123; offers inducements to stay in old town, 127, 128; elected sheriff, 1860, Ap- pendix A; elected surveyor, 1869, Appendix A; elected recorder, 1876, Appendix A; portrait, 53 Coonan, Catherine, came to county, 53; portrait, 53
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