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Coonan, Martin, Jr., recollections of, cited 54 note; 113 Coonan, Will, 113 Coonan, Dan, 113 Coonan, Tom, 113 Coonan, John, 113
Corbin, Austin, owns townsite, 123, 124, 125
Corbin & Lawler plat of Emmets- burg, referred to, 115 note; plan- ned, 124, 125; completed, 125
Corcoran, Roger, settled with Crow- leys', 26 Corry, F. M., vote for representative, 71
Council Bluffs, fort erected at, 12; Catholic mission established at, 12 County Fair, organized, 140
County Judge, importance of office of, 65; powers and duties of, 65, 66; head of local government, 66; Hickey, Jas., elected first from Palo Alto county, 66; contracts with Clark for court house, 86 County officers, scattered location of in 1872, 92
County Seat, the dream of the pro- moter, 58; in western country, 58; in Palo Alto county, attempts to locate in, 58, 59, 60, 61; advant- ages of location of, 131; failure of speculative, 107; changed to Emmetsburg, 133
County towns, rise of, 145; location determined by railroad, 145
County warrants, depreciation of, 92, 93, 94, 95; buying for specula- tion, 93, 94; redeemed, 94, 95 Court, in old Paoli court house, 60, 69; abandonment of, 69
Court house at Paoli, contract for building of, 86; assigned, 86; un- finished, 86, suit brought for dam- ages, 86; settlement of, Appendix B; new, built, 133; Palo Alto County, picture of, 136
Court House square, at Emmetsburg, procured, 124, 133
Coverdale, Lieutenant, commanding company in border brigade, 77
Coyle, Charles, buys McFarland quarter, 43; sells back to McFar- land, 43
Coyle, Daniel F., Judge, 43 Crisman, S. P., clected treasurer,
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1903, Appendix A; elected treas- urer, 1901, Appendix A Crooks, Bill, settled in county, 85 Crookston, Minnesota, 142 Cross, Fred, came to county, 96 Crowder, J. G., came to county, 84 Crowley, Jerry, Sr., settled in Palo
Alto county, 25; first experiences of, in county, 25; Indians camped near cabin of, 25; candidate for coroner, 64; vote as candidate for coroner, 71; joins northern border brigade, 77; recollections of cited, 76 note, 121; elected drainage commissioner, 1861, Appendix A Crowley, Michael H., description of Indians, 25, 26; interview with cited, 26 note; statement in re- gard to Indians, 32 note; stae- ment of, cited, 53 note; carly spell- ing book, 55; statement of, cited 55 note; statement cited, 85 note ; portrait, 24
Crowley, J. P., 25; dealings with Corcoran, 26; portrait, 24
Crowley, John, 25
Crowley, Katie and Ellen, 25
Cruikshank, John, 101; settled in Lost Island Township, 101
Cullen, Alex, elected sheriff, 1901, Appendix A; elected sheriff, 1908, Appendix A
Cullen, Terrence, 99
Cullen, Thomas, 97
Cullen, William E., came to county, 85, 121, 139; elected clerk, 1863, Appendix A; clected recorder, 1870, Appendix A; elected clerk, 1880, Appendix A
Culver, 110
Currans, James, 101
Curlew, founding of town of, 153; history of, 153
Cylinder creek, trials of expedition
in crossing, 37, 38, 39, 40, 48; freighting through, 90, 154
Cylinder, founding of town of, 154; history of, 154, 155 Cylinder township, 64
DAKOTA (City), W. D. Powers stays at, 20; lives in cave at, 20; jour- ney to, for provisions, 21, 29, 44, 118; freight line to, 90; John Mc- Cormick at, 45; stage route to, 88, 89
Damon, Joseph, 101
Dangers, to pioneer families, 106 Daniels, M. D., sheriff, office of, 92; builds building in old town, 109; description of building, 109, 113; elected sheriff, 1871, Appendix A Davenport, named, 12
Davidson, Wesley, 97; elected sher- iff, 1899, Appendix A; elected sheriff, 1897, Appendix A Davidson, J. P., 97
Davidson, F. C., elected attorney, 1904, Appendix A; elected attor- ney, 1902, Appendix A; elected Representative from Palo Alto county, 1908, Appendix A
Davis, Thomas C., brings saw-mill to county, 108; set up saw-mill, 108, 110, 112, 113; postmaster, 129; builds building in new town, 129
Davies, John L., county surveyor, vote for, 72
Davies, John C., settled in county, 52; early experiences of, 52; al- leged connection with horse thieves, 52
Dawson, Thomas, came to county, 54; buys yoke of cattle, 82
Day, A. L., County Superintendent of Schools, 138; starts private school, 138; elected superintend- ent, 1873, Appendix A
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Democrat (old), no copies to be found, 8; first paper in county, 90; edited by James P. White, 90; published by James P. White, 119; prospectus of, Appendix E
Democrat, Soda Bar, prospectus of. Appendix E
Democrats, early settlers all, 64; vote on state ticket, 71; vote on presidential election, 1860, 72, 73; election of 1870, 92, 93, 94
Democrat (present), 91, 94
Des Moines, Indian prisoners on way to, 49
Des Moines River, surveyors eross, 28; Lott returns to, 28, 14; West Bend settlement on, 15; settlers on west branch of, 22; camp on, 23, 35; west fork of, 41, 42, 58; prairie fire jumps, 82, 107; saw- mill at old town, 108
Des Moines Register & Leader, cited 29 note, 114 note
Des Moines Valley Railroad Co., land commissioner for, 92
Des Moines River Railroad, project- ed, 141
Des Moines & Fort Dodge Railroad, builds through to Ruthven, 146; built to Mallard, 152; built to Curlew, 153; built to Ayrshire, 154
Devil's Lake, Indians capture Pow- ers at, 21
De Witt, John, came to county, 83
Dickinson county, settlement at, 30 Dickinson, Z. F., 150; portrait, 88 Dickerman, G. L., 97
Ditch. Dan, 83
Dodge, Augustus C., vote for govern- or, 71
Dodge, General, 125
Dolliver. J. P., lodged at Mahan's, 50
Domek, Adam, 98
Donlon, P. H., elected superintend- ent, 1887, Appendix A; elected superintendent, 1889, Appendix A ; elected superintendent, 1891, Ap- pendix A
Donohue, Mrs. Anna, 152
Donovan, Anna, elected superintend- ent, 1897, Appendix A; elected superintendent, 1899, Appendix A; elected superintendent, 1901, Ap- pendix A
Donovan, John, freighted, 90; set- tles on section 26, Emmetsburg township, 99
Dooley farm, 60
Doran, John, farm referred to, 51; came to county, 84; describes early experiences in county, 84; letter of cited, 84 note, 121
Doran, Dan, 121
Dorweiller family, settles in Kos- suth county, 83
Douglas, Stephen A., votes for, 73 Downey, Thomas, settled with Irish colony, 22; came to county, 54; voting at cabin of, 63
Downey, Ellen, settled with Irish colony, 22
Downey, Elias, campaign for James Hickey, 64
Dows, Col., 146
Doyle, Martin, 101
Drennan, William T., 98
Drybread, George G., 147
Dublin, Ireland, 118 note
Dubuque, Julian, purchases land and starts mines, 12 note
Dubuque, mining settlement of, 12. 109
Dudgeon, F., 96
Duhn, L. P., 99
Duhn, J. S., 99
Duncan, Walt, 130
Duncan, C. S., came to Palo Alto
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county, 100; early experiences in, 100; letter cited, 100 note Duncan's band, in old town, 121 Duncombe, John F., captain of Co B of relief expedition, 33; ad- dress of cited, 41 note; vote for senator, 71; employed as attorney for county, 86; at Shippeys, joins command after storm, 40
Dunn, John L., elected surveyor, 54; elected surveyor, 1859, Appendix A Dyer, Sam, 98
EAST Okoboji Lake, 143 Easton, S. A., 153
Egan, Thomas, 98
Egyptians, plague of locusts, 136
Election, first in county, 63; first regular, 63, 64; election of, 1870, 92, 93, 94; election of 1871, 93, 94 Elliott, James B., 98
Elliot, John A., land commissioner for Des Moines Valley Railway Co., 93
Ellington township, school for, 96; Ellington township, first settlers in, 96, 100, 152
Elk and deer, 16, 24; hunting, by Carters, 19
Elson, A., came to county, 96
Emmet, Robert, Emmetsburg named after, 59
Emmet county, 59
Emmetsburg township, first settlers in, 23, 98
Emmetsburg, first postoffice called, 54; speculative town of, laid out, 58, 59; named after Robert Em- met, 59; abandonment of staked town, 59; residence of volunteers in northern brigade, 77, 89; freight line to, 90; early news- papers published at, 91; staging at, 88, 89; driving stage to, 89;
stake town of, 108; travel to old town of, 108; old town of, early arrivals at, 108, 109; first houses on Call's addition of, 120; own- ers of town plat of, 123; negotia- tions for platting of, 123, 124, 125; preparations for removal to, 126, 127; platting of, 127; moving of, 128-131; growth of, 132-134; sources for later history of, cited, 134 note; difficulties in laying out, 127; railroad building at, 141- 144; modern city of, 157, 158; picture of old town, 107; picture of new town, 1878, 123; in 1881, picture of, 129; the present city of, 129
Emmetsburg National Bank, 129 Emmetsburg Democrat, Christmas sonvenir edition of, cited, 134 note Emerich, H., 154
Enterprise, Monthly, 91; no copies left, 8
Erstad, C. O., 98 Erstad, A. C., 98
Estherville, volunteers for northern brigade, 76; border brigade sta- tioned at, 77; mill at for grinding wheat, 83; stage line to, 88; Palo Alto Democrat published at, 90; freighting to, 90, 139, 142, 143 Evans, Jeremiah, settled with family at West Bend, 15, 20, 140
Evans cabin, relief expedition at, 33
Evans, Mrs., caught Indians pilfer- ing, 16, 17 Evans, James, 147 Exodus, X:15, cited, 136 note
FALB, FRED, 98 Falb, blacksmith shop, 147 Fahnestock, Preston, 151 Fair, county, organized, 140
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Fairfield township, some settlers in, 97; settlers in, 98 Fargo, North Dakota, 132
Farm land, present value of, in county, 156
Farmers Savings Bank, 129
Fayette county, Palo Alto as part of, 62; Fayette county, 118 note Fenn, W. B., 149
Fern Valley, some settlers in, 97
Fern Valley township, 43; William Shippey settles in, 48; postoffice at, 55; religious service in, 56; settlers in, 85; staging at, 89, 148
Fellows, J. B., 101 Fehlhaner, J. C., 148
Fiddlers' green, stage route by, 88 First official newspaper, 91
First Congregational Church of Em- metsburg, organization of, 118 First National Bank Building, 133 Fish, Joseph, came to county, 96 Fisk, Melvin, 153
Fisher, ran stage, 88
Fitzgerald, James, genial merchant of old town, 116; stories of, 116, 117; opens store at old town, 115; refuses to move, 129, 130; finally moves, 131, 131 note, Appendix D Fleming, Michael, 101
Fleming, John, 101 Fort Belknap, 20
Fort Clark, established, 13; name changed to Fort Dodge, 13
Fort Des Moines, built, 12, 13 Fort Dodge, settlers follow military road from, 15; tedious journey from, 17; trip to by Carter, 17; returned from, 18; many trips to, 18, 22, 23; provisions obtained from, 24, 25; trading furs at, 25; Fort Dodge, name, 12; change from Fort Clark to, 13; troops move from, to Fort Ridgely, 13;
town of, laid out, 13; country around, 13; stories carried back to, 14; establishment of, 28, 29; settlers seek refuge at, 32; news- of massacre stirs, 33; relief expedi- tion recruited at, 33; officers from. 33; marches from, 34; McCormick's jouruey from, 45; mail routes from, 54; Indian prisoners on way to, 49; travel from Spirit Lake. 50; William Murphy worked at, 51, 52; speculators from, 58; pe- tition sent to, 63; election news from, 72; enlistments at, 75; school books procured at, 55; speculators return to, 59; home- steaders make proof at, 80; home- stead law incentive to settlement, 80; trading point, 82, 85; stag- ing at, 89; homesteaders selecting land at, 99, 109; difficulties of hauling supplies from, 110, 111; terminus railway, 117; stage route from, 117
Fort Madison, first settlement of, 12 Fort Riley, 20
Fort Ridgely, troops move from Fort Dodge to, 13, 14, 15; soldiers march to, 20
Foly, D., 101
Ford, Judge, 140
Forest City, 148
Forrest, P. C., 98
Frame, J. R., 97
Franklin, B., came to county, 83, 147; elected auditor, 1875, Ap- pendix A
Franklin's, stage route by, 88 Fraziers', 56
Freeman, James, 101
Freedom township, 125
Fries, George, came to county, 96
Fritz, M. L., 149 Fritz, Mart, 149
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Frontier life, discloses beginnings of | Grasshoppers, pest of, 51; examples society, 10 Frontier, westward march of, 10 Funkley, P. H., 101
GALBRAITH, came to county, 83
Galleger, John, 99
Galleger, Pat, 99
Gallegher, Jack, 147
Gallup, A. D., builds the Valley House at old town, 115
Ganzley, John, 155
Gappa, Matt, 98 Gardener, Milo, 98
Garver, Frank H., articles on the es- tablishment and boundaries of Iowa counties, cited, 62 note
General Assembly for the state of Iowa, 3rd, creates new counties, 62; 5th, laws cited, 63, note 3
Gibbs, Charles C., 102 Gibbs, Mrs., 48
Giddings, C. H., worked on threshing machine, 91; relates experiences, 91; has picture, 91; Giddings, C. H., 150
Giddings, H. F., 102 Glenn farm, 44
Goeders, John, 154, 155
Goff, Warren, 101
Goff, Dwight, 101
Goldtrap, came to county, 83
Goodell, Mr., 151
Goodlaxon, E., came to county, 96 Grace, W. H., came to county, 85
Grace, Henry, came to county, 85 Graettinger, 102; founding of town of, 150; history of, 150, 152
Grahan, Michael, elected constable, 73; elected constable, 1860, Ap- pendix A
Granger's Grove, expedition reaches, 35
Grass, luxuriant growth of, in early days, 105
of numbers of, 51, 105; devasta- tion of, 135; description of, 135, 136; methods for killing, 136; ef- feet on country, 136, 137
Gray, Mark, 148
Greeley, Horace, advice to go west, 80 Grethen, Peter, came to county, 96 Great Oak township, referred to, 52; postoffice at, 56; early settlers in, 84, 85, 98, 121
Griffin, N. E., 113
Griley, A., came to county, 96
Grimes, Governor, appoints agent to protect the frontier, 33 Groff, John, 98
Gross, D. C., came to county, 96
Gront, LeRoy, surveys town of Em- metsburg, 127; elected surveyor, 1875, Appendix A; elected survey- or, 1877, Appendix A; elected sur- veyor, 1879, Appendix A; elected surveyor, 1881, Appendix A ; elect- ed surveyor, 1883, Appendix A; elected surveyor, 1885, Appendix A; elected surveyor, 1889, Appen- dix A; elected surveyor, 1891, Ap- pendix A; elected surveyor, 1893, Appendix A; elected surveyor, 1895, Appendix A; elected survey- or, 1897, Appendix A; elected sur- veyor, 1899, Appendix A; elected surveyor, 1901, Appendix A; elect- ed surveyor, 1903, Appendix A; elected surveyor, 1906, Appendix A Grier, David G., came to county, 96; elected clerk, 1888, Appendix A Groves, C. G., came to county, 83 Grundy county, 53, 141
Gue, history of Iowa, 12 note, 14 note, 34 note, 53 note, 75 note
Guerdett, J. B., buys threshing ma- chine, 91 Gunderson. G., 101
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HACKENBURG, Mr., 153 Hais, Abel, 56
Hall, John D., starts store in old town, 119; moves, 130
Hall, Hiram, elected drainage com- missioner, 1863, Appendix A
Halstead, D. H., came to county, 85 Hammond, Rev. B. C., 102, 103, 110; preaches for Union Church, 118
Hammond, S., 102
Hampton, L. E., 148
Hamilton, G. M., came to county, 97
Hancock county, 117
Hand, John, 99
Hand, P. V., clected auditor, 1897, Appendix A; elected auditor, 1900, Appendix A
Hansen, Hans, 98
Hanson, Peter, 101
Hanson, John W., elected sheriff, 1893, Appendix A ; elected sheriff, 1895, Appendix A
Hard times, of 1873, 135-137
Hare, Ovid, 97
Hare, Myron, 97
Harriman, Jacob, came to county, 96
Harris, Charles, 101
Harrison, Albert 99
Harrison, William, 99
Harrison, T. W., office of, 92; polit- ical canvass, 94; buys farm. 99; statement of, cited, 112 note; describes Coonan hospi- tality, 114; first came to Emmets- burg, 114; decides to locate, 115; fifty years ago in Palo Alto coun- ty, 114 note; statement of cited, 119; builds house in Call's addi- tion, 120; statement of, cited, 120 note; arrival of bride of, 120; statement of, cited, 121 note; at- torney for Lawler and Railroad, 123, 125; arranges for removal of old town, 126; draws bonds to insure removal to new town, 126;
surveys new town, 127; statement of, cited, 127 note; account of be- ginning of new town described, 127 note; statement of, cited, 128 note; office of moved, 128; de- scribes moving of buildings, 129; statement of, cited, 129 note; state- ment of, 131 note; plans to name town Merrill, 131, 132; describes selling of town lots, 132; state- ment of, cited, 132 note ; appointed to investigate swamp lands, 139; treasurer of county fair, 140; del- egate to convention, 140; portrait, 88; elected surveyor, 1871, Ap- pendix A
Harrison & Burnell, publish Advance, 119 Harrison county, 140
Hartshorn, E. J., comes to old town,
115; forms partnership with Me- Carty, 115; political canvass, 94; builds house, 120; letter of, cited, 120 note; statement of, cited, 127; member of General Assembly, 137; petition for relief forwarded to, 137; delegate to convention, 140; on railroad committee of legisla- ture, 141; describes railroad fight. 141, 142; letter of, cited, 142 note; elected treasurer, 1885, Appendix A; elected treasurer, 1887, Ap- pendix A; elected clerk, 1894, Ap- pendix A ; elected elerk, 1896, Ap- pendix A
Hartungs, Rufus A., 97
Harvey, Colonel, regiment of, 75
Hastings, Charles, came to county. 85, 121, 146
Hatch, settled in Kossuth county, 85
Hathway, trials with expedition in crossing Cylinder creek, 39, 40
Hefley, John M., came to county, 83; elected county judge, 1867, Ap-
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pendix A; elected sheriff, 1869, Appendix A
Helgen, H. M., elected clerk, 1898, Appendix A; elected clerk, 1900, Appendix A
Henry, Wm. G., came to county, 95; moved to Emmetsburg, 95; elected recorder, 1886, Appendix A
Hendersons, 56
Herd law, vote for, Appendix D Herrick, came to county, 83
Herrington, C. L., came to county, 97
Herrington, S., came to county 97 Hertley, Peter, came to county, 96 Hickey, James, joins Irish colony, 25; moves across river, 48; promi- nence of, 48, 49; Great Oak post- office at, 56; named from Oak trees, 56; election judge, 63; elect- ed county judge, 64; facts as to first election given by, 64 note; hospitality of home of, told by Charles Aldrich, 66 note; swears in other officers, 66, 67; orders books for county, 67; advertises for bids for selection of swamp lands, 67; makes contract with Hood, 67; makes contract with Clark to build court house, school at Paoli, 68; issues proclamation for special election to approve swamp land, 68; statements of, cited, 67 note; as county judge, appoints clerk, 70 note; appoints assessor, 70 note; re-elected county judge, 71; statement of, 71 note; fills vacancy in county offices, 72; clerk, 86; postoffice, 88; stag- ing, 88, 89; experiences in stage, 89, 121; elected county judge, 1858, Appendix A; elected county judge, 1859, Appendix A; elected clerk, 1864, Appendix A; elected elerk, 1865, Appendix A
Hickey, Mr. and Mrs. James, por- trait, 24
Hickey party, victorious at first elec- tion, 64
Hickey, Michael O., appointed clerk, 70; acting county judge, 72; coun- ty canvasser, 72; county surveyor, 72
Hickey-McNally, Mrs. Maggie, por- trait, 24
High Lake, 143 Highland township, settlers in, 101 Higley, John, 98 Hill, John, came to county, 97 Historical records, fast disappearing, 8
Historical sources, relied upon in this book, 8, 9
Historical Department of Iowa, Charles Aldrich, founder of, let- ter from, cited, 66 note
History of Kossuth county, 29 note Hodgkinson, C. W., elected auditor, 1893, Appendix A ; elected auditor, 1895, Appendix A
Hoffman, C. A., came to county, 96; first secretary of county fair, 140 Homer, Iowa, 29
Homesteaders, coming to county, 95 Homeseekers, coming to county, 95 Hood, Andrew, joins relief expedi- tion, 34; selects swamp land, 67, 68; appointed county surveyor, 70 Hoolihan, county seat speculator, 58, 108
Horse thieves, working in county, 52; in the state, 53; references to, cited, 53 note
Hoskins, John and Steve, 97 Hougstein, Paul T., 98 Hovey, John W., 101 Howe, F. O., 101 Howe, Dan, lives at West End set- tlement, 44
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Howe, brings news of massacre from Lakes, 32
Howland, trials with expedition in crossing Cylinder creek, 39, 40
Hughes, E. E., 155
Hull, 142
Hullen, Henry, 98
Hunting, experiences at the West Bend settlement, 19
Huntley, Sol, came to county, 96
Humboldt, Iowa, 128; stage line from, 88, 99, 111
Humboldt county, Lotts creek in, 13; return of Lott to, 28, 29, 43; freight line to, 90, 117
Independence township, settlers in, 98
Indians, had title to Iowa land, 12; traders roamed over prairie, 12; their title extinguished, 12; hos- tile, difficult to control, 13; trouble with the whites, 13; trouble with Henry Lott, 13; causes of Spirit Lake Massacre and border troub- les, 13; camped at West Bend set- tlement; pilfering from Evans, 16, 17; driving away cattle, 17; ad- ventures of Sioux at West Bend, 17, 18; driving away elk, 19; geese slaughtered by, 23, 24; camped near Crowley's, 25; In- dians menacing the pioneer, 27; various tribes roaming over prai- ries, 27; troubles with the settlers, 27; troubles with Henry Lott, 27; resenting whites' advance, 28; treachery of Lott too, 28; ravages of Inkpadutah, 29; start for Spirit Lake, 30; Spirit Lake Massacre described, 30, 31; war dances after victory, 31; relief expedition against, 33; signs found by expe- dition, 35; prisoners on way to fort, 49; escape at Mahan's, 50; border troubles of, 1862, 76; out-
break in Minnesota, 76; beaten off, in desperate fight, 76; prompt measures of border brigade, 77, 78 Ingham, W. H., captured by Indians, 3; enlists men for border brig- ade note 77; captain of Co. A, 77; his company located at Estherville, 77; sums up results, 78; article on northern border brigade, cited, 76 note, 77 note, 79 note; Annals of Iowa, cited, 76 note, 77 note, 78 note
Ingham, S. R., ordered to organize border brigade, 76, 77; work of in organizing, 77
Ingham, Harvey, describes Indians in Midland Monthly, 29, 30; Mid- land Monthly, cited, 30 note
Inkpadutah, leader of the Sioux In- dians, 16, 25; discovers murder of his brother, 28; becomes chief of Sioux band, 29; leads his band, 29, 30; leader in Spirit Lake Mas- sacre, 30; where camped, 32 note Inman, George, 152
Institute, teachers, first in county, 138
Iowa City, founded, 12; cornmeal brought from, 24, 44; end of rail- road, 45; John McCormick leaves goods at, 45
Iowa Historical Record, cited, 10 note, 11 note, 62 note
Iowa River, 12
Iowa Lake, company of border brig- ade at, 77
Iowa Land Office, Appendix D
Iowa territory, 62
Iowa Journal of History and Poli- tics, cited, 62 note
Iowa Volunteer Infantry, 32nd, Co. I, Linn & Powers enlist in, 75
Iowa, affords the best, 9; midway in western march, 11, 12; early settlements in, 12; settlers in, 12;
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tribes of Indians in, 27; ceded by treaty, 27; northern border brigade, description of, activities of, 76, 77, 78, 79; article on, by Capt. Ingham, cited, 76 note, 77 note, 79 note; recollections of par- ticipants in, cited, 76 note; border counties alarmed in 1862, governor raises border brigade, 76, 77; prompt work of the brigade, 77, 78, 79; settlement in delayed by Civil War, rush of settlement after war, 80; coming of homesteaders. 80, 81
Ireland, nativity of volunteers in border brigade, 77
Irishmen, colony of, settled in coun ty, 22
Irish colony, first settled in Palo Alto county in July, 1856, 22, 23; importance of, 26; first news of massacre brought to, 32; remain for some time, 32; seek refuge at Fort Dodge, 32; relief expedition reaches, 34; refugees sent back to, 35; expedition returns to, 36; con- ditions in, 36; soldiers take steer by force from, 36; referred to, 48, Irvington, Kossuth county, 56
51; candidates from at first elec- tion, 64
JACKMAN'S GROVE, camping at, 15
Jackman, Michael, comes to county, 52; cabin of, historical landmark, 52, 99; family of, 107, 121 Jackman, Billy, 121
Jackman, Patrick, settled with Irish colony, 22; interview with, cited, 22 note; joins northern border brig- ade, 77, 121; portrait, 23
Jackson, Minnesota, 30; mail route to, 54, 142
Jacobs, Geo. J., located at West
Bend, 81; family of, 81; first ex- periences of, 81, 82, 83
Jacobs, H. H., came to county, 81; described early experiences, 81, 83; interview with, cited, 83 note; drove stage, 88; experiences stag- ing, 88, 89, 147; description of store in West Bend, 147; elected sheriff, 1885. Appendix A; 1887, Appendix A; elected sheriff, 1889, Appendix A; elected sheriff. 1891, Appendix A
Jasper County, settlers from, 32 Jefferson barracks, 20
Jennings, John, 98
Jenkins, Henry, starts Reporter, 91 Jensen, Nels, 99
Jenswold, John, 98
Josh, stayed at Carter's, 19
Johnson, D. A., elected clerk, 1902. Appendix A; elected clerk, 1904, Appendix A
.Johnson, James, came to county, 83, 147
Johnson, Ben, 109; arrival of bride of, 120
Johnson, Severt, 101
Joiner, H. L., came to county. 83 Joliffe, James, 56
Joliffe, John, 56
Johnson, J. C., captain of Co. C, of relief expedition, 32; perishes from cold, 36, 41; bones found years after, 36; captain led men to bury dead, 36
Jones, Peter, 99; description of country, 99; high water, 99; in- terview with, cited, 99 note
Jones & Johnson, store building in old town, 115
Jones, Al, came to county, 109; stopped at Coonan's, 109 note; purchased stock of goods, 109; mentioned, 112, 113; arrival of
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bride of, 120; plays joke on Fitz- gerald, 116
Joyce, Patrick, starts store in old town, 119; refuses to move, 129, 130; finally moves, 131, 131 note; Appendix D; portrait of, 123
Judgment, in Paoli Court House mat- ter, in full, Appendix B
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