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KANE, J. J., 98 Kane, Dan, 121
Kane county, Ill., colony of Irish from, 22
Keeler, James A., freighting, 90; diary of early days, 90; interview with, cited, 90 note
Keenan, James, 99
Keane, Daniel, came to county, 154
Kelly, Dan, 148
Kelly Bros., 97, 155
Kelly, Jeremiah, came to county, 83. 146
Kelley, Edward, 98
Kelly, B. E. elected superintendent, 1885, Appendix A; elected attor- ney, 1890, Appendix A
Kelly, E. G., elected treasurer, 1906, Appendix A; elected treasurer, 1908, Appendix A
Kendall, Orie, 153 Keokuk, laid out, 12
Kerwick, M. F., comes to old town, 119; portrait, 119
Ketchen & Lenhart, open clothing store at old town, 115; move store, 129
Ketchen, Charles, delegate to conven- tion, 140
King, E. J., 98
King, Emory, arrival of bride of, 120; elected sheriff, 1875, Appen- dix A; elected sheriff, 1877, Ap- pendix A; elected clerk, 1884, Ap- pendix A; elected clerk, 1886, Ap- pendix A
Kinne, George, elected recorder, 1898, Appendix A; elected record- er, 1900, Appendix A
Kirby, Lizzie, came to county, 83
Kirby, Thomas, came to county, 83
Kirby, William, came to county, 83 Kirby, Michael, came to county, 83, 84, 121
Kirby, Henry, came to county, 83 Kirby, Mrs. Alice Tobin, 56
Kirkwood, Samuel J., vote for gov- ernor, 71; raises forces for border brigade, 76, 77; general orders of, 78
Kittlewell, Hiram, came to county, 97
Kleigle, George, 98
Knapp, Joseph, came to county, 83 Knutson, Torry, 101
Kossuth county, pioneer settlers in, 14; history of, 14 note, 147
Krieg, John, came to county, 96
Kress, Adam, came to county, 96
Kunz, August, came to county, 96
LA BARRE, SIMPSON, 98 Lacy, A. V., came to county, 96 Lane, John, 99 Lake Shore House, Appendix D Lamb, J. B., elected treasurer, 1897, Appendix A; elected treasurer, 1899, Appendix A
Lannon, Pat, 121
Lang, John L., organizes church, 118; builds house, 120; elected surveyor, 1873, Appendix A
Land, prices in Palo Alto county. 138
Larson, Bessie, elected superin- tendent, 1893, Appendix A; elect- ed superintendent, 1895. Appendix A
Larson, Torkel, 101 Laughlins, location of settlement of, 19; referred to, 50 note
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HISTORY OF PALO ALTO COUNTY
Laughlin, Mrs. 121
Laughlin, Thomas, settled with Irish colony, 12; came to county, 85; elected constable, 1861, Appendix A
Laughlin, Lott, settled with Irish col- ony, 22; interview with, cited, 22 note; statement of, 55 note; elect- ed township clerk, 65; elected clerk, 73; joins northern border brigade, 77; recollections of, cit- ed, 76 note, 121; elected clerk of the District Court, 1860, Appendix A; portrait, 23
Laughlin, Martin, settled with Irish colony, 22; candidate for treas- urer and recorder, 64; vote as can- didate for drainage commissioner, 72, 121
Laughlin, Mary, settled with Irish colony, 22
Laughlin, J. T., settled with Irish colony, 22
Laughlin, Patrick, settled with Irish colony, 22
Laughlin, Ellen, settled with Irish colony, 22
Lawler, Gen. John, 124; owns town- site, 123, 126
Laws of Iowa, 1860, cited, 66 note, cited, 62, note 3, 63 note 6
Lee, Thomas, 101
Leek, D. M., 101
Lehane, T. W., 97
LeMars, convention at, 139
Letson, Amos, 99
Leuer, John, came to county, 96 Lewis, 139
Linn, James, comes to county, 44; marriage of, 44; enlists in Civil War, 75
Lincoln, adherence of, 72; votes for, 73; approves homestead law, 80 Linehan, Father, assists to build first church, 117
Little, John F., came to county, 95 Little, Frank, came to county, 95 Little Crow, leads Sioux Indians, in
border troubles of 1862, 76 Little Sioux River, Indians starting down, 30, 84
Locust, see grasshopper
Local government in Palo Alto Coun- ty, 62; development of, 70, 73
Log cabins, built by first settlers in timber, 80, 81
Loughridge, Linn, came to county, 96
Loomis, X. S., came to county, 96 Loon Lake, Indians camping at, 30 Lost Island, hunting at, 19
Lost Island, post-office at, 100; stage line through, 101
Lost Island Lake, first settler at, 100; other settlers at, 101
Lost Island Township, contained Highland and Lost Island, 100; divided in 1878, 100; settlers in, 101
Lott, Henry, cabin of, 13; troubles with the Indians, 13; unscrupu- lousness of, 27; cabin rendezvous; driven out by Indians, 28; his re- turn, 28; kills chief, Sidoninato- dah, 28; escapes down the river, 28; failure to punish, 29; treach- ery of, one cause of Spirit Lake massacre, 29, 30
Lott's creek, 13; return of Lott to, 28
Luce, A. M., left flour at Shippeys, 34
Lynch, Patrick, came to county, 54, 85; elected sheriff, 1861, Appendix A Lynch, Andrew, came to county, 85 Lynn, J., journey for provisions, 21; locates settlers in Palo Alto coun- ty, 22, 23, 101
Lyon, T. J., came to county, 85
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Lyon county, repudiates indebted- ness, 94
MADISON, WISCONSIN, 125
Mahan, Ann and Ellen, settled with Irish colony, 22
Mahan, Edward, settled with Irish colony, 22; fearlessness of, 50; success trapping, 51; campaign for Nolan, 64, 121
Mahan, Edward and Margaret, por- trait, 23
Mahan, James, comes to county, 49 Mahan, John J., settled with Irish colony, 22; interview with cited, 22 note, 109; portrait, 22
Mahan, John, comes to county, 49 Mahan, Miss Anna, 152
Mahan, Margaret, settled with Irish colony, 22
Mahan, Mary, Anna, Maggie and Esther, come to county, 49
Mahan, Mary Ann, comes to county, 49; pursues Indians, 49, 50; a fearless frontier woman, 50
Mahan, Myles, settled with Irish col- ony, 22; interview with, cited, 22 note; come to county, 49; early ex- periences of, 49, 50, 51; courage of, 50; builds new house, 50; lines road to Spirit Lake, 50; goes to Mankato for supplies, 51, 121, portrait, 49
Mahan, Miles E., comes to county, 49; statement of, cited, 53 note; interview with, cited 50 note, 51 note
Mahan, Michael, appointer assessor, 70
Mahan, Patrick, comes to county, 49 Mahan, William, comes to county, 49 Maher, Thomas, came to county, 54; hauls county books, 67; appointed clerk, 70, 98; homestead entry, 125; abandons same, 126
Maher, William, came to county, 54, 121
Mail, carried by stage, 88
Mallard, founding of town of, 152; history of, 152, 153
Mankato, Minn., Mahan's trip to for supplies, 51
Map of Palo Alto County, frontis- piece
Marriage, first in county, 44
Marsh, Father, first religious ser- vice, 56
Marsh, Joseph, came to county, 96 Martin, bought steam saw mill, 85 Martin, J. L., history of Palo Alto county, no copies to be found, 8; came to county, 85; political can- vass, 94; editor of Pilot, 120; pio- neer in school work, 138; elected county superintendent, 138; teach- er in institute, 138; elected super- intendent, 1869, Appendix A; elected recorder, 1872, Appendix A; elected recorder, 1874, Ap- pendix A; portrait, 56
Martin, John E., 98 Martin, John S., 98
Martin, J. K., came to county, 85 Martin, L. A., elected recorder, 1894,
Appendix A; elected recorder, 1896, Appendix A
Martin, Patrick, came to county, 85 Martin, Thomas, came to county, 85 Martin, Thos. R., elected auditor, 1902, Appendix A; elected auditor, 1904, Appendix A
Martin, Captain, quarters soldiers at Mahans, 49
Mason, Frank R., experience in crossing Cylinder creek, 37, 38, 39; recollections of, cited, 41 note Matthews, Mary E., teacher at West Bend, 56
Mathieson, Jacob, 98 Mathieson, Julius, 98
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McAlhany, P., 101 MeBane, Angus, joins relief expedi- tion, 34
McBride, James, 101
MeCarty, George B., came to county in 1869, 109; describes journey, 109; early experiences of, in old town, 109-113; statement of cited, 109 note; buying warrants, 93; describes campaign of 1870, 92, 93, 94, 95; recollections of Palo Alto county, cited, 95 note; political canvass, 94; recollections of early Palo Alto county, cited, 108 note, 113; recollections of early Palo Alto county, cited, 114 note; first office of, in old town, 115; cost of lumber to build, 115 note; loca- tion of old building in new town, 115 note; statement of, cited, 115 note; practical jokes on, 116; at- torney for Corbin, 123; negotiates for platting of Emmetsburg, 123- 125; statement of cited, 125 note; surveys new town, 127; statement of, cited, 127 note; office of, moved, 128; describes moving of buildings, 129, 130, 131; state- ment of, 131 note; appointed to investigate swamp titles, 139; can- didate for district attorney, 139, 140; elected district attorney, 140; removes to Sioux City, 140; re- turns to Emmetsburg, 140; elected district attorney for four years, 1874, Appendix A; vote for dis- triet attorney, Appendix D; por- trait, 109
McCarty & McCarty, site of old landmark near office of, 115 note; law office, 128
McCarty, D. G., early social and re- ligious experiments in Iowa, cited, 10 note; Territorial Governors of the old Northwest, cited, 10 note;
early social and religious experi- ments in Iowa, 11; describes early settlement in Iowa, cited, 11 note, 12 note, 62 note
McCarty & Hartshorn, office of, 92; forms partnership, 115; publish Advance, 119; office of, moved, 128; land advertisement, Appendix D
MeCarty, Martin, 98
MeClelland. S., journey for pro- visions, 21; hunting with, 19; first came to the county, 15; returns to Palo Alto county, 42; locates on Des Moines river, 42; elected con- stable, 65
MeComb, Father, held religions ser- vice, 56
MeCormick, Charles, joins family in West Bend, 46; some reminis- cenees cited, 44 note, 46 note; reminiscences of a pioneer. cited, 54 note; cited 56 note
McCormick, Isabel, see Mrs. Isabel McCormick Stone
McCormick, James, comes to county, 44; froze feet on journey, 44; amputation at Fort Dodge, 44; elected justice of the peace, 65; successful vote for sheriff, 71; justice of the peace, 72; county canvasser, 72; elected sheriff, 1859, Appendix A
McCormick, John, settled in Nevada township, 98
MeCormick, John, Jr., comes to county. 44, 45, describes journey, 45; first experiences in new home, 45, 46; interview with cited, 46 note; had first mower in the coun- ty, 82; Alf Jacobs puts up hay. 82; writes to brother, 43; recollee- tions of, cited, 43 note; elected county superintendent, 1861, Ap- pendix A; elected coroner, 1861.
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Appendix A; elected coroner, 1863, Appendix A; elected sheriff, 1867; Appendix A; portrait, 20 McCormick, Joseph, joins family in West Bend, 46; enlisted in Civil War, 75; met death at Memphis, 75; buried in National Cemetery, 75
McCormick, Mrs. John, Sr., comes to county, 44; travels to Palo Alto county, 42
McCormick, Robert, comes to county, 42; one of volunteers to bury dead, 36; writes from Palo Alto, 43
McCormick, Tom, joins family in West Bend, 46; postmaster at Fern Valley, 55; successful vote for clerk, 71; clected county judge, 1861, Appendix A; elected clerk, 1859, Appendix A
McCormicks, hospitality of, 46; de- scribed by J. N. Prouty, 46, 47, 48, 85; Fern Valley postoffice at, 48, 55; voted for Nolan party, 64; first three republicans, 71 note McCormicks, relief expedition, 34 McCosker, Felix, elected county clerk, 64; leaves county, 70; fails to qualify as clerk, 70
McCosker, James, settled in county, 53; first county surveyor, 53; elected county surveyor, 64; 1858, Appendix A
McCoy, John, came to county, 85 McCoy farm, 52 McDonald, John, 146
McDonnell, T., elected sheriff, 1879, Appendix A; elected sheriff, 1881, Appendix A
MeEvoy, E. P., settled in county, 101; interest in Osgood, 150; elected treasurer, 1889, Appendix A; elected treasurer, 1891,. Ap- pendix A; portrait. 88
McFarland and Son, 148 McFarland, C. J., judge, appoints commissioners, 60
McFarland & McCormick, 147
McFarland, R. M. J., Sr., comes to county, 43; returns to Wisconsin, 43; comes back to Palo Alto, 43 McFarland, C. J., appoints county seat commissioners, 67 McGregor, Iowa, 109
McGregor & Missouri River Railway, built as far as Algona, 117; fight over forfeiture of grant of. 141, 142
MeGroarty, Miss Mary, composes "March of Emmetsburg," 131
McGrorty, A. S., Jr., elected super- intendent, 1877, Appendix A
McGuffey's speller, used by pio- neers, 55
McKnight, Ed., 20; cabin rifled, 29 McKnight's Point, services at, 56, 89
McKnight, Lieutenant, commanding company in border brigade, 77 McKinley, 103
Mclaughlin, settled in Lost Island, 101
McNally, Mrs. Maggie Hickey, first white child born in the county, 25; portrait
MeNally, Myles, 98
Meagher vs. Drury, 89th Iowa 366, 63, cited 63 note
Medium Lake, swarming with game. 24; referred to, 52, 107. 108, 121; site of county seat on bank of, 58 Mellon, W. H., 98
Memphis, Tennessee, 75 Menzies, John, elected attorney, 1894, Appendix A; elected attor- ney, 1896, Appendix A
Merrill, Samuel, 109, 124; attempt to name Emmetsburg after, 131, 132, 142, 144
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HISTORY OF PALO ALTO COUNTY
Mertis, John, 153
Methodist Episcopal Church of Em- metsburg, organization of, 118, 119
Mexican war, Palo Alto named after, 62, 63
Midland Monthly, cited, 29
Mikes Brothers, 147
Millfread, Joseph, 152
Miller, Billy, 45 Miller, William, trading post cabin of, 13
Miller, Rufus, 97
Miller, Thomas, 145
Miller, Amos J., 101
Millerke, Hiram, 99
Mills, John, came to county, 96 Millea, J. H., 98
Millea, David, 98
Military road, travels over, 42, 15
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 124, 150
Minger, Elmore, 148
Minnesota, expedition reaches state line of, 35, 118; Sioux outbreak in, 76
Minute record, cited, 70 note 1, cited, 67 notes; cited, 69 note
Minutes and Supervisors record, cited, 86 note; cited, 87 note; 88 note; cited, 76 note; cited, 91 note, 92 note; cited, 133; cited, 137 note; cited, 139 note
Mitchell, Alex., 124
Mississippi river, western progress delayed at, 12
Missouri river, 20
Missouri, 20
Modern Towns of present Palo Alto County, 157, 158
Moffitt family, came to county, 96 Moffitt, John, came to county, 96 Moncrief family, eame to county, 85 Moncrief, John, elected surveyor,
1887, Appendix A; elected auditor, 1891, Appendix A
Money Panic of 1873, 137 Monticello, Iowa, 113
Morrison, Seymour, came to county, 97
Moran, Thomas, 102
Morling, E. A., elected attorney, 1898, Appendix A; elected attor- ney, 1900, Appendix A
Mosquitoes, prevalence of in early days, 106
Mulroney's, Soda Bar Postoffice at, 54, 55
Mulroney, Kieren, came to county, 54; joins northern border brigade, 77, 121
Mulroney, Maggie, 54 Mulroney, Mrs., 54
Mulroney's, Jacobs hauls hay from, 82
Mulroney, Patrick, elected county judge, 1863, Appendix A; elected county judge, 1865, Appendix A
Mulroney, John M., elected treasurer and recorder, 64; successful vote for treasurer and recorder, 71; elected treasurer and recorder, 73; elected treasurer and recorder, 1858, Appendix A; elected county treasurer and recorder, 1859, Ap- pendix A; elected treasurer and recorder, 1860, Appendix A; elect- ed treasurer and recorder, 1861, Appendix A; elected treasurer and recorder, 1863, Appendix A; elect- ed recorder, 1864, Appendix A
Mulroney, Joseph, settled in county, 54; elected constable, 65; success- ful vote for drainage commission- er, 72; joins northern border bri- gade, 77; ran stage, 88; freezes feet, 82; supervisor, 86, 117, 121; elected drainage commissioner, 1859, Appendix A
Munch, Henry, came to county, 96 Murphy's bayou, first camp at, 23
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Murphy, William, comes to county, 51; returns to Fort Dodge, 52; settles permanently in county, 52; aids laying out county seat, 58; statement of, cited, 59 note, 121
NATIONAL Cemetery, 75
Neary, John, settled with Irish col- ony, 22, 121; portrait, 22
Neary, John F., settled with Irish colony, 22; interview with, cited, 22 note; statement in regard to Indians, 32 note
Neary, Mary, settled with Irish col- ony, 22
Neary, James, elected county super- visor, 1861, Appendix A
Neary, Patrick, came to county, 85; road to, 85
Nelson, John, 99
Nevada Township, settlers in, 98
Newark, N. J., 44
New Jersey, 43, 44, 45
New settlers, selecting locations. 42 New Ulm, Minnesota, Indians at- tack, 75; desperate fight at, 76; Indians beaten off, 76
Nolan, Anastasia, setled with Irish colony, 22
Nolan, Bridget, settled with Irish colony, 22
Nolan, Charles, came to county, 85 Nolan, Charles T., settled with Irish colony, 22; statement of, 55 note, 109, portrait, 23
Nolan, James, settled with Irish col- ony, 22; election judge, 63; can- didate for county judge, 64; vote as candidate for sheriff, 71; elect- ed surveyor, 73, 121; elected sur- veyor, 1860, Appendix A
Nolan, Mr. and Mrs. James, portrait, 22
Nolan, James. Jr., settled with Irish colony, 22
Nolan, James F., came to county, 84
Nolan, John, settled with Irish col- ony, 22; first postoffice at, 54; mail distribution at, 55; elected constable, 65; elected justice of the Peace, 73, supervisor, 86, 99, 121; elected justice of the peace, 1860, Appendix A; elected county supervisor, Emmetsburg township, 1863, Appendix A
Nolan, Jolin F., settled with Irish colony, 22
Nolan, Maria, settled with Irish col- ony, 22
Nolan, Patrick, settled in county, 51, 99, 104, 121; elected sheriff, 1865, Appendix A; elected sheriff, 1873, Appendix A
Nolan, P. V., elected sheriff, 1883, Appendix A; elected auditor, 1887, Appendix A; elected county au- ditor, 1889, Appendix A
Normal Institute, first in county, 138 North, The, in the Civil War, 74
Northwest Iowa, early settlement in, 13, 14
Nowhan, Percy, 56
OBART, H. C., came to county, 96 O'Brien County, 94, 142
Ochseedawashta, visits W. D. Powers, 20
"Old town" of Emmetsburg, 103, 104, 105; beginning of, 107, 108; early growth of, 108, 109; condi- tions in, 113-121; population of, 119; houses built East of, 120; temporary buildings in, 122; reaches its acme, 122, 123; un- settled condition in, 123; agitation for removal of, 123; picture of
Old settlers, recollections taken ver- batim as sources for this history, 9; their assistance acknowledged, 9
O'Connor, James, 102
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HISTORY OF PALO ALTO COUNTY
O'Connor, Thomas, 102
O'Connor, Thomas, elected county attorney, 1886, Appendix A; elected county attorney, 1888, Ap- pendix A; elected attorney, 1892, Appendix A
O'Connell, William, 121
Odland, Anna, elected superintend- ent, 1903, Appendix A
O'Grady, P., 154
Ohio, nativity of Sergeant Carter in border brigade, 77
Okoboji Lakes, settlement at, 30; massacre at, 30, 31
Oleson, M. N., 155
Olney, Dr., of Fort Dodge, 44
Olsen, James, 99
Olsen, Lars, 99
Olson, Peter, came to county, 97 Ormsby, Col. E. S., locates in old town, 118; organizes Methodist church, 118, 119; establishes first bank, 119; moves house and bank, 129; plants wheat in new town, 133; president Des Moines River R. R., 141; portrait, 133
Ormsby, A. L., arrival of bride of, 120; builds brick house, 133
Ormsby, Scot, 107
Oshier, H. N., 151
Osgood, founding of, 149; history of, 101, 102, 149, 150; railroad race through, 143, 144 Osgood, Canada, 150
Owen, son acts as guide through high water, 99 Owens, P. H., 154
Owens, Robert C., came to county, 97
PALO ALTO township, 64
Palo Alto, rich and fertile, 9; first setlement in, May, 1855, 15; first prairie broken in, 16; soil untrod by permanent settlers, 14; first travelers over, 14; Major Sher-
man's march through, 20; Wil- liam D. Powers settles in, 20; Irish settlement in, 22; settlers in, knew nothing of Spirit Lake mas- sacre, relief expedition reach, 33; letters from, 43; settlers in, 43; climate severe, 43; beauties of, 43; first marriages in, 44; settle- ment of Myles Mahan in, 49; first mail service in, 54; speculative county seats in, 58, 59, 60, 61; need of county organization, 62; part of original Fayette county, 62; established as a new county, 62; named after battle of Palo Alto in Mexican war, 62, 63; at- tached to Boone county for gov- ernmental purposes, 63; attached to Webster county, 63; organized as a separate county government, 63, 64; first election in, abstract of votes, 64, 65; smoothness of county government, 73; volunteers in northern border brigade, from, 77; anxiety in, during border troubles, 78; guns and amunition distributed to settlers in, 77; homestead proof made at Fort Dodge office, 80; western tier of counties at Sioux City office, 80; settlement delayed during war, 81; population of, 81; census shows growth of, 81; stage lines in, 88, 89; freight lines in, 90; early newspapers in, 90, 91; pays old indebtedness in full, 94; home- steaders coming to, 99; period of growth for, 106; advance of in population and prosperity, 106; impressions of a traveler to, 1869, 107, 108; land prices in, 138; in- dustries of, 138; schools of, 138; modern aspects of, 156, 157, 158; value of farms of, 156; banking strength of, 156; trade and busi-
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ness of, 156; products of, 157; social conditions of, 157; modern towns of, 157, 158; advantages of, 158; map of, frontispiece
Palo Alto bounded, 62
Palo Alto Reporter, cited, 44 note; cited, 54 note
Palo Alto Printing Company, pub- lished the Pilot, 119
Palo Alto Advance, published in Old Town in 1870, no copies left, 8; published at, 90
Palo Alto Patriot, published in 1873, no copies left, 8; published in 1873, 91; started, 119; extra copy of, 119 note
Palo Alto Tribune, 118 note
Paoli, old postoffice at, 55; location of county seat at, 67; located by county seat commissioner, 60; court house and school house built at, 60; failure to develop town, 60; abandoned, 61; court house, description of, 68; school house at, 68; description of, 68; desertion of, 69; residence of volunteers, 77; steam saw mill at, 85; contract for buildings at, 86; court house at, untenantable, 92; brick from court house at, 107, 108, 133
"Paddy in the Bush," 121
"Paddy on the Flat," 121
"Paddy Green," 121
Parmeter brings news of massacre from Lakes, 32 Pattersonville, 142
Patton, Lille, elected superintendent, 1906, Appendix A; elected super- intendent, 1908, Appendix A
Pease, Luther L., 63; vote for sen- ator, 71
Peddie, Alex., statement of, cited, 127; comes to old town, 115; por- trait, 119
Pendergast, John, came to county,
54; elected justice of the peace, 65; elected clerk, 1861, Appendix A
Pendleburg, George, 154
Pennsylvania, 11th Cavalry, 75; Palo Alto county, soldiers in, 75
Perkins, Henry, elected superintend- ent, 1879, Appendix A
Perry, Izac, came to county. 96 Perry, W. I., 101
Peterson, Peter O., 98
Peterson, Thomas, 99
Peterson, E., came to county, 96
Peterson, owns first threshing ma- chine in county, 85
Phoenix, J. R., came to county, 97
Pharoah, plague of locusts, in time of, 136
Pike, H. A., elected superintendent, 1881, Appendix A
Pilot, published in 1874, partial file only of, 8; issued in old town, 119, 120; published at Emmets- burg, 1874, 91; description of, 120; incomplete file of preserved, 120 note, 131 note; items from, Appendix D
Pioneers fast passing away, 7; per- petuate achievements of, 9; charm surrounding life of first settlers, 11; increases with passing of frontier life, 11; adventures of, 11; endure hardships to found a home, 11; first experiences at Irish settlement, 23; incident il- lustrating difficulty of, 43; of Iowa and the Civil War, 74; of Palo Alto county and Civil War, 74; locate in timber, 81; home- steaders locate on prairie, 80, 81; pioneers' privations of, described, 82, 83; pleasures of, 106; women of, self-sacrifice of, 106; troubles with grasshoppers, 135-137; effect of hard times on, 136, 137; desti
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tution of, 137; return of prosper- ity, 137, 138
Pleasant Hill, Palo Alto soldiers in battle of, 75
Plover, 152 Plymouth county, 117
Pocahontas county, services at, 56, 60, 67, 117
Pocahontas, prairie fire coming from, 81
Political organization in detail, 62, 73; established, 73; campaigns, 92, 93, 94, 95; close for years, 95 Pollock, William B., joins relief ex- pedition, 34; county seat commis- sioner, 60; county seat commis- sioner, 67
Pond, E. G., bills saw-mill, 108, 112, 113
Population of Palo Alto county, 156
Post, Sam, came to county, 96
Potatoes, price in 1871, 100 Potter & Scovington, 146
Pottawattomie Indians, 12
Powhattan, services at, 56 Powers, William D., letter to semi- centennial committee, 14 note; let- ters from, 15 note; joining West Bend colony, 20; tells his story, 20, 21; letter of, cited, 21 note; marriage of, 44; elected justice of the peace, 65; elected township clerk, 65; justice of the peace, 72. county canvasser, 72; enlists 11 Civil War, 75; elected recorder, 1868, Appendix A; portrait, 20 Prairie, first broken in the county, 16
Prairie fires, menace of, 51; ex- amples of terror of, 51; burns out Jacobs, 81, 82 Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, 123, 124, 126 Presidential campaign in, 1860, 72, 73
Presbyterian church, organized, 56 Prices for produce in 1871, 105 Products of Palo Alto county, 157 Prospectus of Palo Alto Democrat,
published at Soda Bar, Appendix E Protestant church, in old town, 118 Prouty, J. N., takes homestead, 99; moves back to Humboldt, 99; de- scription of McCormick hospital- ity, 46, 47, 48; letter of, cited, 48 note
Prouty, Tom, 99
Prouty, T. J., elected clerk, 1874, Appendix A; elected clerk, 1876, Appendix A; elected clerk, 1878, Appendix A
Prouty, Chester, 99
Pugsley, George, 97 Public Park of Emmetsburg, secured, 124
QUIGLEY, B., 98 Quigley, Peter, 98
RADIGAN, P., 101
Railroad, Des Moines River, pro- jected, 141
Randall, Ezekial, and family, came to county, 96
Read, Washington, vote as candidate for treasurer and recorder, 71
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