The history of Fayette County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., Part 69

Author: Western Historical Co
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Company
Number of Pages: 766

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L. L. Wood, O .; A. Rawson, Rec. ; Edward Rice, Fin. ; H. N. Gregory, Rec. ; J. A. Wood, I. W. : E. W. Peterman, O. W .; J. H. Little, G .; M. W. Page, F. Gleim and George Genung, Trustees. William Marshall and O. H. Osborn have been representatives to Grand Lodge. The present member- ship is about thirty. The Lodge meets every Wednesday evening at Masonic Hall, having removed from their former room June 5. The affairs of the Lodge have been well managed, for the Society has on hand a cash surplus of about $250.

TAYLORSVILLE.

( Fairfield Township.)

This village is located on Sections 22 and 23, Township 92, Range 7, and was laid out by Jared Taylor. The survey was made by Henry C. Lacy. (See general history.)

The first breaking done on the sections on which this village is located was by M. C. Sperry, in 1846.

Dr. Taylor settled here in 1851, and began the practice of medicine.

The saw-mill at this place was built by William Stevenson in 1854, Joshua Mead helping to do the framing. The first store was started by - Bassett, in 1852. Robert Powers and Nathan Putnam started in business two or three years later.

A school house, of logs, was erected in 1851, and school was taught in the building by Clarissa Seeley, now Mrs. Moyne.

This was used till the needs of the district required a larger structure, and in 1857 a frame building was erected. A succession of United Brethren min- isters held religious service in the log school house, among whom are recalled the names of Rev. John Brown, who began to preach in the township in 1848, followed by John Dolahide, Rev. - Shafer, Rev. - Moore and the Rev. J. S. Rock. Rev. Mr. Moore, before his missionary work began in Lafayette County, had been preaching in Delaware County for several years.

Killen Voshell and Hannah Taylor were married at Taylorsville in March, 1851, by Jared Taylor, J. P.

The next marriage consummated in Taylorsville was that of Jesse Voshell and Anna Dempster, in the Fall of 1853, the nuptial blessing being bestowed by G. H. Miller, J. P.

The first hotel in Taylorsville was by Jacob Hartmen in 1856, but for two or three years before this time, George L. Ransom provided for the needs of travelers at his dwelling house.

Lewis Ludlow, a German, settled near Taylorsville about 1855. Old settlers relate that he had a good deal of talent for drawing and painting. Mr. Bassett was a tall, stoop-shouldered, long-nosed man. He was much given to talking about Quasqueton, where he had formerly resided, and where he afterward re- turned. Once while Bassett was gone to his former home, Ludlow got a big board, on which he drew Bassett, full size, with his finger pointing to a sign that read " Quasqueton, twenty-eight miles." This Ludlow nailed to the hitch- ing post near Bassett's store. When Bassett returned, he saw that the joke was on him, and allowed the portrait to stand a week or ten days.

Smith & Towsler, in 1857, was one of the succession of firms that did busi- ness 'at Taylorsville. Phil Smith, the senior partner, slept in the store. He became convinced that it was necessary to have a watch dog, and invested in a canine warranted to be ferocious enough to eat up any burglar at sight. That

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night he chained up the animal near his bed, and retired to rest. As his slum- bers began, he commenced to snore with such terrible effect that he howled just once, sprang up, breaking his chain as he tried to escape, jumped through a ten-dollar pane of glass, and disappeared, never to return.

A. M. Childs was in the mercantile business at Taylorsville in 1860. This town at that time was doing a large trade, and it is said that Childs has often sold $300 to $400 worth of goods on Sundays. Here the bloods of several townships used to congregate, and horse-racing on Sunday was of frequent occurrence. Fights were occasionally indulged in, and these amusements would take place sometimes while religious services were in progress at the school house.

York Lodge, No. 202, A., F. & A. M., was established at Taylorsville, Jan. 26, 1867, but was removed to Brush Creek in 1873.

Taylorsville was the polling place for Fairfield Township until 1872, when that mark of importance was transferred to Brush Creek.

While the location of the Davenport & St. Paul Railroad was being made, Taylorsville made a liberal offer, but the route was decided to be impracticable, the station was bestowed upon Brush Creek, and the star of Taylorsville began to wane. When the road reached Brush Creek, several buildings were removed from Taylorsville, and with them nearly all the business of this hitherto pros- perous village.

The business now carried on at Taylorsville is a general store by W. C. White, a blacksmith shop by Reuben Moore, and a steam saw-mill by Blackman & Genung.

RANDALIA. (Center Township.)

The east half of the southeast quarter of Section 15, Township 93 north of Range 9 west, was entered by Frederick Boyes April 12, 1855. J. N. B. Elliot became the owner in 1868, and June 6, 1872, he deeded the right of way to the B., C., R. & M. Railroad Company, and sold the remainder to the Ran- dall Brothers in the Fall of 1873. In June, 1874, the line of Randalia was laid out on this tract by Pitney F. Randall, Josie D. Randall, Alonzo Randall and Andrew J. F. Randall, proprietors ; survey made by P. F. Randall. The plat was filed for record Dec. 9, 1874, at 11 o'clock P. M.

A. J. F. Randall commenced the erection of a two-story building on Lot 22, Block 10, First street, in July, 1874. It was designed for a store on the first floor, and for a dwelling house on the second. It was completed and the upper floor occupied in September following, and the next year the store was filled and occupied by C. Hurlbut, of Fayette. This was the first building erected on the town plat. It is now occupied as a store and post office by Randall & Underwood.

The second building was the Randalia Hotel on First street, Lot 36, Block 11, by Napoleon B. Underwood, who commenced it about the 15th of October ; completed and opened it as a hotel Nov. 15, 1874. It is now owned and occu- pied by John M. Proctor."

The first warehouse was erected in November, 1874, by Gilchrest & Co., of McGregor ; G. N. Levally built the second one in the Winter of 1874-75; the third was built by Bassett, Hunting & Co., of McGregor, in the Fall of 1875, and the fourth by Cameron Bros., in 1876.

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The railroad was completed to this point from the north, in August, 1873; first Station Agent, A. J. F. Randall ; present Station Agent, C. E. Brainard.

The Post Office was established in October, 1874, A. J. F. Randall, Post- master.

The first blacksmith was A. C. Shiery.

Randalia, in July, 1878, has two general stores, one grocery and boot and shoe store, one drug store, two hotels, one harness shop, one milliner, one dealer in lumber and agricultural implements, one meat market, one blacksmith shop, two saloons and four warehouses.

The amount of shipments by railroad from this point for the year ending February 28, 1878, is as follows :

100,000 bushels of wheat.

198,462 pounds of dressed pork. 32 cars of live hogs. 7,950 dozen of eggs. 8 cars of oats.

11,740 pounds of green hides.

8 700 pounds of butter.

1,350 pounds of tallow.

60,380 pounds of flax seed.

93,810 pounds of timothy seed.

8,960 pounds of poultry.

Rogers' Addition on the south consists of Blocks 1, 2 and 3, and is owned by J. C. Darnell, who resides near the village.

SCHOOLS.

Randalia is in Independent School District No. 3, Center Township. The school house was built on the northwest corner of Elm and Second streets in 1876, and the first school in it, which was the first held in the town, was opened in the Fall of that year ; Miss Sophia Smith, teacher.

RELIGIOUS.

The first service in the new town was by Rev. Mr. Moulton, who held religious services in the school house soon after it was finished in 1876.

The Methodist Episcopal Church of Randalia was re-organized in the Fall of 1877, with seventeen members, among whom were Moses L. Phelps, Mrs. Eme- line Phelps, S. Snyder, Mrs. S. Snyder, Miss Emma Hill, Mrs. Caffyn, Mr. and Mrs. Knapp, Mrs. Coates, Emma Hubbard, Rev. E. Hartsough and Mrs. Hartsough. Mr. Hartsough is Class Leader. Elder Lyman Hull preaches to this society once in two weeks in the school house.

The first Baptist Church was incorporated Feb. 1, 1878 ; corporators, J. P. Hultz, William Pallings, P. Odekirk, D. Helmer and others ; and among the first members in addition were Mr. and Mrs. J. Helmer, Mrs. D. Helm, Mrs. J. P. Hultz, Delia Odekirk and Mrs. Barbara Riffenburg. In June, 1878, the society laid the foundation for a house of worship on Fourth street, Block 3, Lot 3. Rev. Mr. Perry, of West Union, is the present Pastor, and holds relig- ious services once in two weeks in the school house.

CENTER TOWNSHIP.

The first settlement of Township 93, Range 9, dates from 1850. Thomas Woodle selected a location near Gamble's Grove in 1849, soon after the Indians were removed. He was accompanied by Thomas Douglas and Thomas B.

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Sturges, who located near him. Woodle entered his land on Section 13, Jan- uary 13, 1850, and settled on it the following Spring. Phillip Herzog entered land in this township in 1850. Thomas D. Robertson entered in 1851; J. C. Higginson, Robert Alexander and Harrison Augur, in 1852 ; John Miller, John T. Webb, David S. Wilson, Addison F. Stillwell, George S. Murray, William S. Murray, Reuben C. Hale, Jacob Snider, Lyman Morgan, Allen Sparks, Hezeheal B. Bussey, George Clouse, Laurena E. Barber, Jacob D. Follmer, Owen Sykes and others, in 1853; Abraham Bare, Thomas J. Lewellen, Caleb Potwin, James H. Proctor, Stephen D. Helms, Otis Baker, Alarsen Hamlin, Robert S. Adams, William L. Coleman, Elijah Hartsough and others, in 1854. John Bare, Christopher Bare, Cornelius Frye, Clark Roberts, B. Sykes and others came in 1855.

In 1852, Thomas Woodle sold his place to Frederick Dunham.

The first white child born in the township was D. Marion Hartsough, Octo- ber 28, 1854. The first wedding, says Mr. Dooley, was probably that of Eli Mulnix and Desdemona Dunham in 1853.

The first death was Mary, daughter of Martin Dunham, in 1852.

The first school house was built about 1859, in District No. 1, and is known as the " Dunham School House." The first and only church was built by the Methodists in the south part of the town in 1877, and is called the Fairview Church.

The first sermon was delivered by Rev. H. S. Brunson, date not remembered.

POLITICAL RECORD.

There is no record of the order of the County Court creating the Township , of Center, as stated in the General History. Township 93, Range 9, was created a civil township in 1856, by Judge Newcomb, who named it "Fremont," although he had made another township with the same name not a month before. Since that portion of this work was written, the Township Clerk, J. D. Dooley, Esq., after several days' search, succeeded in finding the first records of the township which commence with a copy of a precept from the County Court as follows :

To any Constable of Fayette County :

You are hereby notified, that the County Court of Fayette County has framed a new town- ship called Center Township, being Township No. 93 north of Range 9 west. An organizing election to be held on the first Monday in April, 1858, at the house of H. S Brunson, at which election there will be elected three Township Trustees ; a Township Clerk : two Justices of the Peace and two Constables and Supervisors. A vote will also be taken for School Fund Commis- sioner. You are required to serve and return this warrant as required by law, etc.

Given under my hand this 13th day of February, 1858. Signed, J. W. ROGERS, County Judge.

Seventeen voters assembled at the time and place appointed. Elijah Hart- sough, David Bare and John M- Proctor were elected Judges of Election, and James Orr and John Dunham, Clerks, who were sworn by C. A. Heywood, Deputy Sheriff. The township was then organized by the election of E. Hartsough, David Bare and Thomas J. Lewellen, Trustees ; James Orr, Clerk ; H. S. Brunson, Justice of the Peace ; J. F. Lyman and S. Snider, Constables.

Another election was held in October, when Eli Mulnix was elected Clerk ; Eli Mulnix and Harrison August, Justices of the Peace ; E. Hartsough, J. M. Proctor and David E. Snider, Trustees.

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WADENA. (Illyria Township.)

Near this town is the site of the cabin erected about 1841, by George Culver, for a trading post, about a year after the almost forgotten Wilcox brothers made their claims a few miles farther west. Culver had given up a pleasant occupa- tion in a bank in Michigan two or three years before, had settled on Elk Creek in Clayton County, and had been called upon immediately to hold at least two offices in that newly organized county, but preferred to live alone in the Indian reservation, trafficking trinkets for furs and pelts. Culver had for a partner the eccentric Joseph Hewitt, who built his cabin seven or eight miles south of Culver. In the Winter of 1842-3, Culver's cabin was surrounded by Indians, driven hither by the famine, occasioned by the severe weather and their own shiftless, improvident habits. Elsewhere is mentioned the trip of Hewitt and Culver to Washington in the capacity of claimants for compensation for their outlays of stores in keeping the Winnebagoes alive during that tedious Winter. They secured the allowance of their claim, to which they did not forget to add judiciously for accumulated interest.

In 1848, Hewitt & Culver dissolved their partnership, the latter going to Minnesota with the Indians.

The site of the town of Wadena was purchased by Samuel Stevens, in 1851, it being selected as part of the State school lands. The beginning of the town was made in 1855, by Horace Countryman and his father, who built a house and a saw-mill.

In 1858, Maj. David B. Herriman bought the interest of the elder Coun- tryman in the mill property, and, in connection with the son, began to build a flouring-mill on the north bank. At the same time, a substantial dam was constructed, which is anchored against a rock wall, on either side, and which has been much improved from time to time, until it is now one of the best on the river, having withstood the storm of 1878, a very severe test.

In a storm, in 1871, a large tree floating down the stream caught against the saw-mill, which stood on the south side, operating as a wing dam, and rais- ing the water so that it caught the old structure and floated it off its founda- tions. The dam and flouring-mill were, however, uninjured.

After a few years, Countryman disposed of his share to Maj. Herriman, who retained the sole ownership until 1875, when it passed into the hands of Talcott & Nye, who now own and operate the mill.

The town is approachable by several roads, of easy grade, which enables the mill to do a large business. Under the management of Talcott & Nye, the machinery has been greatly improved, and the flour made here is equal to any made on the river.

The euphonious name of Wadena was bestowed upon the little hamlet by Maj. D. B. Herriman, who selected the name of an Indian chief who had been a warm friend of the Major's while the latter was living at Crow Wing. Wadena was an old man when Maj. Herriman was in Minnesota, and had just wended his way to Crow Wing, with his band, to close his eyes in death, far away from the romantic spot that bears his name.

Just before the Government had completed its preparations for removing the Indians, in 1848, another old Winnebago chief, Whirling Thunder, sickened and died. The Indians had great affection and reverence for the old man, and,

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to do ducal honor to his remains, they built a structure of split logs, about three feet high, situated a little way from the Indian burial ground, within which, at the further end from the entrance, they placed the dead chief, in a sitting pos- ture, without other sepulture than his blanket.

A number of the early settlers of Fayette County have passed by this abo- riginal mausoleum, and the memory of Whirling Thunder abides in their nos- trils and memory yet. The bones could be seen for several years through the chinks of the log covering, which in time decayed and disappeared; "and," says a correspondent of a Dubuque paper, " the unhallowed point of the plow turned the last remnants of defunct greatness under the sod. During the years while the tomb stood, a number of squaws visited it every Fall-time, just before the grass, which grew very rank there, became dry enough to burn. They plucked the grass for some distance around, for the purpose of guarding the sacred spot from prairie fires, which regularly swept over the ground, and, in their fury, no doubt would have cremated Whirling Thunder, body and bones, if this precaution had not been taken by the tender-hearted squaws. When their work of devotion to the dead was done, they dolefully chanted a series of lamentations, and then departed homeward. No care like this was manifested toward other graves, of which there were many not far distant, all of common clay, however, and unmarked by evidence of remembrance, save one, at which stood an eight-square post, pretty smoothly hewn, and to the top of which was found, by an old pioneer, Thomas Markle, twenty-eight years ago, the scalp of a white woman, whose long black hair silently told the story of the sad fate of her who had fallen a victim to the merciless scalping knife. As time passed over this savage graveyard, the graves were gradually leveled until all trace of them disappeared, and the ground was enclosed by an old man named Miller Crow, who had no knowledge of its previous character until he passed his plow through it and turned up a bountiful crop of human bones. He was so horri- fied at the thought of plowing up dead Indians, whose spirits might not be so far away as the 'happy hunting grounds,' that he immediately changed his fence and recognized the dead Indians' right of pre-emption to the ground they had made such a permanent settlement on.

The town of Wadena was laid out by Horace and Elizabeth Countryman and David B. and Elizabeth Herriman. The surveying was done by H. Jones, County Surveyor, in July, 1857, and the plat was recorded May 11, 1859.

The first store opened in Wadena was by A. H. Blake.

The Catholic Church was built in 1870, under the supervision of Thomas Fennell, Sr., and the first sermon preached in the building was by Rev. Mr. Quigley, of Elkader, who is still in charge. The building will seat comfortably about four hundred people.

Wadena has lately become a village of considerable note-the Volga Valley Railroad having been opened to this point during the present year. The con- struction train reached Wadena late in the Spring, and on June 2, 1878, the first freight shipment was made from this station, it being a barre of apples, consigned to E. Hill, Volga City.

Wadena is situated in a fertile farming region, with a valuable water power, with a railway, and with no very near rivals to draw away its rapidly increasing business.

In 1876, the prospect of the railroad induced the Herrimans to increase the size of the town, and, accordingly, an addition was platted on the north side of the town, which includes the Indian graves referred to above.

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Volga Valley Lodge, No. 138, A. O. U. W., was instituted by W. H. Burford, D. G. M., November 24, 1877, with thirteen charter members. The offi- cers now holding are P. Nye, M. W .; F. D. Talcott, F .; J. A. Lang, O .; W. B. Herriman, Rec .; O. O. Ayer, Fin .; E. Rawson, Receiver; John Her- riman, Guide ; Charles Herriman, I. W .; William Dorland, O. W .; B. N. Tal- cott, William Talcott, J. A. Lang, Trustees.

A township fair was held in Illyria September 28, 1859, on which occasion addresses were made by R. A. Richardson, Judge Newcomb and S. B. Zeigler. The exhibitors who received premiums were H. Wyckoff, J. Herriman, Joseph Gibson, J. Abernethy, William Pritchard, Dexter Follensbee, S. Holton, Wal- ter Humphrey, J. Cruzan, George Watrous, S. R. Eaton, William Morras, J. W. Fisher, Joseph Gibbon, John Sargent, William Welch, F. H. Chapman, Thomas Kinsey, R. A. Richardson, Charles Evans, J. Holsworth, John Sargent, Thomas Smith, L. Graves, Mrs. Kinsey, Mrs. Sargent, Mrs. S. R. Eaton, Mrs. Humphrey, Miss C. Eaton, Miss C. Kinsey, Mrs. C. M. Eaton, Miss Dora Eaton. Eighty-one premiums were awarded.

SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP.

William Orrear and James Beatty settled on the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 5, Township 92, Range 8, in 1841 or 1842, and for two or three years were in company, keeping "bach." About the middle- of the " long and dreary Winter" of 1842-3, they were called upon to entertain a house full of company, the particulars of which are narrated elsewhere. In March, the cabin became the sanctuary for the fugitive children of Tegarden, who fled hither for shelter, and, from the door, could look out and see the lurid light from the fire that was destroying their home, in which was their father's dead body.

Orrear married in due time and settled down to be an industrious farmer. In 1846, when he sold his property, he had over eighty acres broken and fenced, and had, for two years, managed a dairy of twenty-five cows.

William Van Dorn settled in this township in 1843, and three years after- married Miss Messenger ; the first wedding in Smithfield.

Andrew Hensley settled within the present bounds of Smithfield in April, 1844, and in 1845, sold a part of his crop of Winter wheat in Dubuque at the rate of $1.45 per bushel. Mr. Hensley purchased his groceries at this far- away market for several years, often exchanging honey therefor, which could be obtained in large quantities by the experienced frontiersmen. The first conven- ient post office to Mr. Hensley's was at Yankee Settlement, twenty-five miles away ; but prior to 1849, his post office was at Dubuque. It is said that Mr. Hensley sentsome of his children to school at Yankee Settlement before any school was established in Fayette County.

The next settler in this township was Chauncey Brooks, who made his location in 1847. Mr. Brooks was a New Yorker by birth, but was reared in Canada. He came to Linn County in 1838, when only 21 years old, and was married to Hannah Casebeer two years before coming to Fayette County. Shortly after Mr. and Mrs. Brooks settled (1848), their daughter Amanda was born.

As mentioned in another place. Rev. John Brown held a religious meeting in the Orrear house in 1848, probably the first sermon ever preached in Smith- field Township.

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EDUCATIONAL.

The first school house was built on Section 1, in 1852 or 1853, and Iantha Hendrickson was the first teacher; but a school was taught in a farm house, on the east line of the township, in the previous year.

The township was organized in 1857.

The voters present at the first school election in Smithfield Township, held at the house of William McNaul, May 3, 1858, were J. A. Hoge, L. M. Stranahan, F. Ball, F. Hodges, William Bonine, Ira Potter, George Guard, James Bonine, E. B. Nichols, F. W. B. Stevenson, Harrison Gage, Thaddeus McNaul, J. A. Bonine, R. Gage, William McNaul, A. T. Liggett and Charles Hoyt. Charles Hoyt was elected President; Elisha De Mott, Vice President ; L. M. Stevenson, Secretary ; A. J. Liggett, Treasurer.

The next month, a special meeting was held, at which the questions of voting a two-mill tax for Teachers' Fund, two mills for School House Fund and the obtaining of a loan of $2,000 were referred to the Board.

March 12, 1860, the electors voted an eight-mill tax for school house purposes. In March, 1861, the application of Sub-District No. 5 for $300 for school house construction was rejected ; and, in 1863, its application for $68 to complete its building was also refused In 1864, No. 4 made application for $500, which was declined, and No. 5's request for $100, also. No. 5 again applied, in 1865, for $150, and was again refused, while No. 3's application for $100 shared the same fate. In 1866, No. 1 met with the same treatment, and in 1867, six of the Sub-Districts petitioned for cash, with a like result. In 1868, four sub-districts ditto. This continued until 1872, when, it is stated, there were no applications for school house purposes.

The teachers during the Winter of 1871-2 were : No. 1, O. N. Ainsworth ; No. 2, Mary E. White; No. 3, Sophia Z. Smith ; No. 4, Mary J. McCormick ; No. 5, Emma P. Hoge; No. 6, Rose A. Smith ; No. 7, D. D. Adams ; No. 8, Alice Payne ; No. 9, Emma A. Babcock.

March 21, 1876, the voters of the township decided to adopt the Indepen dent District system by a vote of 62 to 48.

No official records of Smithfield prior to April 14, 1862, are in existence. At that time, J. W. Hobson and William Pangborn, Trustees, met and appointed William Price to the vacancy caused by the other Trustee having neglected to qualify. Charles Green was the Clerk. The Trustees elected in 1862 were Charles Hoyt, J. W. Hobson and William Pangborn, and H. S. Babcock was chosen Clerk, who continued in office until October, 1864, when they were succeeded by J. E. Budd, Ira Potter and E. B. Nichols, Trustees, and William McNaul, Clerk. Charles Hoyt and Henry S. Babcock became Justices, and W. H. Payne and Q. C. Babcock, Constables-all by appoint- ment. April 15, 1865, the Trustees held a meeting jointly with the Trustees of Harlan Township, for the purpose of dividing the road work on the township line. The Trustees for 1867 were Alden Mitchell, B. N. Johnson and E. B. Nichols, with John Bills as Clerk. October 7, 1867, the boundaries of Road Districts Nos. 7, 5, 4, 11 and 8 were re-adjusted, and on the 18th, the election of Supervisor in Road District No. 7 was declared illegal, there being an excess of thirteen votes over the number of voters in that district. The Trustees, in 1868, were B. N. Johnson, E. B. Nichols and T. W. B. Stevenson, the Clerk being Q. C. Babcock. An election was held August 22, 1868, to determine whether the township should levy a tax of three per cent. in aid of the construc- tion of the Davenport & St. Paul Railway.

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The history of Fayette County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., Part 69

Author: Western Historical Co Publication date: 1878 Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Company Number of Pages: 766

Author: Western Historical Co
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Company
Number of Pages: 766