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As the first
256 pages of this book are almost identical to the
first 256 pages in the 1880 Washington County History,
I didn't feel that it was necessary to repeat them,
if you would like to read them, they are located here.
Thanks. Darlene
Contents
Indian Affairs.............
257
Geography - Descriptive and Physical ............
264
Geology ............... 277
Economic Geology ............ 281
Early Settlement ............287
The First Settler ..........287
The Nearest Trading Point .......... 292
Log Cabins .......... 293
A Pioneer Mill ......... 294
Going to Mill .......... 295
Incidents ........... 297
The First Death ......... 298
The First Marriage ......... 298
The Sports and Customs .............. 299
Organization ......... 303
The County Seat .......... 312
The First Lot Fund Agency .......... 314
The First Assembly .......... 316
The Second Election .......... 316
Names of Voters ............ 317
The First District Court ............. 318
The First Grand Jury .......... 318
Judge James P. Charlton ......... 319
The Lost Records ..........
320
Petit Jury ............. 322
The First School ..........
323
The First Church ......... 324
Claim Clubs Versus Claim Jumpers ......... 324
The Third Election ............ 326
The First Court House ........... 327
Mormon Raid ..............
329
Presidential Election ......... 332
The First Water Mill .......... 334
The Owens Mill ...........
335
The Pioneer Mimic ......... 337
A Cabin-Raising ........... 338
A Pioneer Courtship ......... 341
A Pioneer Doctor ........... 344
A Fruitful Year .......... 345
A Hard Winter .......... 346
The First Post-Office ......... 348
A Welcome Spring ........... 349
Flood of 1849 ........ 350
Flood of 1851 ......... 351
Second District Court ........ 351
Elections of 1849 .......... 352
Gold-Hunters ........... 354
General Prosperity in 1850 ......... 355
The First Deed ......... 356
The Elections of 1850 ........... 357
The First Probate .......... 360
The First Ferry .......... 360
Valuation of Out-lots ........... 361
Statistics .......... 361
Third Presidential Election .......... 362
List of County Officers .......... 366
Coroners ......... 368
District Judges and Judicial Districts ......... 373
County Finances ........... 374
Bridges ............. 377
Poor Farm .......... 378
The County Jail .......... 379
Stock-Raising ........... 379
Agricultural Society ........... 383
Railroads ........... 384
Temperance ................. 389
A Whiskey Seller's Mishap......390
License Liquor Law ............ 392
Religious .............. 392
Educational ............394
Normal of 1878 ............. 395
The Gregg Normal School .........
395
The Press ............. 399
WAR HISTORY
Dallas County War Record ..........
403
Fourth Infantry .......... 407
Tenth Infantry ......... 409
Fifteenth Infantry ......... 410
Seventeenth Infantry ....... 411
Eighteenth Infantry .......... 412
Twenty-Third Infantry ......... 413
Thirty-ninth Infantry .......... 415
Forty-fourth Infantry ........ 425
Forty-sixth Infantry ...........425
Second Cavalry ........... 427
Fourth Cavalry .......... 427
Ninth Cavalry .......... 428
Second Light Artillery .......... 429
Dallas County Soldiers' Union ......... 431
CITIES AND TOWNS
Adel ............... 435
DeSoto ........... 451
Perry ............ 457
Dexter .......... 466
Dallas Center ........... 473
Redfield ........... 477
Col. James Redfield biography
........ 481
Wiscotta ............. 481
Van Meter ......... 482
Minburn ........... 485
Booneville ............ 487
Waukee .......... 489
Xenia .............. 492
TOWNSHIPS - - - 493
Adel ...................... 496
Boone ................... 500
Van Meter ............ 503
Adams ................. 506
Union ............ 510
Des Moines ............. 515
Washington ............ 518
Sugar Grove ........ 522
Linn ............... 525
Walnut .......... 529
Dallas ............ 530
Spring Valley ............... 532
Beaver .................. 534
Colfax ................. 536
Lincoln .................... 538
Grant ................. 540
BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
These are listed alphabetically
under township names. Use the township names to go
directly to that page, then please use the "find"
on your browser to locate the name.
This appears to
be more of a business directory than biographical
sketches, although there are some bios, it mostly
just list the names, and occupations of individuals.
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