W.S DUNBAR & CO., PUBLISHERS,
113 ADAMS STREET, CHICAGO
1889
HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY
- CHAPTER I
- INTRODUCTION..........................................229
- Location, Topography and Geology....................230
- CHAPTER II
- EARLY SETTLEMENT
- Early Settlement—the New England Colony.............233
- The First Stake Driven..............................233
- CHAPTER III
- FIRST EVENTS..........................................239
- CHAPTER IV
- INDIAN TROUBLES.......................................241
- A Terrible Experience...............................243
- Pioneer James A. Brown's Experience.................244
- CHAPTER V
- ORGANIZATION
- Creation and Organization of the County.............246
- The County Seat.....................................247
- Organization of Townships...........................248
- CHAPTER VI
- COUNTY GOVERNMENT
- County Court........................................250
- Board of Supervisors................................251
- Court-house.........................................255
- Taxes Levied, etc...................................255
- CHAPTER VII
- MISCELLANEOUS
- Population by Townships.............................257
- Church Property in 1885.............................257
- Recorded Plats......................................258
- CHAPTER VIII
- POLITICAL.............................................261
- Official Vote.......................................262
- CHAPTER IX
- EDUCATIONAL...........................................271
- School Report for 1888..............................272
- The Normal Institutes...............................273
- CHAPTER X
- AGRICULTURAL
- Agriculture and Stock-raising.......................274
- Farm Statistics in 1885.............................276
- The County Fair.....................................276
- CHAPTER XI
- RAILROADS.............................................277
- Land Grants.........................................277
- Cherokee & Dakota Railway...........................279
- CHAPTER XII
- THE BAR...............................................281
- CHAPTER XIII
- MEDICAL PROFESSION....................................284
- Physicians of Cherokee County
- Cherokee County Medical Association.................287
- CHAPTER XIV
- THE CIVIL WAR.........................................288
- CHAPTER XV
- NEWSPAPERS............................................290
- The Newspaper Press
- CHAPTER XVI
- ITEMS OF INTEREST.....................................296
- Severe Storms.......................................298
- The Grasshopper Plague................................301
- CHAPTER XVII
- TOWNSHIP HISTORY
- Afton...............................................303
- Amherst.............................................305
- Cedar...............................................307
- Village of Larrabee...............................309
- Diamond.............................................310
- Grand Meadow........................................311
- Liberty.............................................312
- Marcus...............................................315
- Town of Marcus....................................318
- Pilot................................................324
- Pitcher..............................................325
- Village of Aurelia................................329
- Rock................................................332
- Silver..............................................333
- Spring..............................................335
- Sheridan............................................337
- Village of Meriden................................339
- Tilden..............................................341
- Willow..............................................342
- Village of Washta.................................344
- Village of Quimby.................................347
- Cherokee.............................................348
- The City of Cherokee..............................349
- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES..................................379-639
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