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History of Boone County, Iowa
1914


Book contributed by Miles Davis. Thank you, Miles!

Linked chapters have been transcribed.
 
CHAPTER
PAGE
CHAPTER I. HISTORIC IOWA 9
CHAPTER II. ORGANIZATION OF THE TERRITORY OF IOWA
29
CHAPTER III. A PREHISTORIC RACE
59
CHAPTER IV. THE INDIANS
63
CHAPTER V. DESCRIPTIVE
81
CHAPTER VI. COUNTY ORGANIZATION
91
CHAPTER VII. COUNTY ORGANIZATION (CONTINUED)
111
CHAPTER VIII. GOVERNMENTAL
129
CHAPTER IX. HISTORY OF THE RIVER LAND GRANT
135
CHAPTER X. DAYS OF THE RIVERLAND TROUBLES
145
CHAPTER XI. A STORY OF THE "CLAIMS CLUB"
153
CHAPTER XII. SPIRIT LAKE MASSACRE
161
CHAPTER XIII. SCRAP OF LOCAL HISTORY
175
CHAPTER XIV. BOONE COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR
179
CHAPTER XV. YELL TOWNSHIP
197
CHAPTER XVI. DODGE TOWNSHIP
209
CHAPTER XVII. JACKSON TOWNSHIP
217
CHAPTER XVIII. DOUGLAS TOWNSHIP
225
CHAPTER XIX. CASS TOWNSHIP
251
CHAPTER XX. WORTH TOWNSHIP
259
CHAPTER XXI. PILOT MOUND TOWNSHIP
275
CHAPTER XXII. MARCY TOWNSHIP
281
CHAPTER XXIII. BEAVER TOWNSHIP
289
CHAPTER XXIV. GRANT TOWNSHIP
293
CHAPTER XXV. AMAQUA TOWNSHIP
297
CHAPTER XXVI. PEOPLES TOWNSHIP
303
CHAPTER XXVII. COLFAX TOWNSHIP
309
-CHAPTER XXVIII. HARRISON TOWNSHIP
317
CHAPTER XXIX. GARDEN TOWNSHIP
323
CHAPTER XXX. UNION TOWNSHIP
331
CHAPTER XXXI. DES MOINES TOWNSHIP
347
CHAPTER XXXII. THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
357
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE BENCH AND THE BAR
361
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE PRESS OF BOONE COUNTY
377
CHAPTER XXXV. TRANSPORTATION
401
CHAPTER XXXVI. BOONESBORO, THE COUNTY SEAT
417
CHAPTER XXXVII. CIVIC IMPROVEMENTS OF BOONE
433
CHAPTER XXXVIII. RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
445
CHAPTER XXXIX. BOONE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
471
CHAPTER XL. THE POST OFFICE
479
CHAPTER XLI. BANKING
483
CHAPTER XLII. INDUSTRIAL BOONE
489
CHAPTER XLIII. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
495
CHAPTER XLIV. SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
507
CHAPTER XLV. FRATERNAL ORDERS, COMPANY I, ETC.
517

Source: History of Boone County, Iowa
N. E. Goldthwait, Supervising Editor
Illustrated, Volume I
Chicago, Pioneer Publishing Company
1914

Transcribed by Lynn Diemer-Mathews and uploaded February 24, 2023.