History of Palo Alto County

By Dwight D. McCarty
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Torch Press, 1910
CONTENTS

PREFACE.................................................................................................................7
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION - "WESTWARD"...................................................10
CHAPTER II THE WEST BEND SETTLEMENT................................................... 15
CHAPTER III THE IRISH COLONY.........................................................................22
CHAPTER IV THE INDIANS AND THE SPIRIT LAKE MASSACRE.................27
 CHAPTER V THE RELIEF EXPEDITION............................................................. 33
CHAPTER VI NEW SETTLERS.................................................................................42
CHAPTER VII EARLY SPECULATIVE SEATS......................................................58
CHAPTER VIII THE POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY..........62
CHAPTER IX THE CALL TO ARMS....................................................................... 74
CHAPTER X A DECADE OF GROWTH...................................................................80
CHAPTER XI THE "OLD TOWN"......................................................................... 107
CHAPTER XII THE NEW EMMETSBURG.......................................................... 123
CHAPTER XIII THE PERIOD OF DEVELOPMENT.......................................... 135
CHAPTER XIV RISE OF THE COUNTY TOWNS................................................145
CHAPTER XV OUR MODERN COUNTY..............................................................156
APPENDICES............................................................................................................. 159
INDEX.......................................................................................................................... 169

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