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INDEX
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OUR RURAL COMMUNITY
| Prairie Land | 9 |
| Lincoln Township, Story County, Iowa | 9 |
The First Settlers
| John Campbell | 10 |
| Jacob Y. Miller | 12 |
| Silas Barkdull | 13 |
| Thomas Ragan | 13 |
| John Gilmore Sr. | 14 |
| Horatio C. Wickham | 14 |
| Levi Norton | 16 |
Lincoln Township Schools
THE ZEARING FAMILY
| General History of the Zearing Family | 23 |
| John and Martin Zearing | 23 |
| John Zearing Family | 23 |
| Judge William Mitchell Zearing | 25 |
| The Zearing Family and Lincoln Township, Story County, Iowa | 27 |
THE FOUNDING OF ZEARING, IOWA
| A New Town | 28 |
| The Naming of Zearing, Iowa | 29 |
| The First Family of Zearing | 31 |
| Judge Zearing's Gift to Zearing, Iowa | 32 |
| The First Baby Born in Zearing | 33 |
OUR HOME TOWN