PAST AND PRESENT OF
O'Brien and Osceola Counties, Iowa

BY HON. J. L. E. PECK and HON. O. H. MONTZHEIMER
For O'Brien County
AND HON. WILLIAM J. MILLER
For Osceola County
VOL. I
ILLUSTRATED 1914
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


HISTORICAL INDEX OSCEOLA COUNTY.

A

Accidental Deaths 667
Agricultural Facts 681
Allendorf 603
Allison Township 544
  Early Settlers544
  First Name 544
  Organization 544
  Schools 544, 670
  Settlers, Early 544
  Section 2 544
  Section 3 544
  Section 4 544
  Section 6 544
  Section 9 545
  Section 10 545
  Section 14 545
  Section 17 545
  Section 33 545
Altitude 536
Ashton 597
  Business Interests 598
  Churches 609, 623
  First Buildings 597
  Location 597
  Official 598
  Officials 598
  St. Gilman 597
Assessments 542
Attorneys 647
Attorneys, County 541
Auditors, County 540

B

Baker Township545
  Early Settlers 545
  Land Speculators 545
  Schools 671
  Section 2 545
  Section 3 546
  Section 6 546
  Section 8 546
  Section 9 547
  Section 10 547
  Section 11 547
  Section 12 547
  Section 13 547
  Section 15 547
  Section 16 547
  Section 17 547
  Section 18547
  Section 20548
  Section 28549
  Section 29 549
  Section 30 549
  Section 31 549
  Section 33 649
  Section 34 549
  Settlement 545
  Speculators 545
Baptist Churches 616
Bench and Bar 647
Boards of Supervisors 541

C

Catholic Churches 623
Churches 606
Cities 593
Civil War Veterans 652
Clerks of District Court540
Cloverdale 603
Congregational Churches 612
Convention, First Nominating 538
Coroners 540
County Attorneys 541
County Auditors 540
County Finances 541
County Officials 540
County Organized 536
County Recorders 540
County Set Off 537
County Supt. of Schools 540
County Surveyors 540
County Treasurers540
Court, District, Clerks of540
Court, First Term of 541
Court House, First 541

D

Davis, Jefferson, Survey 536
Death, First in County672
Deaths by Accident 667
Deaths by Freezing 663
Diphtheria Epidemic 633
Diseases 631
District Court, Clerks of540
Doctors, Early 629
Drainage 535
Dunkelmann, Henry 548

E

East Holman Township 549
  Settlement 549
  Section 1 549
  Section 2 549
  Section 4 550
  Section 5 550
  Section 6 550
  Section 7 551
  Section 8 551
  Section 10 551
  Section 12 551
  Section 14 551
  Section 17 552
  Section 18 552
  Section 20 552
  Section 21 553
  Section 22 553
  Section 24 553
  Section 26 553
  Section 28 553
  Section 30 554
  Section 32 554
  Section 34 554
  Section 36 554
Early Trials 537
Early Transportation 677
Educational History 670
Ellection, First 538
Evangelical Lutheran Churches 611,620
Extraordinary Events 660

F

Fairview Township555
  Beautiful vista 555
  First Officers 556
  Officers, First 556
  Officers, Present 556
  Prairie Beauty 555
  Schools 567, 670
  Section 8 555
  Section 20 555
  Section 22 555
  Section 28 555
  Section 30 556
  Section 32 556
  Section 33 556
  Settlement 555
Farm Statistics 681
Finances, County 541
First Attorneys 647
First Court House 541
First Election 538
First Grand Jury 541
First Nominating Convention 538
First Preaching Service 606
First Railroad 678
First Schools 670
First Supervisors 540
First Term of Court 541
First Things 672
Foster, William R. 565
Fuel Question 674

G

Geology 535
German Lutheran Churches 621
Gilman Township 557
  Hard Times 557
  Schools 671
  Section 2 557
  Section 4 557
  Section 6 558
  Section 8 558
  Section 10 558
  Section 12 558
  Section 14 559
  Section 18 559
  Section 22 560
  Section 24 560
  Sectian 26 560
  Section 28 560
  Section 30 560
  Section 32 561
  Section 34 561
  Settlement 557
  Usurious Interest 557
Goewey Township 561
  Schools 671
  Section 1 561
  Section 2 561
  Section 4 562
  Section 6 562
  Section 8 563
  Section 10 563
  Section 12 564
  Section 13 564
  Section 14 564
  Section 16 564
  Section 18 564
  Section 19 564
  Section 20 565
  Section 22 565
  Section 23 566
  Section 24 566
  Section 26 566
  Section 28 566
  Section 30 567
  Section 32 567
  Section 34 567
  Section 36 567
Grafters, Influx of 539
Grand Army of the Republic 652
Grand Jury, First 541
Grasshopper Scourge 678
Groen, George, Shooting of 663

H

Harris 598
  Business Interests 599
  Churches 610
  Officers, First 599
  Officers, Present 600
  Organization 599
Harrison Township 568
  Agriculture 568
  Land Speculators 568
  Mennonites 568
  Schools 671
  Settlers, Early 568
  Speculators, Land 568
Horton Township 569
  Churches 620
  Immigration of 1883-5 571
  Schools 572, 670
  Section 8 570
  Section 10 570
  Section 12 570
  Section 14 570
  Section 18 570
  Section 20 570
  Section 22 570
  Section 24 570
  Section 26 570
  Section 28 570
  Section 30 571
  Section 32 571
  Section 34 571
  Section 36 571
Human Pincushion 643

I

Increase in Land Values 542
Iowa Land Company 673
Ireland Post, G. A. R. 652

J

Jenney, J. B. 588
Johnson Murder 660
Jury, First Grand 541

L

Land Values 542
Legal Fraternity 647
Looting of County Treasury 539

M

Medical History 628
Melvin 604
  Churches 608
  Methodist Episcopal Churches 606
  Mileage, Railroad 542
  Military History 652
  Miscellaneous 670
  Murder of Peter Johnson 660

N

Naming of Osceola County 536
Natural Features 535
Neill, Dr. H. 636
Nominating Convention, First 538

O

Ocheyedan 601
  Beginning 601
  Business Concerns 601
  Churches 611, 615
  Improvements 601
  Location 601
  Officers 603
Ocheyedan Township 572
  Drainage 572
  Schools 671
  Section 2 572
  Section 3 573
  Section 4 573
  Section 6 573
  Section 8 573
  Section 10 573
  Section 12 574
  Section 13 574
  Section 14 574
  Section 18 574
  Section 20 574
  Section 22 574
  Section 24 574
  Section 25 576
  Section 26 576
  Section 28576
  Section 30 576
  Section 32 576
  Section 34 576
  Soil 572
Ode to Osceola 689
Officials, County 540
Old Soldiers in the County 652
Organization Election 538
Organization of County 536
Osceola County, How Named 536
Osceola County Set Off 537

P

Physicians, Early 629
Pioneer Letters 682
Preaching Service, First 606
Presbyterian Churches 616

R

Railroad Land Taxation 542
Railroad Mileage 542
Railroads 678
Record Setting off County 537
Recorders, County 540
Religious History 606
Roster of County Officials 540
Rush Lake 535

S

Schools, First 670
Schools, Superintendent of 540
Sheriffs 540
Shooting of George Groen 663
Sibley 537, 593
  Business Interests 593
  Churches 606, 612, 615, 616, 617, 626
  Hospital 596
  Officers 597
  Public Utilities 596
  Schools 672
Sioux City Attorneys 650
Soil 536
Soldiers, Old, in the County 652
Streams 535
Suhm, Josef von Willemoes 682
Superintendent of Schools 540
Supervisors, Boards of 541
Supervisors, First 540
Surgical Cases 630
Survey by Jefferson Davis 536
Surveyors, County 540

T

Taxation of Railroad Land 542
Topography 535
Tower, Joseph P. 574
Town, the First 537
Towns 593
Trails, Early 537
Transportation 677
Treasurers, County 540
Treasury, Looting of County 539

V

Veterans of the Civil War652
Viola Township 576
  Churches 621
  Schools 580, 670
  Settlement 576
  Section 8 576
  Section 10 576
  Section 12 577
  Section 14 577
  Section 18 577
  Section 20 577
  Section 22 578
  Section 24 578
  Section 26 578
  Section 28 578
  Section 29 579
  Section 30 579
  Section 32 579
  Section 33 579
  Section 34 579
  Section 36 580

W

West Holman Township 580
  Churches 622
  Section 1 580
  Section 2 580
  Section 4 581
  Section 5 581
  Section 6 582
  Section 7 582
  Section 8 582
  Section 9 582
  Section 10 582
  Section 11 583
  Section 12 583
  Section 13 584
  Section 14 584
  Section 15 584
  Section 16 585
  Section 18 585
  Section 19 585
  Section 20 585
  Section 22 586
  Section 23 586
  Section 24 586
  Section 26 587
  Section 28 587
  Section 29 587
  Section 30 587
  Section 31 587
  Section 32 587
  Section 34 588
  Section 36 588
Wilson Township 589
  Schools 592, 670
  Section 8 589
  Section 10 590
  Section 12 590
  Section 14 590
  Section 18 590
  Section 20 590
  Section 22 590
  Section 24 590
  Section 26 591
  Section 28 591
  Section 30 591
  Section 32 591
  Section 34 591
  Section 36 591



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