What a wonderful look at life in the mid-west in the mid-1800’s. This Historical CD contains stories about living in Coalport and Coal Ridge, Marion County Iowa
This is a scanned copy on CD of:
DOWN ON THE RIDGE
REMINISCENCES OF THE OLD DAYS IN COALPORT
AND DOWN ON THE RIDGE, MARION COUNTY, IOWA.
BY
ALFRED B. McCOWN
1909
(145 pages on 1 CD)
An essential resource for Genealogists
Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect.
This book on CD is SEARCHABLE *
Table of Contents as Shown:
I. Reminiscences
II. The Strenuous Life
III. Notable Pioneers
IV. Pioneer Preachers
V. About the Old Boys
VI. Ridge Boy Life
VII. Old Familiar Scenes
VIII. Two Uncle Billies
IX. Aunt Minerva Reynolds
X. The Boys and Girls
XI. Two Pioneer Families
XII. Reuben and Julia Coffman
XIII. Other Notable Characters