What a wonderful look at life in the mid-west in the 1800’s. This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Des Moines County and its people.
This is a scanned copy on CD of the original 2 – Volume set published in 1915.
History
of
Des Moines County
Iowa
And Its People
ILLUSTRATED
Volume 1 and Volume 2
CHICAGO:
THE S.J. CLARKE PUBLISHING CO.
1915
1090 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.
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Volume 1
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER II - THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE
CHAPTER III - PIKE's EXPEDITION
CHAPTER IV - ORGANIZATIONS OF THE DIFFERENT TERRITORIES OUT OF WHICH DES MOINES COUNTY, IOWA, CAME INTO EXISTENCE
CHAPTER V - INDIAN OCCUPATION
CHAPTER VI - BLACK HAWK PURCHASE
CHAPTER VII - TOPOGRAPHY OF DES MOINES COUNTY, IOWA
CHAPTER VIII - GEOLOGY OF DES MOINES COUNTY
CHAPTER IX - PIONEERS OF OLD AND NEW DES MOINES COUNTY
CHAPTER X - BURLINGTON, ITS FOUNDATION AND GROWTH
CHAPTER XI - HISTORY OF BURLINGTON, CONTINUED
CHAPTER XII - HAWKEYE PIONEER ASSOCIATION
CHAPTER XIII - EXTENSION OF THE CITY LIMITS
CHAPTER XIV - TRIAL, SENTENCE AND EXECUTION OF WILLIAM AND STEPHEN HODGES
CHAPTER XV - HOTELS OF BURLINGTON
CHAPTER XVI - PUBLIC AND OTHER SCHOOLS OF BURLINGTON
CHAPTER XVII - WAR WITH MISSOURI
CHAPTER XVIII- JUDICIAL DISTRICTS AND JUDGES AND OTHER OFFICES
CHAPTER XIX - PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
CHAPTER XX - SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR STOCK IN B. M. R. R. CO
CHAPTER XXI - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER XXII - THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL IN IOWA
CHAPTER XXIII - POLITICS AND POLITICIANS
CHAPTER XXIV - MEMBERS OF THE DES MOINES COUNTY BAR
CHAPTER XXV - SOME OF THE PIONEER MINISTERS OF DES MOINES COUNTY
CHAPTER XXVI - MEDICAL PROFESSION
CHAPTER XXVII - PRESS OF DES MOINES COUNTY
CHAPTER XXVIII - RAILWAYS AND THEIR BUILDERS
CHAPTER XXIX - DRAINAGE DISTRICTS
CHAPTER XXX - HAWKEYE NATIVES
CHAPTER XXXI - CHURCHES OF BURLINGTON
CHAPTER XXXII - YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS OF BURLINGTON
CHAPTER XXXIII - FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF BURLINGTON
CHAPTER XXXIV - CRAPO AND OTHER PARKS OF BURLINGTON
CHAPTER XXXV - POSTOFFICE AND POSTMASTERS AT BURLINGTON
CHAPTER XXXVI - COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE
CHAPTER XXXVII - BURLINGTON, AUGUSTA, UNION, BENTON, FLINT RIVER, JACKSON, TAMA AND CONCORDIA TOWNSHIPS
CHAPTER XXXVIII - YELLOW SPRINGS AND HURON TOWNSHIPS
CHAPTER XXXIX - DANVILLE. PLEASANT GROVE. FRANKLIN AND WASHINGTON TOWNSHIPS
Volume 2
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
Adams, Alexander, Allen, Andersen, Anderson, Andre, Armknecht, Baldwin, Baum, Beck, Beckman, Benner, Benno, Binder, Blake, Blanke, Blaul, Boatman, Bock, Boeck, Bosch, Bridwell, Brooks, Buhrmaster, Bureham, Burrus, Campbell, Carson, Cave, Chandler, Chittenden, Christensen, Cockrell, Comer, Cook, Cooke, Cooper, Copeland, Cowles, Dalhoff, Dannies, Debenham, Dehner, Demling, Denise, Derby, Disque, Dixon, Dryden, Dunn, Earnest, Eastman, Eaton, Edwards, Egan, Eicher, Eilers, Elliott, Ende, Fear, Finck, Fitzsimons, Fleming, Florang, Foote, Fritz, Fry, Gatford, Galligan, Gardner, Gerling, Gilbert, Gilman, Gould, Gregg, Gnipe, Guest, Hagemann, Hall, Hanson, Harper, Hawksworth, Hayden, Heaton, Hell, Henry, Higbee, Hilary, Hill, Hoelzen, Holiday, Holmes, Holsteen, Hopkins, Hoppman, Houston, Hume, Hunt, Husted, Hutchins, Hutchison, Ilibotson, Ita, Johnson, Jones, Kaiser, Karney, Kelley, Kinnear, Kirkendall, Klein, Koch, Koestner, Kriechbaum, Krieg, Kuhlemeier, Kuitlan, La Force, Lagomarcino, Lahee, Lau, Lawlor, Leake, Leak, Leicht, Linell, Little, Litzrodt, Lohmann, Lyon, McFarland, McKitterick, McMonigle, Madison, Magee, Mathes, Matson, Mellinger, Melzian, Mercer, Miller, Moehn, Mohland, Naumann, Neff, Niemann, Olson, Palmer, Parrott, Patterson, Perkins, Pettibone, Phillips, Pietzsch, Poor, Potter, Quelle, Rankin, Rapp, Rasche, Renner, Reppert, Rhein, Riling, Roesch, Ruff, Russell, Schaefer, Schenck, Schier, Schinzel, Schmieg, Sehoenhaar, Schramm, Schuirmann, Schwarz, Scott, Seerley, Slingluff, Smith, Squires, Stadtlander, Steinle, Stenstrom, Steyh, Stivers, Stockmann, Storrar, Struck, Stucker, Sutter, Swiler, Swygard, Taeger, Thompson, Tombaugh, Tracy, Trostle, Troxel, Unterkircher, VanOsdol, Vorwerk, Wadleigh, Waite, Waldschmidt, Walker, Walsh, Ward, Wasliburn, Weber, Wehman, Weibley, Wells, Wiesley, Wilcox, Wilson, Woodbury, Wootten, Wuellner, Young, Zaiser, Zurawski,
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