What a wonderful look at life in the mid-west in the 1800’s. This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Tama County and its people.
This is a scanned copy on CD of the original book published in 1883.
History
of
Tama County
Iowa,
TOGETHER WITH SKETCHES OF THEIR TOWNS, VILLAGES AND TOWNSHIPS, EDDCATIONAL
CIVIL, MILITARY AND POLITICAL HISTORY; PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT
PERSONS AND BIOGRAPHIES OF
REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.
HISTORY OF IOWA,
EMBRACING ACCOUNTS OF THE PRE-HISTORIC RACES, AND A BRIEF REVIEW OF IT’S CIVIL AND MILITARY HISTORY.
ILLUSTRATED
Springfield, Ill.
Union Publishing Company
1883
1081 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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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
CHAPTER II. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF TAMA COUNTY
CHAPTER III. INDIAN OCCUPANCY
CHAPTER IV. THE BEGINNING
CHAPTER V. COUNTY GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER VI. OTHER OFFICIAL MATTERS
CHAPTER VII. PIONEEER LIFE
CHAPTER VIII. TAMA COUNTY COURTS
CHAPTER IX. THE BAR OF TAMA COUNTY
CHAPTER X. THE PRESS
CHAPTER XI. EARLY DAYS
CHAPTER XII.POLITICAL
CHAPTER XIII. NATIONAL, STATE AND COUNTY REPRESENTATION
CHAPTER XIV. INSURANCE, ENDOWMENT AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS
CHAPTER XV. THE WARFOR THE UNION
CHAPTER XVI. EDUCATIONAL
CHAPTER XVII. THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
CHAPTER XVIII. AGRICULTURE AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES
CHAPTER XIX. RAILROADS
CHAPTER XX. BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXI. CARLTON TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXII. CARROLL TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXIII. CLARK TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXIV. COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXV. CRYSTAL TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXVI. GENESEO TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXVII. GRANT TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXVIII. HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXIX. HOWARD TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXX. INDIAN VILLAGE TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXI. LINCOLN TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXII. ONEDIA
CHAPTER XXXIII. OTTER CREEK TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXIV. PERRY TOWNSHP
CHAPTER XXXV. RICHLAND TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXVI. SALT CREEK TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXVII. SPRING CREEK TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXVIII. TAMA TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXIX. TOLEDO TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XL. YORK TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XLI. EVENTS OF INTEREST
