What a wonderful look at life in the 1800’s. This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Hamilton County and its people.
This is a scanned copy on CD of the original Two Volume set published in 1912.
History
of
Hamilton County,
Iowa
By
J. W. LEE
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME I and VOLUME 2
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1912
930 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 - GEOLOGICAL
CHAPTER II - OUR TITLE
CHAPTER III - THE FIRST SETTLERS
CHAPTER IV - EARLY EVENTS CHIEFLY OE A POLITICAL NATURE
CHAPTER V - THE SPIRIT LAKE MASSACRE
CHAPTER VI - JUST BEFORE THE WAR—EVENTS OCCURRING IN ’57-’58-’59-AND ‘60
CHAPTER VII - THE CIVIL WAR—LOCAL EVENTS OCCURRING DURING THE GREAT STRUGGLE
CHAPTER VIII - JUST AFTER THE WAR
CHAPTER IX - THE FIRST RAILROAD
CHAPTER X - THE NEW COURTHOUSE
CHAFTER XI - REMINISCENCES OF PIONEER LIFE
CHAPTER XII - POLITICAL HISTORY
CHAPTER XIII - CITY POLITICS
CHAPTER XIV - RIVER LAND TROUBLES
CHAPTER XV - A CHAPTER OF TRAGEDY
CHAPTER XVI - MILITARY HISTORY
CHAPTER XVII - SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
CHAPTER XVIII - THE TOWNSHIPS
CHAPTER XIX - HAMILTON COUNTY ATTEMPTS TO GET MORE RAILROADS
CHAPTER XX - THE ROSENCRANS PARK
CHAPTER XXI - INVENTIONS, MANUFACTURING. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE
CHAPTER XXII - THE BENCH AND BAR
CHAPTER XXIII - THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
CHAPTER XXIV - THE NEWSPAPERS
CHAPTER XXV - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER XXVI - THE CHURCHES
CHAPTER XXVII - IN MEMORIAM
CHAPTER XXVIII - THE MILLS OF THE COUNTY
CHAPTER XXIX - PUBLIC BENEFACTORS
CHAPTER XXX - THE SCHOOLS
CHAPTER XXXI - AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS
Volume 2
Biographical Index
Ackley, Allen, Allinson, Anderson, Arthur, Ashpole, Austin, Banks, Earner, Barr, Bauer, Bawden, Bell, Bergeson, Black, Boudinot, Boysen, Brandrup, Brandford, Branjord, Bratnober, Briggs, Brinton, Brown, Bureliam, Burgess, Busing, Campbell, Carutli, Caruth, Castner, Channer, Charlson, Cheever, Christenson, Church, Cooper, Cottington, Crosley, Cutler, Day, Deo, Dick, Dodge, Donaldson, Doolittle, Doyle, Drake, Dunkel, Eittreim, Eppard, Everman, Flaws, Foster,Fowler, Frakes, Franklin, Frohling, Gerber, Haeger, Hahne, Hale, Hall, Hammer, Handlend, Hanlen, Harmon, Heins, Henderson, Hill, Hjortholm, Holt, Howd, Howes, Huddlestun, Hughes, Hurd, Hyatt, Johnson, Jones, Kearns, Keegan, Keesee, Keith, Landers, Larson, Lee, Lister, Lund, Lundell, Lyon, MeCauliff, McCollough, McComb, McConnell, McCoy, McFerren, McNab, Martin, Mason, Mattice, Metcalf, Miller, Minard, Monroe, Mueller, Murphy, Nelson, Norton, Oakland, O'Connor, Okland, Olmstead, Olson, Omstead, Omvig, Owenson, Parry, Pederson, Pehrson, Pelz, Peterson, Phillips, Pote, Prescott, Pringle, Pyle, Quackenbush, Ramsay, Rankin, Reinhardt, Richards, Richardson, Richeson, Rick, Ricke, Robbins, Rodine, Ross, Rothrock, Runkle, Rutledge, Sagar, Sanders, Satter, Sayre, Sayrs, Schomer, Schroder, Schweppe, Scott, Segar, Sexy, Simpson, Sloan, Smith, Sogard, Sowers, Soavers, Sowers, Sparboe, Streveler, Svenson, Swanson, Talcott, Taylor, Tedrow, Templer, Thompson, Thoreson, Tilghman, Todnem, Trotter, Tucker, Underwood, Van Winkle, Vorhes, Walterick, Wehrheim, Welch, Westre, Whitham, Whitley, Wilder, Wilkinson, Wille, Williams, Willson, Worthington, Young, Yungelas, Zeihan,
