HISTORY OF

FRANKLIN COUNTY

IOWA

A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress
and Achievement

By I. L. STUART
Supervising Editor

VOLUME I

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO

THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY

1914

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

FOUR SCORE YEARS AGO RED MAN, WILD GAME AND VIRGIN PRAIRIE
-INDIAN CONFLICTS AND INDIAN TREATIES- -IOWA TERRITORY
BECOMES A STATE-TOPOGRAPHY-FIRST LAND TITLES-STATE
INSTITUTIONS

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CHAPTER II

THE LOG CABIN WAS THE PALACE OF THE PIONEER CHINKED LOGS,
COVERED WITH CLAPBOARDS RIFLE AND SPINNING WHEEL-AL-
MOST ANYTHING WAS A BEDROOM-COOKING WAS PRIMITIVE FOR
SHARP APPETITES-WELCOME FOR THE WAYFARER-PRAIRIE FIRES
AND WOLF HUNTS—AMUSEMENTS FOR THE FRONTIER PEOPLE
WERE NOT LACKING WHAT UNREMITTING TOIL HAS ACCOM-
PLISHED
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CHAPTER III

IOWA'S FIRST LEGISLATURE-GRAPHIC, AMUSING AND INTERESTING
PEN PICTURES BY A VETERAN MEMBER OF THAT HISTORIC BODY—
HAWKINS TAYLOR'S PORTRAYAL OF THE FIRST IOWA LAW MAKERS—
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY...

CHAPTER IV

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BEFORE THE CREATION OF FRANKLIN COUNTY-THE FIRST TO SETTLE
HERE-MAYNE'S GROVE SELECTED BY THEM-SKETCHES OF PIO-
NEERS THE INDIAN SCARE-HUNTING STORIES

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CHAPTER V

GEOLOGIC FEATURES OF FRANKLIN COUNTY-ITS ROCKS, STREAMS AND
WOODS, FRUITS, SOIL AND COMMERCIAL CLAY-TO THE

HILLS

STUDENT THIS IS AN INTERESTING CHAPTER

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