What a
wonderful look at life in the mid-west in the 1800’s. This
Historical CD contains several books about Winneshiek County
Iowa and its
people.
5 BOOKS ON
THIS CD !
(Over 1900
Pages)
1) Past
and Present of Winneshiek County
Iowa – Volume 1 1913
2) Past
and Present of Winneshiek County
Iowa – Volume 2 1913
3) History
of Winneshiek County -1877
4) History of Winneshiek and Allamakee Counties Iowa
– 1882
5) Indian History of Winneshiek
County - 1913
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Past and Present
of
Winneshiek County,
Iowa
A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and
Achievement
By EDWIN C. BAILEY
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME 1 and VOLUME 2
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1913
CONTENTS
VOLUME 1
(350 pages)
CHAPTER I -
Indian History
CHAPTER II -
The Pioneers
CHAPTER III - Settlements
of Foreign Born
CHAPTER IV - County Organization
CHAPTER V - County
Seat Contests
CHAPTER VI - Politics
and Politicians
CHAPTER VII - The
Coming of the Railroads
CHAPTER VIII - The
Boys in Blue
CHAPTER IX - Agriculture
and Dairying
CHAPTER X - The
Schools
CHAPTER XI - The
Newspapers
CHAPTER XII -
The Medical Profession
CHAPTER XIII –
The Legal Profession
CHAPTER XIV -
Banks and Bankers
CHAPTER XV -
Manufacturing
CHAPTER XVI -
Parks and Public Buildings
CHAPTER XVII -
Geology
CHAPTER XVIII -
The Churches
CHAPTER XIX
- Patriotic and Fraternal Societies
CHAPTER XX -
City of Decorah
CHAPTER XXI – Calmar Township
and its Municipalities
CHAPTER XXII – Springfield Township
CHAPTER XXIII –
Bloomsfield Township
CHAPTER XXXIV -
Washington Township
CHAPTER XXXV – Military Township
CHAPTER XXXVI -
Bluffton Township
CHAPTER XXXVII
– Canoe Township
CHAPTER XXXVIII
- Glenwood Township
CHAPTER XXIX - Highland Township
CHAPTER XXX - Hesper Township
CHAPTER XXXI - Frankville Township
CHAPTER XXXII -
Lincoln Township
CHAPTER XXXIII
- Fremont Township
CHAPTER XXXIV -
Burr Oak Township
CHAPTER XXXV - Orleans Township
CHAPTER XXXVI -
Pleasant Township
CHAPTER XXXVII
- Jackson Township
CHAPTER XXXVIII
- Sumner Township
CHAPTER XXXIX -
Madison Township
Chronology
BIOGRAPHICAL VOLUME 2
(580 Pages)
Aaker, Abbey, Adams, Akre, Albers, Anderson, Ansten,
Anundsen, Arness, Baker, Bakke, Bakken, Baldwin, Balk, Banning, Barfoot,
Barnes, Barthell, Bear, Becker, Berg, Bergan, Bernatz, Bidne, Bieber, Biermann,
Bloomfield, Boe, Bragestad, Branhagen, Breitsprecher, Bringsjord, Brockamp,
Bruening, Brunt, Bucknell, Burdick, Burns, Burtis, Buseh, Cadwell, Campbell,
Casterton, Chandler, Chase, Christen, Christofferson, Clement, Conley, Conover,
Conover, Cratsenberg, Cremer, Cunningham, Curtin, Curtis, Cutting, Dahle,
Dahly, Daskam, Davis, De Cou, Dessel, Doerr, Donlan, Dresselhaus, Drew, Dyrland,
Egge, Ehler, Einwalter, Ellingson, Emmons, Engbertson, Enger, Evenrud, Fifield, Figge, Fleischer, Fretheim, Frey, Funice,
Funke, Gardner, Gehling, Giesen,
Goddard, Goheen,
Gossman, Graves, Green, Grindeland, Gronaas, Groves,
Gullikson, Gundarson, Gundersoil, Gunval, Gunwall, Haas, Hamre, Hanken, Hanson,
Harmon, Harter, Hauber, Haugen, Hawks, Hazelton, Headington, Hegg, Helwig, Henderson, Hennessy, Herold, Heuser, Hexom, Hildahl, Hjerleid, Holtey,
Holthaus, Hook, Horgen, Horton, Hovden, Hove, Hover,
Howard, Holier, Huber, Hughes, Hugos, Ingvoldstad, Istad, Jaeobson, Jewell, Jirak, Johnson, Jorgenson, Juen, Kenyon, Kippe,
Kleve, Klimesh, Klinkenberg, Knut, Knutson, Koenig, Korbel, Kornmeyer, Kruse,
Kubesh, Kuhn, Kunt, Kuntz, Lambert, Lane, Larsen, Larson, Lee, Leibold,
Limbeck, Linde, Liquin, Lomen, Lower, Ludwig, Luzum, Lynne, McKay, McMillen,
Macal, Magnus, Mailey, Maltby, Manuel,
Marlow, Massman, Meyer, Mikelson, Mikkelson, Miller, Moe, Ness, Neste,
Nicholson, Nordheim, Odden, Ode, Olson, Orvella, Oxley, Paine, Parman, Pierce,
Pilgrim, Plunkett, Pollitt, Portman, Poshusta, Preus, Price, Qualley, Ramsay, Ramsey, Reed,
Reinhart, Rice, Richert, Rilling, Riveland, Rocksvold, Rodvang, Rordorf, Ruen,
Rustad, Sandager, Sanderson, Scarvie, Scheidemantel, Sehissel, Schjeldahl,
Schmidt, Schmitz, Scholbrock, Sehreiber, Schrubbe, Sehulz, Seehuus, Seines,
Severson, Sharp, Shea, Sivesind, Skor,
Smith, Scland, Soukup, Spalla, Spilde, Stead, Steinmetz, Storla, Svestka, Taylor, Thomas, Thompson, Thorson, Throndson, Thune,
Timp, Todd, Topliff, Torkelson,
Townsend, Tupy, Tweet, Ulen, Valder, Van
Vliet, Vick, Vine, Viste, Wagner, Ward, Weiler, Wennes, Whalen, Wheatman, Whitney,
Williams, Winger, Wise, Wist, Woldum, Yager, Yarwood, Zoulek, Zweibahmer,
History
of
Winneshiek County
With
Biographical Sketches
Of Its
Eminent Men
BY CHAS. H. SPARKS
Decorah, Iowa
JAS. ALEX. LEONARD
Publisher and Bookseller
1877
CONTENTS
(160 pages)
Chapter I. - Historical Researches
Chapter II. - Indian History
Chapter III. - First Things
Chapter IV. - First Settlers
Chapter V. - Political History
Chapter VI. - Political History
Chapter VII. - Military History
Chapter VIII. - Military History
Chapter IX. - Conclusion of County History
Chapter X. - Fort Atkinson
Chapter XI. - Decorah
Chapter XII. - Moneek
Chapter XIII. - Springfield, Pleasant and Highland
Chapter XIV. - Frankville
Chapter XV. - Hesper
Chapter XVI. - Ossian
Chapter XVII. - Calmar
Chapter XVIII. - Ridgeway
Appendix
History
of
Winneshiek and Allamakee
Counties,
Iowa
BY W. E. ALEXANDER
SIOUX CITY, IOWA
Western Publishing Company
1882
CONTENTS
(730 pages)
HISTORY OF IOWA
Discovery and Occupation
Territorial History
State Organization
Public Institutions
The Public Lands
The Public Schools
Political Record
War Record
HISTORY OF WINNESHIEK
COUNTY
CHAPTER I.
First Settlement
First Birth
First Marriage
First Death
First Settlements, no longer Existing.
First Public School and Teacher
County Organization
First Assessment and Tax List
First Taxpayers and Settlers by Townships
CHAPTER II.
The Winnebago Indians
Fort Atkinson
The Chiefs Winneshiek and Decorah
Indian Traders and Whisky Selling
Bloody Tragedies
Indian Customs and Habits
CHAPTER III.
Pioneer Life
Pioneer Women
An Indian Scare
Oddities of Bench and Bar
Interesting Reminiscences
CHAPTER IV.
Review of Early History
County Organization and County
Seat Contest
The Day Family
Judge Reed
Lewiston, Moneek and
Decorah
Pioneer Norwegians
Protecting Squatters' Rights
CHAPTER V.
Political History
First Election and First Officers
Votes Cast in Successive Years
Voting Precincts
Division into Townships
Successive County
Officers, Legislators, etc
Political Contests and Representative Men
Public Officers (continued) to Present Time
CHAPTER VI.
Population
Court House and Jail
Poor House and Farm
Murder Trials
Railroad History
The County's Products
Educational and literary
County Finances
Census of 1880
CHAPTER VII.
The War for the Union
Decorah Guards
Co. H, Iowa Greyhounds
Co. G, Twelfth Iowa
Three More Companies
Co. D, Sixth Iowa Cavalry
CHAPTER VIII.
Chronological
Record of Events
CHAPTER IX.
History of Decorah
History of West Decorah
History of Freeport
CHAPTER X.
Townships and Villages
Rivers and Railroads
Shape and Size of County
Printing Establishments
Geology, Products and Resources
Pleasure
Resorts
Climate,
Soil and Scenery
HISTORY OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY
CHAPTER I.
Origin of County
Name
Topography
Geology
Artesian Wells
CHAPTER II.
Botany, Zoology and Entomology
Climate
Storms and Tornadoes
Agriculture, Live Stock, Manufactures
Statistical Information
CHAPTER III.
The Aborigines
Archaeology
Advent of the Whites
Early Settlements
County Organization and First
Officers
Taxable Property in 1849
Sketch of Father Lowely
Indian Missions
The Painted Rock
County Seat Elections
Sodom and Gomorrah
CHAPTER IV.
First Entries of Government Lands
First Importation of Lumber
First Grist Mill
First Postoffice
Interesting Reminiscences
First Official Seal
First Terms of Court
First Party Organization
Systems of County
Management
List of County
Officers, Legislators,
The Circuit Court
CHAPTER V.
Earliest County
Records
Township Organizations
History of Paint
Creek Township
CHAPTER VI.
The Villages of Allamakee
County
Lybrand
Lansing, Winfield, Waukon, Columbus
Hardin, Smithfield,
Postville, Milton,
Ion, Rossville
Volney, Cleveland, Johnsonport, Allamakee, Nezekaw
Chantry, Alton,
Buckland, Mancnester
New Albin, Myion
Dorchester, Lafayette, Paint Rock,
Watendlle, New Galena
Wexford
Union City
CHAPTER VII.
History of Post
Township
History of Postville
Myron and Lybrand
CHAPTER VIII.
Criminal Episodes
CHAPTER IX.
County Seat Contests
CHAPTER X.
County Buildings
Educational
Religious Organizations
Gospel Pioneers
Statistics of Population, etc
Assessed Valuations
Political Statistics
CHAPTER XI.
War Record, Allamakee County Volunteers
CHAPTER XII.
Chronological Record of Important Events,
Two Chief Towns of the County
Chapter I.—Waukon
Chapter II.—Lansing
INDIAN HISTORY
OF
WINNESHIEK COUNTY
Compiled by
CHARLES PHILIP HEXOM
A. K. BAILEY & SON, INCORPORATED