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Source:
The History of Delaware Co., IA
containing A History of the County, its Cities, towns, &c.,
A Biographical Directory of its Citizens, War Record of its
Volunteers
in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics,
Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men,
History of the Northwest, History of Iowa,
Map of Delaware County, Constitution of the
United States, Miscellaneous
Matters, &c
- illustrated -
Publ. Chicago: Western Historical Company
Successors to H. F. Kett & Co.
1878
CONTENTS
HISTORICAL
| |
Page |
| History Northwest
Territory |
19 |
| - Geographical
Position |
19 |
| - Early
Explorations |
20 |
| - Discovery of
the Ohio |
33 |
| - English
Explorations and Settlements |
35 |
| - American
Settlements |
60 |
| - Division of the
Northwest Territory |
66 |
| - Tecumseh and
the War of 1812 |
70 |
| - Black Hawk and
the Black Hawk War |
74 |
| - Other Indian
Troubles |
79 |
| - Present
Condition of the Northwest |
86 |
| - Chicago |
95 |
| - Illinois |
240 |
| - Indiana |
242 |
| - Iowa |
243 |
| - Michigan |
244 |
| - Wisconsin |
245 |
| - Minnesota |
247 |
| - Nebraska |
248 |
| History of Iowa: |
|
| - Geographical
Situation |
109 |
| - Topography |
109 |
| - Drainage System |
110 |
| - Rivers |
111 |
| - Lakes |
118 |
| - Springs |
119 |
| - Prairies |
120 |
| - Geology |
120 |
| - Climatology |
137 |
| - Discovery and
Occupation |
139 |
| - Territory |
147 |
| - Indians |
147 |
| - Pike's
Expedition |
151 |
| - Indian Wars |
152 |
| - Black Hawk War |
157 |
| - Indian
Purchase, Reserves and Treaties |
159 |
| - Spanish Grants |
163 |
| - Half-Breed
Tract |
164 |
| - Early
Settlements |
166 |
| - Territorial
History |
173 |
| - Foundary
Question |
177 |
| - State
Organization |
181 |
| - Growth and
Progress |
185 |
| - Agricultural
College and Farm |
186 |
| History of Iowa: |
|
| - State
University |
187 |
| - State
Historical Society |
193 |
| |
|
|
| |
Page |
| History of Iowa: -
continued |
|
| - Penitentiaries |
194 |
| - Insane
Hospitals |
195 |
| - College for the
Blind |
197 |
| - Deaf and Dumb
Institution |
199 |
| - Solciers'
Orphans' Homes |
199 |
| - State Normal
School |
201 |
| - Asylum for
Feeble Minded Children |
201 |
| - Reform School |
202 |
| - Fish Hatching
Establishment |
203 |
| - Public Lands |
204 |
| - Public Schools |
218 |
| - Political
Record |
223 |
| - War Record |
229 |
| - Number
Volunteers |
233 |
| - Number
Casualties - Officers |
234 |
| - Number
Casualties - Enlisted Men |
236 |
| - Population |
238 |
| History of Delaware
County |
331 |
| - First Election |
337 |
| - First Marriages |
341 |
| - Organization of
County |
342 |
| - First County
Election |
346 |
| - First Court
House |
351 |
| - First Tax |
353 |
| - First Civil
Case |
367 |
| - First Criminal
Trial |
368 |
| - First Divorce
Case |
368 |
| - Jail and Court
House |
379
380
386
387 |
| - New Townships |
380 |
| - County Judge
System |
381 |
| - Great Flood |
382 |
| - Township
Boundaries |
387 |
| - Land Case |
389 |
| - Incorporation
of Delhi |
390 |
| - Railroad
Strangled |
391 |
| - Broom Corn |
392 |
| - Murder in Delhi |
392 |
| - Poor Farm |
403 |
| - Poor House |
407 |
| - County Seat
Contests |
408 |
| - Harvest Home |
410 |
| - Miscellaneous |
411 |
|
| |
Page |
| History of Delaware
County |
|
| - Property
Statement |
414 |
| - Tax Statement |
414 |
| - Vote 1876 |
415 |
| - County
Officers, 1841 to 1878 |
416 |
| - Township
Officers |
418 |
| - Old Settlers'
Society |
422 |
| - Agricultural
Society |
424 |
| - Farmers'
Institute |
426 |
| - Patrons of
Husbandry |
427 |
| - Sabbath School
Association |
428 |
| - Post Offices
and Postmasters |
428 |
| - First and
Lightning Insurance Company |
431 |
| - Dairy System |
432 |
| - Nurseries |
434 |
| - War Record |
435 |
| - Educational |
459 |
| - Bowen
Collegiate Institute |
462 |
| - Railroads |
468 |
| - Press |
471 |
| - Medical Society |
475 |
| - Musical Society |
476 |
| - Bible Society |
477 |
| History of Towns: |
|
| - Manchester -
In process |
477 |
| - Delhi |
514 |
| - Earlville |
520 |
| -
Delaware
- FINISHED |
525 |
| -
Greeley
(Elk Twp. )
- FINISHED |
530 |
| - Colesburg
and Colony |
533 |
| - Hopkinton |
537 |
| -
Sand Spring
- FINISHED |
543 |
| -
Forestville
- FINISHED |
547 |
| -
Almoral
- FINISHED |
549 |
| -
Rockville -
FINISHED |
551 |
| -
Hartwick -
FINISHED |
552 |
| - Delaware
Township |
553 |
| -
Masonville
- Started |
554 |
| -
Coffin's
Grove Township |
555 |
| -
Yankee
Settlement
- FINISHED |
556 |
| -
Hazel Green
- FINISHED |
557 |
| -
Delaware
Center -
FINISHED |
558 |
| -
Petersburg -
FINISHED |
559 |
| -
Millheim -
FINISHED |
560 |
| -
York -
FINISHED |
560 |
| -
Elk Township
- FINISHED |
561 |
| -
Bremen
Township - FINISHED |
561 |
| Too Lates -
Manchester - FINISHED |
561 |
|
ILLUSTRATIONS |
| |
Page |
| Mouth of the
Mississippi |
21 |
| Source of the
Mississippi |
21 |
| Wild Prairie |
23 |
| LaSalle Landing on the
Shore of Green Bay |
25 |
| Buffalo Hunt |
27 |
| Trapping |
29 |
| Hunting |
32 |
| Iroquois Chief |
34 |
| Pontiac, the Ottawa
Chieftain |
43 |
| Indians Attacking
Frontiersmen |
56 |
| A Prairie Storm |
59 |
|
| |
Page |
| A Pioneer Dwelling |
61 |
| Breaking Prairie |
63 |
| Tecumseh, the Shawnoe
Chieftain |
69 |
| Indians Attacking a
Stockade |
72 |
| Black Hawk, the Sac
Chieftain |
|
| Big Eagle |
75 |
| Captain Jack, the Modoc
Chieftain |
83 |
| Kinzie House |
85 |
| A Representative
Pioneer |
86 |
| Lincoln Monument |
87 |
| A Pioneer School House |
88 |
|
| |
Page |
| Pioneers' First winter |
94 |
| Great Iron Bridge of
C., R. I. & P. R. R. Crossing the Mississippi at
Davenport, Iowa |
91 |
| Chicago in 1833 |
95 |
| Old Fort Dearborn, 1830 |
98 |
| Present Site Lake
Street Bridge, Chicago, 1833 |
98 |
| Ruins of Chicago |
104 |
| View of the City of
Chicago |
106 |
| Hunting Prairie Wolves |
249 |
| Starved Rock |
274 |
| Centennial Medals |
562 |
|
LITHOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS |
| |
Page |
| Bailey, Joel |
329 |
| Belknap, J. S. |
563 |
|
Bronson, Chas. E. |
509 |
| Baker, Henry |
35 |
| Cowles, E. S. |
419 |
| Carr, E. M. |
211 |
| Coffin, Clement |
99 |
| Denton, M. |
67 |
| Doolittle, F. B. |
51 |
|
Drybread, H. C. |
545 |
|
| |
Page |
| Drybread, J. S. |
455 |
| Emerson, F. |
491 |
| Flint, C. L. |
401 |
| Griffin, R. B. |
163 |
| Gilmore, Silas |
193 |
| Hobbs, Chas. W. |
365 |
| Jackson, Leroy |
617 |
| Claus, H. H. |
653 |
| Le Roy, M. F. |
295 |
|
McNamee, L. |
635 |
|
| |
Page |
| Martin, W. H. |
527 |
| Martindale, John |
227 |
|
Peters, J. H. |
599 |
| Swinburne, J. B. |
473 |
| Stone, Andrew |
383 |
| Stewart, John |
581 |
| Sullivan, A. |
347 |
| Van Anda, S. G. |
437 |
| Wood, H. D. |
131 |
| Wellman, O. |
245 |
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DELAWARE COUNTY WAR RECORD |
| |
Page |
| Infantry |
441 |
| - First |
441 |
| - Third |
441 |
| - Fifth |
441 |
| - Ninth |
442 |
| - Twelfth |
442 |
| - Twenty-first |
444 |
| - Twenty-seventh |
447 |
|
| |
Page |
| Infantry: |
|
| - Forty-fourth |
448 |
| - Forth-sixth |
448 |
| - Miscellaneous
Infantry |
449 |
| Cavalry |
449 |
| - First |
449 |
| - Second |
450 |
|
| |
Page |
| Cavalry: |
|
| - Fourth |
450 |
| - Sixth |
452 |
| - Seventh |
453 |
| - Eighth |
453 |
| - Miscellaneous
Cavalry |
453 |
| Artillery, etc. |
453 |
|
BIOGRAPHIC TOWNSHIP DIRECTORY |
|
|
| |
Page |
| Elk |
625 |
| Hazel Green |
693 |
| Honey Creek |
649 |
|
Milo
- partial |
615 |
| North Fork |
689 |
|
| |
Page |
| Oneida |
637 |
| Prairie |
700 |
| Richland |
677 |
| South Fork |
669 |
|
Union |
705 |
|
ABSTRACT OF IOWA STATE LAWS. |
| |
Page |
| Adoption of Children |
284 |
| Bills of Exchange and
Promissory Notes |
275 |
| Commercial Terms |
286 |
| Descent |
275 |
| Damages from Trespass |
281 |
| Exemptions from
Execution |
280 |
| Estrays |
280 |
| Forms: |
|
| - Articles of
Agreement |
288 |
| - Bills of Sale |
289 |
| - Bond for Deed |
298 |
| - Bills of
Purchase |
287 |
| - Chattel
Mortgage |
297 |
| - Confession of
Judgment |
288 |
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| |
Page |
| Forms: |
|
| - Lease |
294 |
| - Mortgages |
292 |
| - Notice to Quit |
290 |
| - Notes |
287-
294 |
| - Orders |
287 |
| - Quit Claim Deed |
297 |
| - Receipts |
287 |
| - Tenant's Notice
of Leaving |
290 |
| - Wills and
Codicils |
290 |
| - Warranty Deed |
297 |
| Fences |
282 |
| Interest |
375 |
|
| |
Page |
| Jurisdiction of Courts |
278 |
| Jurors |
279 |
| Limitation of Actions |
279 |
| Landlord and Tenant |
285 |
| Married Women |
279 |
| Marks and Brands |
281 |
| Mechanics' Liens |
283 |
| Roads and Bridges |
283 |
| Surveyors and Surveys |
284 |
| Suggestions to Persons
Purchasing Books by Subscription |
298 |
| Support of Poor |
285 |
| Taxes |
277 |
| Wills and Estates |
276 |
| Weights and Measures |
286 |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
| |
Page |
| Map of Delaware County |
Front |
| Constitution of United
States |
250 |
| Vote for President and
Vice-President |
264 |
| Practical Rules for
Every-Day Use |
265 |
| United States
Government Land Measure |
268 |
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| |
Page |
| Surveyor's Measure |
269 |
| How to Keep Accounts |
269 |
| Interest Table |
270 |
| Miscellaneous Table |
270 |
| Names of the States of
the Union and their Significations |
271 |
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q |
| Population of the
United States |
272 |
| Population of Fifty
Principal Cities of the United States |
271 |
| Population and Area of
the United States |
273 |
| Population of the
Principal Countries in the World |
273 |
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Errata
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Page 505 - Fourth line of Olive Branch Chapter, No. 48,
Thomas Toogrod should read Toogood
Page 514 - End of fourth line from top of page, date
1851 should read 1858; next line, I. W. Grist should
be I. W. Ghrist
Page 526 - Last line of "Business Interests," Session
should be Sisson.
Page 530. Last line but one before GREELEY, Rev..
should be Pres.
Page 530. Third line of GREELEY - Richard T.
Barrett should be Richard F.
Page 535. Second line, fourth word under head of
"Religious" should by by instead of when.
Page 540. Sixteenth line from bottom, "the first
brick house: should read "the first brick school
house."
Page 543. The date at end of fifth line should be 1856
instead of 1852.
Page 558. The first line of Delaware Center, the date
1853 should be 1854.
Page 607. Delhi Township, Swinbune J. B. should
be Swinburne J. B. - DONE--------
The Pages to 331 are omitted, on account of a mistake in
calculating the amount of preceding matter. |
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