History of Linn County Iowa

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Author

Wick, Barthinius L. (Barthinius Larson), 1864-1947

Title

History of Linn County Iowa From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time [1911]

Credits

Produced by Brian Sogard, Diane Monico, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

F590.3: United States local history: The West. Trans-Mississippi Region. Great Plains

Subject

Linn County (Iowa) -- Biography

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eBook-No.

42220

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42220

Release Date

February 27, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.History of Linn County Iowa — History of Linn County Iowa From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time
2. 2.INTRODUCTION
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.MAPS
6. 6.CHAPTER I The Birth of Iowa
7. 7.CHAPTER II The First Inhabitants — THE MOUND BUILDERS — "LOCATION OF MOUNDS NEAR CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA — INDIANS
8. 8.CHAPTER III Iowa Historically
9. 9.CHAPTER IV Iowa and Her People
10. 10.CHAPTER V The Geology of Linn County — THE SILURIAN — THE BERTRAM LIMESTONE — THE OTIS LIMESTONES — THE INDEPENDENCE — THE DAVENPORT LIMESTONES — THE CEDAR VALLEY LIMESTONES — THE CARBONIFEROUS — MESOZOIC AND TERTIARY — THE GLACIAL EPOCH — THE LOESS
11. 11.CHAPTER VI Beginnings in Linn County — THE FIRST SURVEY — THE FIRST COURT HOUSE IN THE COUNTY — THE JUDICIARY — CIRCUIT COURT — NOTED AND EXCITING TRIALS — THE ERA OF THE OUTLAW — EARLY SETTLEMENT
12. 12.CHAPTER VII William Abbe, the First Settler in the County
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII The County Seat Contests—First Railroad in the County — THE FIRST RAILROAD IN LINN COUNTY — LETTER FROM MERRITT — LETTER FROM GEORGE GREENE — RAILROAD MEETING, MARION, NOVEMBER 30, 1850
14. 14.CHAPTER IX The Old Settlers' Association — OFFICERS — MEMBERS
15. 15.CHAPTER X Postoffices and Politics — THE CEDAR RAPIDS POSTOFFICE
16. 16.CHAPTER XI The Physicians of the County
17. 17.CHAPTER XII The Material Growth of the County
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII Rural Life
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV A Hero of the Canadian Rebellion
20. 20.CHAPTER XV The Newspapers of the County — THE NEWSPAPER GRAVEYARD — STANDARD HAD A LONG LIFE — The Good Ones Which Remain — THE DAILY REPUBLICAN AND THE EVENING TIMES — THE EVENING GAZETTE — THE SATURDAY RECORD — THE IOWA POST — THE WEST SIDE ENTERPRISE — IOWA STAATS-ZEITUNG — OTHER CEDAR RAPIDS PAPERS — THE MARION REGISTER — THE MARION SENTINEL — THE MT. VERNON HAWKEYE — THE WALKER NEWS — THE CENTER POINT JOURNAL — THE SPRINGVILLE NEW ERA — THE LISBON HERALD — CENTRAL CITY NEWS-LETTER — THE COGGON MONITOR — THE MT. VERNON RECORD
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI The Bohemian Element in the County
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII The Early Marriage Record
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII Historic Roads and Other Monuments
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX Some of the Old Settlers — COL. DURHAM TO THE OLD SETTLERS—ADDRESS BEFORE ASSOCIATION. AUGUST 1902
25. 25.CHAPTER XX Early Linn County Lawyers and Courts
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI Chatty Mention of Bench and Bar — LINN COUNTY JUSTICES
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII The Schools of the County
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII Historical Sketch of Cornell College — THE FOUNDATION AND THE FOUNDER — THE IOWA CONFERENCE SEMINARY — THE FIRST DECADE — FROM 1863 TO 1910—GROWTH IN RESOURCES — GROWTH IN ATTENDANCE — THE STRATEGIC POSITION — THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES — THE ADMINISTRATION — THE FACULTY — THE ALUMNI — CORNELL AND THE WAR FOR THE UNION — THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION — ENDOWMENTS — THE CURRICULUM — SPIRIT AND INFLUENCE
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV History of Coe College
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV The Old Blair Building — THE BLAIR BUILDING — THE CEDAR RAPIDS AND MISSOURI RIVER RAILROAD — THE SIOUX CITY AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY — THE IOWA FALLS AND SIOUX CITY RAILROAD COMPANY — THE FREMONT, ELKHORN AND MISSOURI VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY — THE MAPLE RIVER RAILROAD — THE MISSOURI VALLEY AND BLAIR RAILWAY & BRIDGE COMPANY — THE IOWA RAIL ROAD LAND COMPANY — THE TOWN LOT COMPANIES — THE MOINGONA COAL COMPANY
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI Some of the Old Cemeteries
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII Early Experiences in Stage and Express
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII Linn County Libraries — THE IOWA MASONIC LIBRARY — FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF CEDAR RAPIDS — COE COLLEGE LIBRARY — COLLEGE AND PUBLIC LIBRARY, MOUNT VERNON — MARION FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY — THE BOHEMIAN READING SOCIETY
34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX Wages and Prices in the County from 1846 to 1856
35. 35.CHAPTER XXX Some of the First Things in Cedar Rapids and Linn County — THE FIRST GRIST MILL — A FEW OF THE EARLY ENTRIES TO LAND — ORGANIZATION OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN THE COUNTY
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI Society in the Early Days
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII Southern Influence
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII Some Township History — BERTRAM TOWNSHIP — FAIRFAX TOWNSHIP — "THE ORIGIN OF FAIRFAX U. P. CHURCH — "THE CHARTER MEMBERS — BOULDER TOWNSHIP — CLINTON TOWNSHIP — BUFFALO TOWNSHIP — GRANT TOWNSHIP AND WALKER — MAINE TOWNSHIP — JACKSON TOWNSHIP — LINN TOWNSHIP — OTTER CREEK TOWNSHIP — COLLEGE TOWNSHIP — SPRING GROVE TOWNSHIP — WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV Lisbon and the United Brethren Church — THE BEGINNING OF THE CHURCH IN IOWA — THE UNITED BRETHREN AT LISBON — CHURCH BUILDINGS — PARSONAGES — THE SUNDAY SCHOOL — LISBON CAMP-MEETING — LIST OF PASTORS, YANKEE GROVE CIRCUIT AND LISBON STATION — SESSIONS OF IOWA CONFERENCE HELD AT LISBON
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV County and District Politics
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVI Cedar Rapids — "KINGSTON CITY — EARLY HOTELS IN CEDAR RAPIDS — BUSINESS IN 1856 — LINN COUNTY STATISTICS FOR 1856 — CEDAR RAPIDS TODAY — THE CITY'S ASSETS — THE RAILWAYS — MANUFACTURING — THE STREET RAILWAYS — CEDAR RAPIDS AND MARION CITY RAILWAY COMPANY — THE COMMERCIAL CLUB — WHO PAID THE TAXES IN CEDAR RAPIDS FIFTY YEARS AGO — TEXT OF THE ACT TO INCORPORATE CEDAR RAPIDS — FIRST CITY OFFICIALS OF CEDAR RAPIDS — THE SECOND ELECTION — THE FIRST TAX LEVY — THE ELECTION OF 1851 — THE FIRST SIDEWALK ORDINANCE — THE ELECTION OF 1853 — THE CEMETERIES — ELECTION OF 1854 — ELECTION OF 1855 — ELECTION OF 1856 — OFFICIALS OF CEDAR RAPIDS FROM 1857 TO 1910 — CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS AS IT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO — NATURAL ADVANTAGES — SETTLEMENT — PROGRESS — HOW THE FIRST RAILROAD CAME TO CEDAR RAPIDS — SOME OF THE EARLY BRICK HOUSES IN CEDAR RAPIDS — SOME STRENUOUS DAYS IN THE OLDEN TIMES — MRS. ROCK'S REMINISCENCES — WHEN LAND WAS DIRT CHEAP IN CEDAR RAPIDS — FIRST DECORATION DAY CELEBRATION IN CEDAR RAPIDS — "JUDGE HUBBARD'S ADDRESS — FIRST LOCAL LABOR UNION ORGANIZED IN THE CITY — THE STORY OF A MOUNTAIN HOWITZER — A FORTUNATE TUMBLE — HERE'S AN INTERESTING BIT OF ANCIENT HISTORY
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVII Beginnings of Churches and the Fraternities in Cedar Rapids — ESTABLISHMENT OF LODGES — LATER SKETCH OF THE CEDAR RAPIDS CHURCHES — RECAPITULATION
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVIII Catholicism in Linn County — THE CHURCH IN CEDAR RAPIDS — ST. WENCESLAUS PARISH — ST. PATRICK'S, CEDAR RAPIDS — THE CHURCH AT PRAIRIEBURG — THE FAIRFAX CHURCH — THE CHURCH AT WALKER — THE MARION CHURCH — THE CHURCH AT LISBON — THE SISTERS OF MERCY — MERCY HOSPITAL — SACRED HEART ACADEMY
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXIX Linn County Statistics — POPULATION
45. 45.CHAPTER XL The Bridges Across the Cedar at Cedar Rapids and Early Steamboating on the Cedar River — THE FIRST BRIDGE — EARLY STEAMBOATING ON THE CEDAR
46. 46.CHAPTER XLI Banks and Banking in Linn County — THE CEDAR RAPIDS CLEARING HOUSE ASSOCIATION
47. 47.CHAPTER XLII Roster of County Officers — FIRST DISTRICT — SECOND DISTRICT — THIRD DISTRICT — COUNTY AUDITORS — RECORDER AND TREASURER — COUNTY TREASURER — COUNTY RECORDER — SHERIFF — CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT — COUNTY ATTORNEY — COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS — CORONER — COUNTY SURVEYORS — COUNTY OFFICERS FOR 1900 — COUNTY OFFICERS FOR 1901 — COUNTY OFFICERS FOR 1902 — COUNTY OFFICERS FOR 1903 — COUNTY OFFICERS FOR 1904 — COUNTY OFFICERS FOR 1905 — COUNTY OFFICERS FOR 1906 — COUNTY OFFICERS FOR 1907 — COUNTY OFFICERS FOR 1908 — COUNTY OFFICERS FOR 1909-1910 — COUNTY OFFICERS FOR 1911
48. 48.CHAPTER XLIII History of Marion, the County Seat
49. 49.CHAPTER XLIV Linn County in War — COMPANY C, CEDAR RAPIDS — FIFTH IOWA BATTERY
50. 50.CHAPTER XLV Odds and Ends of History and Reminiscence — THE TOWN OF WESTERN — MT. VERNON — FIRST AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION — FIRST TEACHERS ASSOCIATION — FIRST TEACHER'S CERTIFICATE IN CEDAR RAPIDS — TEACHERS' INSTITUTE — VOTE OF LINN COUNTY 1910 — SOME MUNICIPAL FIGURES FOR CEDAR RAPIDS — EARLY DAYS IN LINN — EARLY DOCTORS IN THE COUNTY — THE OLD MILL OF CENTRAL CITY — LAND ASSESSMENTS — COMPARATIVE TABLE
51. 51.INDEX — FOOTNOTES:

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