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

Name: History of Linn County Iowa From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time [1911]
Author: Brewer, Luther Albertus, 1858-1933; Wick, Barthinius L. (Barthinius Larson), 1864-1947

作者：Brewer, Luther Albertus, 1858-1933; Wick, Barthinius L. (Barthinius Larson), 1864-1947
体例：章　章数：59
字数：1,474,495　来源：Project Gutenberg

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CHAPTER I THE BIRTH OF IOWA 1
CHAPTER II THE FIRST INHABITANTS 3
CHAPTER III IOWA HISTORICALLY 13
CHAPTER IV IOWA AND HER PEOPLE 17
CHAPTER V THE GEOLOGY OF LINN COUNTY 24
CHAPTER VI BEGINNINGS IN LINN COUNTY 31
CHAPTER VII WILLIAM ABBE, FIRST SETTLER 51
CHAPTER VIII COUNTY SEAT CONTESTS--FIRST RAILROAD IN COUNTY 57
CHAPTER IX THE OLD SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION 66
CHAPTER X POSTOFFICES AND POLITICS 82
CHAPTER XI THE PHYSICIANS OF THE COUNTY 86
CHAPTER XII THE MATERIAL GROWTH OF THE COUNTY 92
CHAPTER XIII RURAL LIFE 98
CHAPTER XIV A HERO OF THE CANADIAN REBELLION 101
CHAPTER XV THE NEWSPAPERS OF THE COUNTY 106
CHAPTER XVI THE BOHEMIAN ELEMENT IN THE COUNTY 121
CHAPTER XVII THE EARLY MARRIAGE RECORD 127
CHAPTER XVIII HISTORIC ROADS AND OTHER MONUMENTS 142
CHAPTER XIX SOME OF THE OLD SETTLERS 145
CHAPTER XX EARLY LINN COUNTY LAWYERS AND COURTS 169
CHAPTER XXI CHATTY MENTION OF BENCH AND BAR 177
CHAPTER XXII THE SCHOOLS OF THE COUNTY 194
CHAPTER XXIII HISTORICAL SKETCH OF CORNELL COLLEGE 201
CHAPTER XXIV HISTORY OF COE COLLEGE 215
CHAPTER XXV THE OLD BLAIR BUILDING 232
CHAPTER XXVI SOME OF THE OLD CEMETERIES 242
CHAPTER XXVII EARLY EXPERIENCES IN STAGE AND EXPRESS 244
CHAPTER XXVIII LINN COUNTY LIBRARIES 248
CHAPTER XXIX WAGES AND PRICES IN COUNTY FROM 1846 TO 1856 253
CHAPTER XXX SOME OF THE FIRST THINGS IN CEDAR RAPIDS AND LINN
CHAPTER XXXI SOCIETY IN THE EARLY DAYS 261
CHAPTER XXXII SOUTHERN INFLUENCE 267
CHAPTER XXXIII SOME TOWNSHIP HISTORY 270
CHAPTER XXXIV LISBON AND THE UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH 291
CHAPTER XXXV COUNTY AND DISTRICT POLITICS 298
CHAPTER XXXVI CEDAR RAPIDS 307
CHAPTER XXXVII BEGINNINGS OF CHURCHES AND FRATERNITIES
CHAPTER XXXVIII CATHOLICISM IN LINN COUNTY 401
CHAPTER XXXIX LINN COUNTY STATISTICS 416
CHAPTER XL THE BRIDGES ACROSS THE CEDAR AT CEDAR RAPIDS
CHAPTER XLI BANKS AND BANKING IN LINN COUNTY 435
CHAPTER XLII ROSTER OF COUNTY OFFICERS 451
CHAPTER XLIII HISTORY OF MARION, THE COUNTY SEAT 460
CHAPTER XLIV LINN COUNTY IN WAR 470
CHAPTER XLV ODDS AND ENDS OF HISTORY AND
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