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PREFACE |
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CHAPTER I - GEOLOGICAL
STRUCTURE OF MADISON COUNTY |
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CHAPTER II - INDIANS AND THEIR
VILLAGES IN MADISON COUNTY |
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CHAPTER III - MADISON'S ADVANCE
GUARD OF CIVILIZATION
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Partially Added 1/10/2022 |
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Then came others
- Bountiful Crops in 1846.
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First Marriage in County
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Early Elections |
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CHAPTER IV - MADISON COUNTY
ORGANIZED |
29 |
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CHAPTER V - PROCEEDINGS OF THE
COMMISSIOENRS COURT |
36 |
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CHAPTER VI - COUNTY BUILDINGS |
57 |
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CHAPTER VII - POLITICAL |
66 |
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CHAPTER VIII - ORGANIZAITON OF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN MADISON COUNTY |
75 |
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CHAPTER IX - EDUCATIONAL |
78 |
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CHAPTER X - RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS |
90 |
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CHAPTER XI - THE MEDICAL
PROFESSION |
99 |
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CHAPTER XII - BENCH AND BAR |
103 |
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CHAPTER XIII - THE PRESS |
114 |
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CHAPTER XIV - POSTOFFICES |
117 |
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CHAPTER XV - FIRST MARRIAGES IN THE COUNTY -
Finished 1/10/2022 |
123 |
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CHAPTER XVI - MADISON COUNTY
CLAIM CLUB |
126 |
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CHAPTER XVII - THE REEVES WAR |
134 |
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CHAPTER XVIII - SWAMP LANDS |
138 |
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CHAPTER XIX - LOST AND
FORGOTTEN TOWN SITES |
144 |
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CHAPTER XX - SOME MADISON
COUNTY MILLS |
150 |
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CHAPTER XXI - THE SIMPLE LIFE |
156 |
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CHAPTER XXII - TRANSPORTATION |
169 |
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CHAPTER XXIII - OUT OF THE
BOUNTEOUS HAND OF NATURE |
176 |
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CHAPTER XXIV - THE
"UNDERGROUND RAILROAD" -
Finished 1/10/2022 |
183 |
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CHAPTER XXV - MADISON COUNTY
IN THE CIVIL WAR -
Finished 1/12/2022 |
185 |
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CHAPTER XXVI - MADISON COUNTY
SOCIETIES |
217 |
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CHAPTER XXVII - QUAKER
SETTLEMENT IN MADISON COUNTY |
221 |
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CHAPTER XXVIII - CLAYTON
COUNTY COMES TO MADISON
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228 |
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CHAPTER XXIX - SCHOOLS AND
RATTLESNAKES |
233 |
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CHAPTER XXX - ASSOCIATIONS AND
OTHER THINGS |
240 |
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CHAPTER XXXI - SOUTH TOWNSHIP |
250 |
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CHAPTER XXXII - UNION TOWNSHIP |
269 |
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CHAPTER XXXIII - SCOTT
TOWNSHIP |
279 |
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CHAPTER XXXIV - DOUGLAS
TOWNSHIP |
288 |
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CHAPTER XXXV - LINCOLN
TOWNSHIP |
296 |
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CHAPTER XXXVI - CRAWFORD |
300 |
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CHAPTER XXXVII - WALNUT
TOWNSHIP |
307 |
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CHAPTER XXXVIII - WEBSTER
TOWNSHIP |
313 |
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CHAPTER XXXIX - PENN TOWNSHIP |
316 |
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CHAPTER XL - MADISON TOWNSHIP |
320 |
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CHAPTER XLI - JEFFERSON
TOWNSHIP |
330 |
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CHAPTER XLII - JACKSON
TOWNSHIP |
341 |
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CHAPTER XLIII - LEE TOWNSHIP |
344 |
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CHAPTER XLIV - GRAND RIVER
TOWNSHIP |
349 |
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CHAPTER XLV - OHIO TOWNSHIP |
356 |
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CHAPTER XLVI - MONROE TOWNSHIP |
360 |
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CHAPTER XLVII - THE CITY OF
WINTERESET |
363 |
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CHAPTER XLVIII - FRATERNAL
BODIES OF WINTERSET |
376 |
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CHAPTER XLIX - WINTERSET IN
1864 - PIONEER MERCHANT |
389 |
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CHAPTER L - MISCELLANEOUS |
395 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
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