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

by Luther Albertus Brewer; Barthinius L. Wick

[INDEX]

• Abbe, Augustus: letter from, [53]
• Abbe, William: mentioned, [10], [92], [102];
• government agent, [11];
• mentioned, [32], [33], [34], [35], [44];
• first settler in the county, [51];
• member state senate, [52];
• Ellis speaks of, [147]
• Abbe, Susan: probably first teacher in Cedar Rapids, [198], [481]
• Agassiz, Louis: quotation from, [1]
• Agricultural Association: first in county, [480]
• Albrook, Rev. J. B.: [209]
• Alderman, A. B.: gives information as to schools, [200]
• American Fur Company: [14]
• Atkins, John W.: superintendent of schools, [418]
• Attorneys: those now practising in the county, [188]
• Austin, Leonard: first settler in Spring Grove township, [289]
• Avery, E. H.: president Coe college, [227]
• Banks and banking: history of in the county, [435] ff
• Bardwell, T. S.: early Marion physician, [87], [467]
• Barnes, William H.: Cornell professor, [204]
• Barry, Justin: writes history of Grant township and Walker, [279]
• Bassitt, James: comes to county, in 1839, [148]
• Bates, E. N.: tribute to, [112]; lawyer, [178]
• Beales, Hiram: builds saw mill, [462]
• Belt, A. Sidney: lawyer, [179]
• Bench and Bar: chatty mention of, [177] ff
• Bennett, Henry: early settler at Quasqueton, [101]
• Benton, Thomas H.: reference to, [19]
• Berry, James M.: county judge, [56]
• Berry, John C.: clerk of commissioners, [33]
• Bertram township: history of, [270]
• Bishop, Homer: postmaster at Cedar Rapids, [84]
• Blair building: [232]
• Blair, John I.: [232]
• Blair Town Lot and Land Company, [239]
• Black Hawk: mentioned, [9], [12]
• Black Hawk Purchase: mentioned, [14]
• Black Hawk War: [14], [31]
• Boggs, Governor: of Missouri, [15]
• Bohemian Element in Cedar Rapids: [121] ff
• Bottorf, Andrew: lays out Center Point, [290]
• Bowling, O. S.: came to Cedar Rapids in 1838, [152]
• Bowman, George B.: founder of Cornell college, [201]
• Bowman, H. G.: brilliant lawyer, [186]
• Boulder township: history of, [278]
• Boye, Nels C.: first Scandinavian settler, [159]
• Brice, S. M.: postmaster at Center Point, [82]
• Bridges: the Cedar Rapids, [420]
• Brodie Gang: [38]
• Broeksmit, John C.: treasurer Coe college, [226]
• Bromwell, James E.: writes history of Marion, [460]
• Bromwell, James E., Sr.: early settler, [46], [257];
• makes first coffin in county, [466]
• Brown, Alpheus: school fund commissioner, [196]
• Brown, N. B.: mentioned, [11];
• lays out town site of Cedar Rapids, [43];
• buys portion of town, [49];
• a progressive citizen, [150]
• Brown, N. E.: speaks of railroad to Cedar Rapids, [64]
• Bryan, B. S.: [267]
• Bryan, Hugh L.: [267]
• Bryan, Michael: [267]
• Buffalo township: history of, [279]
• Burke, Thomas: [163]
• Burkhalter, E. R.: writes history of Coe college, [215] ff
• Burlington: first capital of Iowa, [14]
• Burrell, H. A.: quotation from, [103]
• Butler, Isaac: first postmaster in Brown township, [84]
• Calhoun, Senator: quoted, [18]
• Calvin, Samuel: quoted, [1]
• Camburn, Dr. J. H.: an able justice, [189]
• Carroll, G. R.: his Pioneer Life quoted, [92], [93], [215]
• Carroll, Isaac: came to Cedar Rapids in 1839, [152]
• Carpenter, Gabriel: buys much land in Cedar Rapids, [160]
• Carpenter, S. D.: early physician, [88];
• quoted, [154];
• writes of early banking, [435]
• Carondalet: Spanish Governor at New Orleans, [13]
• Catholicism in Linn county: [401]
• Cavanaugh, Mr. and Mrs. Matthew: first graduates Cornell college, [210]
• Cedar Rapids: townsite surveyed, [43];
• figured in county seat fight, [57];
• the postoffice in, [84];
• early schools in, [198] ff;
• beginnings in, [207];
• Robert Ellis reaches, [307];
• N. B. Brown here in 1839, [308];
• surveyed in 1841, [308];
• the Listebargers build log house in, [310];
• Rev. Carroll's reminiscences of, [310];
• railroad reaches, [312];
• ferries established in, [313];
• first brick building in, [314];
• first store, [314];
• first newspaper, [314];
• first mayor, [314];
• first school, [316];
• Dr. Carpenter's reminiscences of, [317] ff;
• early hotels in, [328];
• business of the city in 1856, [328];
• sketch of the city from an early directory, [332];
• sketch of Mrs. N. B. Brown, [333];
• Cedar Rapids today, [335];
• the railways of, [337];
• manufacturing in, [339];
• the street railways of, [341];
• Commercial club, [345];
• who paid the taxes in, fifty years ago, [347];
• text of incorporation act, [353];
• first city officials of, [356];
• second election in, [356];
• first tax levy in, [357];
• election of 1851 in, [357];
• first sidewalk ordinance, [357];
• election of 1853 in, [358];
• the cemeteries of, [358];
• election of 1854 in, [358];
• election of 1855 and 1856 in, [359];
• officials of the city from 1857 to 1910, [359];
• the city fifty years ago, [365];
• how the first railroad came to, [370];
• some of the early brick houses in, [374];
• some strenuous days in, [376];
• Mrs. Rock's reminiscences of, [379];
• when land was cheap in, [382];
• first decoration day celebration in, [384];
• first labor union organized in, [390];
• story of a mountain howitzer, [391];
• a fortunate tumble, [392];
• interesting bit of ancient history, [393];
• churches and fraternities in, [395];
• history of Catholic churches in, [402];
• bridges, [420];
• some municipal figures, [482]
• Cedar Rapids Clearing House Association: [442]
• Cedar Rapids & Marion City Railway Company: [344]
• Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad: [233]
• Cedar River: early steamboating on, [423]
• Central City: [284];
• old mill at, [486]
• Center Point: [290]
• Cemeteries: some of the old, [242]
• Child. J. J.: lawyer, [172], [182]
• Clark, Joseph: arrives at Central City in 1839, [148]
• Clay, Senator: quoted, [18]
• Clinton township: history of, [278]
• Coe, Daniel: founder of Coe college, [217]
• Coe college: history of, [215] ff
• Colby, Farnum: early settler, [153]
• College township: history of, [287]
• Columbus (now Cedar Rapids): [43], [48]
• Commercial Club: of Cedar Rapids, [345]
• Company C, Cedar Rapids: brief account of, [477]
• Condit, R. A.: principal Coe Collegiate Institute, [223]
• Conkey, John P.: first member of legislature from Cedar Rapids, [158]
• Conklin, C. H.: judge, [173]
• Conway, William B.: territorial secretary, [14]
• Cook, Isaac: nominated for secretary of state, [158];
• mentioned, [170];
• lawyer of ability, [177]
• Cooke, Harriette J.: dean of women at Cornell, [204]
• Corbett, Thomas: [176]
• Cornell college: historical sketch of, [201] ff
• Cousins, Robert G.: quoted, [20] ff;
• elected to congress, [305]
• Craig, John: [162]
• Crane, Joseph: early settler at Bertram, [159]
• Crocker, L. D.: [234]
• Crow, Edward M.: [45], [48];
• came to county, [56];
• mentioned, [92], [161]
• Crow, John: one of first permanent settlers, [48], [161]
• Dale, Mrs. Ruth A.: interview with, [481]
• Daniels, Addison: has first store in Marion, [461]
• Daniels, John J.: quotation from, [55], [270];
• early teacher, [148]
• Daniels, L.: postmaster at Marion, [82];
• at Cedar Rapids, [84]
• Daniels, Samuel: early settler, [462]
• Davenport: [44]
• Davenport, J. G.: postmaster at Cedar Rapids, [84], [108]
• David, John: [176]
• Davis, William: early settler in Grant township, [280]
• Dawson, James: [45]
• Deacon, Charles J.: quoted, [220]
• Deem, Hiram: early settler, [153]
• Democratic party: organization of in county, [260]
• Devendorf, Thomas: article on taxes in Cedar Rapids by, [347];
• article on first railroad to Cedar Rapids by, [370]
• Dinwiddie, J. M.: treasurer Coe college, [226]
• Dodge, A. C.: mentioned, [31];
• senator, [82]
• Dodge, Henry: mentioned, [31], [82]
• Donnan, Helen R.: writes of Masonic Library, [248]
• Doty, Elias: helps on court house, [34]
• Doty, Elias: a constant litigant, [188]
• Doty, James: helps erect court house, [34], [35]
• Doty, James M.: plats Newark, [143];
• first pottery maker in Iowa, [146]
• Doty, Susan: kind to the Indians, [11]
• Downing, Thomas: early settler, [152]
• Dows, S. L.: [263]
• Dows, W. G.: his military record, [477], [478]
• Dubuque, city: mentioned, [13], [20], [44]
• Dubuque, Julian: obtains grant of land, [13]
• Dudley, J. W.: [172]
• Durham, S. W.: letter to from Col. Merritt, [58];
• as to postoffices, [82];
• letter by, [143];
• address by, [164] ff;
• honored pioneer, [464]
• Eastman, A. V.: secretary Coe College, [225]
• Edgerton, Asher: gets contract for Court House, [34], [35]
• Ellis, Robert: knew the Indians, [10];
• agent for the government, [11];
• walked to Iowa, [45];
• meets Bill Johnson, [101];
• oldest living settler in county, [146]
• Elkhorn Land & Town Lot Company: [240]
• Ely, Alex. L.: [47], [50]
• Ely, John F.: early physician, [88];
• mentioned, [233]
• Endicott, W. I.: quoted, [335]
• Engle, Peter H.: letter written by, [19];
• referred to, [31]
• Enos, J. L.: newspaper articles by quoted, [84], [86]
• Evans, George A.: captain Company C, [477]
• Ewing, Senator: quoted, [18]
• Fairbanks, Ira G.: superintendent of schools, [196]
• Fairfax: Catholic church at, [407]
• Fairfax township: history of, [271]
• Fellows, Rev. S. N: [202] note
• Ferguson, Henry V.: [233]
• Ferguson. Jason D.: killed in Civil War, [474]
• Fifth Iowa Battery: [478]
• Fifty-third regiment: [477]
• Fisher, A. W.: writes history of Spring Grove township, [288]
• Fiske, John: quoted, [8]
• Florida: admission of, [15]
• Flynn, Rev. P. J.: contributes article on history of Catholicism in county, [401]
• Fordyce, Emma J.: writes of early schools, [198] ff
• Fort Atkinson: [10], [11], [12]
• Fort George school house: [143]
• Fortner, Catharine A.: early Cornell teacher, [204]
• Foster, Sidney A.: [17] note
• Freer, H. H.: professor Cornell college, [208]
• Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad, [237]
• Gainer, Thos.: came to Cedar Rapids in 1839, [152]
• Garrow, Peter: first citizen to be naturalized, [464]
• Geer, C. M.: quoted, [13]
• Geology of Linn county: [24] ff
• Gillilan, James: [45]
• Glass, J. P.: early settler, [46]
• Good, James W.: elected to congress, [305]
• Goudy, John, family of robbed, [38] ff
• Grant township: history of, [279]
• Gray, George W.: builds present court house, [35]
• Gray, Hosea W.: [33], [35], [47], [48], [49];
• takes first census of county, [95], [463];
• first sheriff, [463]
• Gray, Miss Pethenia: early school teacher, [285]
• Grafton, Dr. S.: early settler at Ivanhoe, [159]
• Greene, George: school teacher, [34];
• member legislative council, [48];
• buys portion of Cedar Rapids, [49];
• letter to Col. Durham, [61];
• lawyer, [178], [465]
• Greene, Joseph: first postmaster at Cedar Rapids, [84]
• Grist mill: first in county, [257]
• Gunn, Thomas F.: [404]
• Hagey, Joanna: writes of Cedar Rapids library, [250]
• Hahn, Daniel S.: claimed to be first settler, [55]
• Hall, O. S.: a pioneer, [461]
• Hall, P. E.: [233]
• Hall, Samuel: early settler, [276]
• Haman, Geo. C.: tells of coming of railroad to Cedar Rapids, [64]
• Haman, Mrs. George C.: gives her recollections of society in the early days, [261] ff
• Hamilton, John T.: elected to congress, [305]
• Harlan, James: senator, [82];
• state superintendent, [201]
• Harlan, James E.: president Cornell college, [208]
• Harland, Ambrose, early settler, [143];
• early politician, [300]
• Harman, Peter D.: did brick work on present court house, [35]
• Harper, Bill: a noted character, [181]
• Hart, Caspar J.: [159]
• Hart, J. A.: [159], [269]
• Hartigan, Father: in charge of the Catholic church at Marion, [410]
• Haskins, C. C.: [92];
• early settler at Mt. Vernon, [159]
• Hazeltine, E. D.: early settler in Grant township, [280]
• Headley, J. T.: early practitioner, [164]
• Heins, B. F.: lawyer, [183]
• Henry, John: operates store at Westport, [42], [92]
• Hershey, Christian: pioneer minister, [292]
• Higley, Harvey G.: [158]
• Higley, Henry E.: [158]
• Higley, M. A.: [158]
• Higley, W. W.: [158]
• Hoffman, John: postmaster at Springville, [84]
• Hollis, C. M.: editor of Times, quotation from, [111], [112]
• Hook, Samuel F.: early settler, [152]
• Hoosier Grove Settlement: [46]
• Hormel, Frank: able lawyer, [183]
• Hotchkin, James K: first postmaster of Walker, [280]
• Howlett, G. M.: postmaster at Cedar Rapids, [85]
• Hubbard, N. M.: eminent attorney, [179];
• anecdotes of, [180];
• Decoration Day address of, [387];
• mentioned, [467]
• Hubbard Smyth: political contest, [302] ff
• Hull, Philip: [44], [147]
• Hunter, James: helps build court house, [34], [35]
• Hunter, John: helps build court house, [34]
• Humphrey, Joseph: early settler, [276]
• Illinois: admitted, [31]
• Indians: account of, [8]
• Indian nomenclature: [22]
• Ingham, W. H.: [163]
• Isbell, N. W.: first county judge, [169], [176], [468]
• Ivanhoe: [43]
• Ives, C. J.: pioneer railroad developer, [161]
• Iowa: a prairie state, [1];
• first inhabitants, [3];
• history of, [13]
• Iowa City: constitutional convention at, [15]
• Iowa Conference Seminary: founding of, [202]
• Iowa Falls & Sioux City Railroad: [236]
• Iowa Rail Road Land Company: [239]
• Iowa State Gazetteer: quoted, [47]
• Iowas: mentioned, [9], [13]
• Jackson township: history of, [285]
• Jenkins, John: first settler in Maine township, [282]
• Johnson, Alexander: early settler, [276]
• Johnson, Bill: hero of Canadian rebellion, [101] ff
• Johnson, Kate: [101]
• Johnson, S. S.: early carpenter and builder, [154]
• Joliet, Louis: discovers Iowa, [4]
• Jones, Geo. W.: mentioned, [31];
• senator from Iowa, [82]
• Jones, Stephen M.: [109]
• Jordan, Chandler: early settler in Maine township, [282]
• Jordan, Charles: early settler, [163]
• Jordan, L. D.: early settler in Maine township, [282]
• Justices: early Linn County, [199] ff
• Keeler, C. B: lawyer, [186]
• Keeler, Rev. R. W.: early president Cornell college, [204]
• Kelsey, J. H.: early settler, [152]
• Kephart, Cyrus J.: his history of the United Brethren at Lisbon quoted, [291]
• Kimball Building, [233]
• Kimbal, L. C: [233]
• King, David W.: came to Cedar Rapids in 1839, [152], [161]
• King, William Fletcher: president of Cornell college, [208]
• Kirkwood, Governor: dispatch from, [471];
• calls for additional troops, [475]
• Kynett, A. J.: helps found Cornell college, [201], [208]
• Knott, Richard: commissioner to locate county seat, [32], [33]
• Knox, Rev. James, [224]
• Kurtz, John E.: one of the founders of Lisbon, [161]
• Labor: first union organized in Cedar Rapids, [390]
• Lake, E. W.: early Marion physician, [87]
• Langworthy, L. H.: quotation from, [104]
• Lawyers: early, [169]
• Lazell, F. J.: author of article on newspapers of county, [106]
• Laylander, O. J.: quoted, [17]
• Lea, Albert Miller: quoted, [19]
• Lee, Guy Carleton: his History of North America referred to, [13]
• Leffingwell, William E.: candidate for Congress, [179]
• Legare, Margaret S.: [267]
• Leverich, James: arrives in 1839, [148]
• Leverich, Joel: becomes owner of Mound Farm, [46];
• arrives in 1839, [148];
• Dr. Carpenter on, [148];
• Geo. R. Carroll on, [149];
• early politician, [301]
• Libraries: Masonic, [248];
• Cedar Rapids, [250];
• Coe college, [250];
• Mt. Vernon, [251];
• Marion, [251];
• Bohemian Reading Society, [251]
• Lichtebarger, Jos. H.: early settler, [148]
• Linn County: act organizing, [32];
• first survey, [34];
• first court house in, [34];
• names of townships in, [35];
• judiciary in, [35];
• circuit court in, [36];
• noted trials in, [36];
• outlawry in, [37];
• early settlement of, [42];
• first marriage in, [46];
• organized, [47];
• first election in, [48];
• first settler in, [51];
• county seat contests in, [57];
• first railroad in, [58];
• old settlers of, [66] ff, [145] ff;
• postoffices and politics in, [82] ff;
• physicians of, [86] ff;
• material growth of, [92] ff;
• first reaper in, [93];
• newspapers of, [106];
• early Bohemian settlements in, [121] ff;
• early marriages in, [127] ff;
• historic roads and monuments in, [142];
• early lawyers and courts in, [169] ff;
• chatty mention of bench and bar, [175] ff;
• early justices in, [189] ff;
• schools in, [194] ff;
• old cemeteries in, [242];
• libraries in, [248];
• wages and prices in, from 1846 to 1856, [253];
• some first things in, [256];
• first grist mill in, [257];
• early land entries in, [258];
• organization of democratic party in, [260];
• early society in, [261];
• history of townships, [270];
• politics in, [298];
• statistics for 1856, [332];
• Catholicism in, [401];
• population of, [416];
• early votes in, [417];
• members of legislature from, [417];
• banks and banking in, [435] ff;
• list of county officers, [451] ff;
• in war, [470];
• vote in, in 1860, [479];
• tornado in, [479];
• account of Western, [479];
• of Mt. Vernon, [479];
• first agricultural association in, [480];
• first teachers association in, [480];
• teachers' institute, [481];
• vote in, in 1910, [482];
• early days in, [483];
• early doctors in, [485];
• land assessments in, [488];
• taxable valuation in, [489]
• Linn County Medical Society: [89]
• Linn, Dr. Louis F.: mentioned, [32];
• Linn county named after, [47]
• Linn township: history of, [286]
• Lisbon: [291];
• camp-meetings at, [296];
• Catholic church at, [411]
• Loughnane, Rev. P. M.: Catholic priest at Marion, [411]
• Louisiana Purchase, The: [13]
• Love, J. S.: early Springville physician, [89]
• Lowry, Father: [403]
• Lucas, Robert: territorial governor, [14], [15]
• Lucore, R. H.: early settler, [148]
• Lund, Mrs. E. J.: early Cedar Rapids teacher, [199]
• Lynch, Jerry: a resourceful lawyer, [182];
• anecdotes of, [183]
• Lytle, James: early settler in Jackson township, [285]
• McCabe, Bishop C. C.: [163]
• McClelland, Freeman: [88]
• McCloud, Ross: county surveyor, [34]
• McConnell, N. A.: early minister, [289]
• McCormick, Samuel B.: president Coe college, [228]
• McDye, William E.: colonel, [475]
• McIntosh, D. M.: lawyer, [177];
• erects early brick house in Cedar Rapids, [267]
• McKean, A. J.: appointed constable, [33];
• clerk of circuit court, [36];
• early politician, [158];
• first constable and first assessor, [464]
• McKean, Thomas J.: first mayor of Marion, [466];
• sketch of, [470]
• McKinney, Ed: early settler in Maine township, [282]
• McKinnon, William: early settler, [277]
• McRoberts, Peter: chosen commissioner, [33]
• McVay, Luther: pioneer minister, [293]
• Maggart, Rev. C. W.: his sketch of the Cedar Rapids churches, [397]
• Maine township: history of, [281]
• Mann, Jacob: one of first settlers, [45], [48], [160]
• Mann, Sally: probably first white woman to settle in county, [160]
• Mansfield, E. L.: [88];
• came to Iowa on horseback, [162]
• Maple River Railroad: [238]
• Marion: named county seat, [33], [57];
• U. S. land office, [34];
• district court of U. S. and territorial court meets at, [35];
• railroad meeting at, [62];
• Catholic Church at, [409];
• history of, [460] ff;
• first house in, [461];
• first store, [461];
• first hotel, [461];
• first jail built in, [461];
• plat of town recorded, [363];
• first court held in, [465];
• fire department organized, [466]
• Marquette, Jacques: quoted, [4]
• Marriages: early ones in county, [127] ff
• Marshall, James: president Coe college, [227]
• Mason, Albert A.: superintendent of schools, [196]
• Matsell, G. W.: early settler, [163]
• May, J. M.: files plat of Mayfield, [143];
• a stirring man, [157];
• lawyer, [178]
• Mayfield: now portion of Cedar Rapids, [143]
• Maynard, H. H.: field secretary Coe college, [228]
• Mekota, Jos.: contributes article, [121] ff
• Melton, George: and Center Point postoffice, [82]
• Mercy Hospital, [413]
• Merritt, W. H.: storekeeper at Ivanhoe, [11], [153];
• writes political letter, [59]
• Mexican veterans: in county, [470]
• Miller, Wm. E.: judge, [173]
• Mills, J. G.: his Handbook mentioned, [144]
• Mills, Mason P.: lawyer, [183]
• Minnesota: admitted, [31]
• Missouri: admitted, [31]
• Missouri Valley & Blair Railway and Bridge Company: [238]
• Missouri Valley Land Company: [240]
• Mitchell, Israel: lays out Westport, [33], [146]
• Mitchell, James: early settler, [275]
• Mitchell, John: lawyer, [177]
• Mitchell, John: early settler, [275]
• Moingona Coal Company: [240]
• Montrose: [20]
• Mound Builders: mentioned, [3];
• account of, [4]
• Mt. Vernon: account of, [479]
• Mulford, Charles R.: early merchant, [153]
• Murray, F. G.: contributes chapter on physicians, [86]
• Muscatine: [44]
• Muskwaki: mentioned, [10]
• Newark: extinct town, [143]
• Newberry, J. S.: quoted, [7]
• Newhall, J. B.: quoted, [47]
• New Lindon: defunct town, [84], [143]
• Newspapers: history of, [106] ff
• Neutral Grounds: [14]
• Norton, William Harmon: contribution on geology of Linn county, [24] ff;
• writes of Cornell college, [201] ff
• Nye, Benjamin: commissioner to locate county seat, [32], [33]
• Old Settlers' Association: members of, [66] ff
• Otoes: mentioned, [9]
• Otter Creek: settlement of, [46]
• Otter Creek township: history of, [286]
• Owen, Dr. Norman W.: [467]
• Oxley, Marshall: [257]
• Oxley, Perry: early politician, [300]
• Parker, N. H.: quoted, [17], [144]
• Parvin, T. S.: [162]
• Patterson, William: does carpenter work on present court house, [35]
• Phelps, Stephen: president Coe college, [226]
• Physicians: of the county, [86] ff
• Plummer, John: first justice in Spring Grove township, [289]
• Politics: county and district, [298]
• Pollock, S. L.: early settler, [153]
• Population: of county and towns, [416]
• Postoffices: early politics concerning, [82]
• Powell, J. J.: lawyer, [183]
• Powell, Major J. W.: quoted, [7]
• Practitioners' Club: [89]
• Prairie du Chien: [20]
• Prairieburg: Catholic church at, [407]
• Preston, I. M.: [171], [468]
• Public Instruction: superintendent of created, [195]
• Railroad: first in county, [58];
• letter from Merritt on, [59];
• Iowa Central Air Line, [63];
• Dubuque and Southwestern, [63];
• letter from C. H. Branch on, [64]
• Reiner, W. Fred: his experience as express messenger, [244] ff
• Richardson, Rev. T. F.: [406]
• Risley, A. P.: postmaster at Springville, [84]
• Ristine, Henry M.: early county physician, [86], [89], [467]
• Roads: early ones laid out, [142]
• Roberts, Robert G.: chosen legislator, [33]
• Rock, Mrs. R. C.: early teacher, [198];
• mentioned, [261];
• reminiscences of, [379]
• Rockingham: [44]
• Rogers, Wm.: early settler at Rogers Grove, [163]
• Rood, H. H.: quoted, [210]
• Rothrock, James H.: judge, [173], [181];
• anecdotes of, [181], [182]
• Runkle, Jesse A.: quoted, [196]
• Sac and Fox, The: [10], [13]
• Sacred Heart Academy: [414]
• Safely, Robt.: [163]
• Sampson, A. E.: lays out town of New Lindon, [84]
• Sanford, Julius E.: one of platters of Cedar Rapids, [162], [176]
• Schools: early history of, [194] ff
• Scott, General Winfield: concludes treaty with Sacs and Foxes, [14]
• Seerley, H. H.: [209]
• Shambaugh, B. F.: quoted, [19]
• Shane, John: judge, [174]
• Shaw, L. M.: quoted, [213]
• Shepherd, Osgood: [46], [49], [149]
• Sherman, E. A.: quoted, [341]
• Shields, Mrs. Susan: daughter of William Abbe, [10], [51]
• Sigworth, Dr. H. W.: address on early doctors in county, [485]
• Sinclair, Thomas M.: helps Coe college, [225]
• Sisley Grove: [279]
• Sisters of Mercy: [412]
• Sioux City & Iowa Falls Town Lot and Land Company: [239]
• Sioux City & Pacific Railroad: [235]
• Sioux Indians: mentioned, [10]
• Skinner, Rev. Elias: candidate for county judge, [57];
• letter from, [164]
• Smith, E. W.: Cornell professor, [204]
• Smith, Judge Milo P.: contributor, [169];
• early teacher, [194]
• Smith, W. H.: appointed constable, [33]
• Smith, William Wilberforce: president Coe college, [229]
• Smyth, Robert: an enterprising man, [161]
• Smyth, William: first county attorney, [170], [179], [468]
• Snouffer, J. J.: [84], [269]
• Snyder, Justice: [189]
• Society in the early days: [261]
• Southern influence: [267]
• Soutter, C. B.: president board of trustees Coe college, [228]
• Speake, John K.: early settler in Grant township, [280]
• Spring Grove township: history of, [288]
• Steamboating: on the Cedar, [420]
• Stephens, R. D.: builds elevator at Marion, [97];
• mentioned, [171];
• financier, [177];
• tribute to, [467]
• Stewart, J. O.: quoted, [109];
• commissioned captain in Civil War, [475]
• Stewart, Samuel C.: chosen commissioner, [33]
• Stewart, William: early blacksmith, [154]
• Stoddard, Jos. C.: in Civil war, [473]
• Stone, William: had store at Westport, [42], [46], [49];
• probable first settler in Cedar Rapids, [151]
• Stookey, S. W.: acting president Coe college, [228]
• Strong, L. M.: chosen commissioner, [33];
• builds first house in Marion, [461]
• Sullivan, John C.: surveys southern Iowa boundary, [15]
• Taylor, A. C.: [85]
• Taylor, Dr. Robert: [269]
• Teachers' Association: first in county, [480]
• Teachers' institute: first in county, [481]
• Tecumseh: [9]
• Thomas, Dr. Cyrus: [7]
• Thompson, Henry: erects saw mill, [460]
• Thompson, William G.: lawyer, [172], [186];
• anecdotes of, [187];
• tribute to, [468]
• Trans-Mississippi Exposition: [20]
• Troup, Reverend C.: first minister in county, [48], [291]
• Troy Mills: founded, [290]
• Tryon, S. H.: [86]
• Union Medical Society, [89]
• United Brethren Church: beginning of in Iowa, [291];
• at Lisbon, [292] ff.
• United Presbyterian Church: origin of the Fairfax, [272]
• Ure, James: early settler, [275]
• Ure, Robert: early settler, [272]
• Ure, William: brings first reaper to county, [93]
• Usher, Dyer: first divorce action in county brought by, [36];
• ferries people across the Mississippi, [46]
• Vardy, John: erects first frame dwelling in Cedar Rapids, [49];
• arrives in Cedar Rapids in 1841, [152]
• Vinton, Samuel F.: attitude toward Iowa, [16]
• Walker: history of, [279];
• Catholic church at, [409]
• Washington township: history of, [290]
• Waubeek: [284]
• Weare, Charles: early contractor, [154]
• Weare, John: early banker, [154]
• Webster, C. L.: quoted, [8]
• Weld, L. G.: [3] note; [13] note
• Western: stage line to, [47];
• account of, [479]
• Westport: [33], [43], [46], [48], [143]
• Wetherbee, E. S.: gives account of old mill at Central City, [486]
• Wheeler, David H.: Cornell professor, [204]
• Whittam, I. N.: pioneer lawyer, [178]
• Whittlesey, Charles: chosen senator, [33]
• Wick, B. L.: writes on early steamboating, [423]
• Williams, Joseph D.: judge, [35], [41]
• Williams, Horace: [239]
• Willis, James W.: first county commissioners meet at house of, [33]
• Wilson, George W.: noted attorney, [187]
• Wilson, Gen. James: [103]
• Wilson, Judge James: surveyor-general, [31]
• Wilson, T. S.: [82]
• Winnebagoes, The: account of, [9]
• Wisconsin: admitted, [31]
• Witter, Amos: early physician in Mount Vernon, [87]
• Woodbridge, Ward: writes history of Maine township, [281]
• Young, Joseph B.: lawyer, [177], [468]
• Zumbro, John: postmaster at Marion, [82]

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FOOTNOTES:

[A] L. G. Weld, Iowa Journal of History and Politics, vol. i, no. 1.

[B] This is the view of nearly all the writers and historians, but Professor Weld in vol. i, no. 1, Iowa Journal of History and Politics, holds to the opinion that the landing was made at the point in Louisa county where the Iowa river enters the Mississippi and gives cogent reasons for his belief.

[C] Hon. Sidney A. Foster, Des Moines.

[D] N. H. Parker in Iowa As It Is in 1855, p. xiv.

[E] Iowa As It Is in 1855, p. xv.