Transcriber's Notes
Obvious typos and misprinted punctuation have been silently corrected.
Spelling and hyphenation variations have been retained to match the original book when no major preference could be determined.
Added to [Contents]: FOOTNOTES, End of document
Added to List of [Maps]: Reproduction of the First Map of Cedar Rapids, 316.
Page [11]: The Muskwaki Indians were probably the Meskwaki, also spelled Mesquakie or Meskwahki Indians. (a large number of Muskwaki Indians were camping)
Pages 67-81: Some names in the [Members] List are not in alphabetical order, but match the order in the original book.
Page [113]: The following sentence was incomplete in the original book:
The grain rates from Cedar Rapids to Chicago were thirty cents a hundred pounds and the noise of protest which was made then was quite similar to the noise which is sometimes
Page [131]: John B. Taylor may be a typo for Joel B. Taylor, as this is the only mention of John B. Taylor in the book. (May 26, John Zumbra to Angeline Eggleston, by Rev. John B. Taylor.)
Some illustrations and text have been moved slightly to avoid breaking up paragraphs. This might cause a few Index entries to be one page off.
The cover image was produced by the submitter modifying the Title Page, and is being placed into the public domain.