- The Turkey
River - Revolutionary War engagement, 1780
GRATIOT, KAY, CARDINAL
- The Mills of Clayton co.
1835-1882
BOARDMAN, BOWEN, FLEMING, KLEINLEIN,
MARSH, SPAULDING, PELZER, WINDOR, WALTER
The Walter Mill
WALTER, RADABAH, STARR
Millville Flouring Mill
JEFFRIES, HECKEL, GILLMORE, BALSINGER
- The county seat contest:
1837-1868
MURDOCK, GUTENBERG, GARBER, SWISHER
- Early officer commissions
1838
LANDER, GRIFFITH, BRUNSON, GRANT, HILL,
OLNEY
- Clayton co. letter - news
article, 1838
WHITMAN
- Experiences of early Clayton
co. Settlers with the Winnebago Indians
surnames & key words: LANDERS,
CHUNKTON, HARTGE, HUMPHERY, KONAGO, WINNEBAGO,
SAC, FOXES, BLACK HAWK, CASS, LODOMILLO,
LITTLEPORT, ELKPORT, FORD
- The Winnebagoes, 1840
ATKINSON
- Ferry licenses & rates
1841-1844
MCGREGOR, RICE, BRISBOIS
- 1842 Elections
BRIGGS, HEMPSTEAD, GEHON, ROGERS,
ANDREWS
- Great Bear Hunt - news
article, 1843
PUTNAM
- Western Settlement Society,
1849
SCHMÖLDER, SCHMOLDER, MÜLLER, MULLER
- Census - 1850
PRICE
- Fire! The storehouse of
Thomas L. Freeman, 1852
FREEMAN, CARTER
- Dr. Frederic Andrews /
Andros, 1852
ANDREWS, ANDROS
- Elkader in 1854 - news
article
THOMPSON, DAVIS
- "Iowa as it is in
1856" - Clayton co. description
- Clayton
County, 1857
- Monona in 1859 - news
article
EGBERT, LEACH
- Elkport in 1859 - news
article
ARCHY, BORTON, SOYSTER, TIEDO, OTIS
- Republican Convention, 1859
DOUGLAS, BAKER, MERRILL, GARBER, NICKLAUS, SCOTT,
ORNAM, MCCLELLAND, HARLAN
- Indian Attack on Emigrants,
1860
Hagerty
- The murder of
Alonzo Sherman, 1863
SHERMAN, HURLBUT, HIRSHFIELD, HERMAN, MOE,
COMSITT
- Soldiers' Orphans' Home,
1863-1876
BARTHOLOMEW, BARTON, BROWN, DONALDSON,
EASTMAN, EVAN, LAWRENCE, MARTIN, NICHOLS, ROSS,
SCHOOLRUD, SOUTHWORTH, STOCKTON, STOOPS, WAGONER
- Clayton county jail c1870,
brief history & photo
WILLIAMS, GARBER, DAVIS, CHASE, JACOBS,
HYSHAM, SANDUSKY
- Northern Line Packet
Company,1870
WORDEN, GRINNELL, WELL, HIGHT, FLANIGAN, JONES,
WARD, DAWLEY, BILL, CARROLL, GREGG, JENKS, VAN
DYKE, JONES, GREEN, BRADY, DELANEY, CONGE,
HAVLIN, DODGE, PIERCE, CAMPBELL, PARKHURST,
MELVILLE, MATHER, HENDERSON, LYTLE, MEANS
- L. Pomeroy killed by hogs,
1870
POMEROY
- Haines brothers, Turkey
River, 1872
HAINES
- Clara Vaupel Sues, 1874
VAUPEL, WOODARD, PRESTON, ODELL, PAPIN, LAMM,
STEMMER, BORMAN, YOUNG
- Eunice A. Place Sues, 1874
PLACE, CLOSE, RICKELS, CLEMENTS, WASCHMUTH,
BORMAN, STEMMER, LEMM
- W. Laxson sells hogs, 1874
LAXSON
- McGregor main street fire!
1875
CAWELTI, PEARSALL, SCOTT, MUNSON, MASON,
PURCIFER, BASS, MERRILL
- McGregor boys run away, 1875
LAMPSON, CLARK, CLARKE, HOPER
- Bitten by a Rattlesnake,
1875
[no name given]
- Animal Mounds, 1875
MURDOCK, QUIGLEY, BURLINGAME, CLARK, WOOD,
TROUTFETTER
- Wm. Walker goes missing 1875
WALKER
- George M. Brown lawsuit,
1875
BROWN
- Volga City July 4th
Celebration, 1875
CAMPBELL, MCLEAN, LOWE, WELCH, HAWTHORN,
PENFIELD, ASKEW
- Volga City fight, 1875
HUMMELD, HUMMEL, BRADSHAW
- Railroad wreck at Enfield
(Strawberry Point), 1876
RUPERT, ANDERSON, MYER, TICE
- Ice for sale, McGregor,
1876
BERGMAN, GERNDT
- FIRE ! Bigelow House stable
- 1876
BIGELOW, STREUSEL, DAVIS
- Fatal collapse at Pictured
Rocks, 1877
CLARK, CLARKE, MILLER
- Brewery & other fires!
1878
BOSCH, CLOUGH, GATES, HOUSE, HUBNER, MILLER,
MORELAND, SCHMIDT, SIBLER, STRINGER, WECK,
WESTLAKE
- F. Dorr's son nearly
scalped, 1878
DORR
- Too Much Married, 1878
GALER, JARRETT, FITCH, BENTON
- Clayton county humor, 1879
2 humorous news blurbs from the
Strawberry Point newspaper
- E.H. Sargent residence
burned, 1880
SARGENT, BERRY
- Geo. Benker
& wife skip town, 1881
BENKER
- Fires! 1881 & 1882
BURDICK, JONES, STENCE, VANSICKLE, LUNDT, HAZEN,
CLARK, HOUSE, HATHAWAY, HOOVER, BATES, PALMER,
HAGENSICK
- Civil War Mother's Pension Files of
Elizabeth Sparks
document 1
(1882) & document 2
SPARKS, YATES, DICKSON, MOORE, STOWE, KIRKE,
BAGLY, MATTHEWS, COLLINS, BURGAN, PAGE
- Loses legs, Elkport, 1882
KILGARIN, FITZPATRICK, ALDRICH
- Walking match, Littleport,
1882
LUCY, SULLIVAN, ARMBRUSTER
- Fires! 1883
BECKLER, BRUCE, CORLETT, CREGLOW,
CUMMINS, DENNERT, FREY, GARBER, GERAGHTY,
GOODENDORF, HAGGERTY, JACK, MAHONY, MAHONEY,
MCCARTHY, OLOUGHLIN, ORR, PATTERSON, PRESTON,
SARGENT, SCHMIDT, WHIPPLE, WOLTER, ZEARLY
- McGregor's Big
Blaze, 1883
OBRIEN, SCOTT, PETERSON, BASSETT, HUNTTING, HUNT,
MCHOSE, UPDEGRAFF
- Cyclone, June 1883 (part 1
of 2)
ALFORD, ALFRED, BALL, CAREY, CARY, CARNALL,
CHASE, DUIN, DURIN, FLAUFER, GATES, GLEIM, GLIME,
HEITH, HOOVER, HUTCHISON, JEWELL, KEITH, KING,
LICKISS, MARSHALL, NEWTON, PETERMAN, ROBBINS,
SHAFFER, SHAMBAUGH, SHERMAN, WALRATH, WALROTH,
WOOD, WOODS, UNDERWOOD
Cyclone, June 1883 (part 2
of 2)
BRICH, BOEHN, COOPER, HARTGE, KOEHN, KRIEG,
MENGE, ORTMAN, TIEDE, WATERMAN, WATTERMAN,
WOODALL
- Narrow Escape From
Drowning,1883
GERAGHTY, CONNELL, URIELL, BARRETT, READY, BAUER
- McDonald skips town, 1883
MCDONALD
- Railroad accident, 1883
ROACH, RUEGNITZ, BRINKHOUSE
- Fires! February 1884
BARNARD, LAVINUS, MEYERS,
RODEMEYER, SCHMIDT
- Sisters pardoned, attend
Cooley funeral, 1886
COOLEY, MARROOT, KIRBY
- Clayton co. Farmers
Institute, 1888
STEWARD, NOBLE, SCHILLING, HATCH, MEYER, URIELL,
ENO, BIERBAUM, CORLETT, SCHULTE, HOFER, KENYON,
MAURER, WILLIAMS
- 'Hauschen' newspaper
abstracts 1876-1888
HAUSCHEN, OSTERDOCK, KÖEMANN, HEISCHEIN,
HENSKIN, KEUNZEL, PATRICK, SLAUGHTER, WHITNEY,
HUENSEHEN, GORDHAEFNER
- Old Soldiers Ignored, 1889
news article
surnames: KEITH, COOLEY, GAYLORD, SCOFIELD,
CLARKSON, SWEENY, WANAMAKER
- August Benson saves Frank
Liers Jr., 1890
LIERS, BENSON
- "Diamond Joe"
steamer line officers, 1891
CUBBERLEY, PHILLIPS, FAY, BEADLE,
CALHOUN, MONAHAN, DAWLEY, IRWIN HICKMAN, KILLEEN,
FULTON, MILES, DOLESON, WILLIAMS, SAUER, RICE,
BOLAND, REARDON, BUCHHEIT, GREG, NORRIS, RUBY,
BURNETT, MCCLEARY, HILL, JENKS, HUDSON, ROBERTS,
MARTIN, BEEMENE, KAY COSTELLE, BLANK
- McGregor fire consumes six
buildings, 1892
CANFIELD, ARNOLD, FARRINGTON, STANDART, STOWE,
HAGENSICK, PATRICK, SLOANE, SCOTT
- 'Hauschen' newspaper
abstracts 1890-1900
HAUSCHEN, HAEUSCHEN, CLARK, DUFFIN, BOTHMER,
GALL, BEALE, HINSCH, OELKE, METER, OLMSTED,
ENTWISHEL, JENKINS, FICKEL, REINKE, SICKEL,
WAGNER, KELLELT, OLDS, SOMMERSLAD
- John Simon released from
Anamosa Prison, 1894
SIMON, SIMONS
- The Great Flood of 1896, at
least 18 lives lost
LORD, MOLONEY, LEVAACHE, HUBLEJECK,
BURKE, KEEN, MEYER, SHALLHAMER
- Village of
Highland & Evergreen Grove, Highland Twp,
1897 FISK, CHAPMAN, LAYTON, QUIGLEY
- Francis Hauschen teachers
certificates 1897 & 1898
HAUSCHEN, MILLER
- Fisherman Shot, 1898
MILLER, SKILLINGHAST
- River Crafts On Upper
Mississippi 1900
THISTLER, REED, DAY, YORK, WHISTLER,
WINNANS, MITCHELL, LANCASTER, TRUMLY, LAMBERT,
OCONNORS, SHORT, BUISSON, DAVIDSON, NEWCOMB,
HUNTER, WEIR, DAVIS, BEEDLE, DODDS, BLAIR,
STREKTUS, SMITH, WILCOX, DOTTERWISH, DARLING,
ALEXANDER, FETTER
- Buffalo herd, Luana 1901
BURGESS, HANSON
Note! Related article, 1905
- John Palmer residence fire,
1901
PALMER
- Mabel Mock's house fire,
1901
MOCK, PIERCE
- Diamond Joe Reynolds
estate, back taxes, 1901
REYNOLDS
- John Moore, splendid corn
crop, 1902
MOORE
- Mutiny - Desertion, 1902
BAYLESS, BASCOM
- Bank petition, U.S. Court,
1902
HARRINGTON, STEINHILLER, SAVERBRY, WING
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- Clayton County Early
Settlers, published 1903
MILLER, JENKINS, ROBINSON
- Monona, brief early
history, published 1903
BARKER, CAIN, STULTS, WILTSEY
- Fires! 1903
BERNHARDT, DAVIDSON, FARNHAM, GILCHRIST,
GREENWOOD, HINMAN, HUNTTING, KREGEL, LEHAW,
MADDEN, MERRIT, OVERBECK, SARGENT, SCHWARTZ,
SPENCER, SPLIES, TANGEMAN, THYNE
- Bergman Opera House fire,
McGregor, 1903
ALLEN, BERGMAN, BIRDSEY, CRAWFORD, DAUBENBERGER,
GODDARD, GRIFFIN, HUEBSCH, KRAMER, KRANERT,
LARSON, LEWIS, SLOANE, WALTER, WILLIAMS
- Harry Shaw, minor, leaves
home, 1903
SHAW
- Clayton co. Hail Storm, 1905
DONLAN, BERGHAN, BERGAN, BREITSPECHER,
BOLAND, CAIN, CAMERON, CASSIDY, CHAPMAN,
CHEESEMAN, CONNORS, DOTY, FEENEY, HOFER,
HOCHHAUS, HURLEY, JOHNSON, KATSCHOWSKY, KENNEDY,
KUEHL, MELARY, MEISNER, MCGEE, OPITZ, ROACH, ROY,
SCULLY, WAGNER
- Luana buffalo herd sold,
1905
BURGESS, HANSON, MCNEIL, NORTHEY,
ROCKEFELLER
Note! Related article, 1901
- Fires! 1906
ADNEY, BERGMAN, BRATON, BROWN, CLASS, COONFARE,
CRISTEN, DUFFIN, EDGINGTON, EGGERTH, FOX, GESKE,
HURLEY, JENNINGS, KLOTZBACH, KRAMER, McMICHAEL,
MEYER, MILLER, MOLUMBY, PERRY, QUINN, RHODE,
RONQUIST, SAWVELL, SHERMAN, WEBER, WOODEN, ZAHN,
ZAPF
- Hoffman Illegally fishes,
1906
HOFFMAN
- Martha Burrows-Cleveland
receives pension, 1906
BURROWS, BURROUGHS, ARQUET, ARQUIT, CLEVELAND,
GARDNER, UPDEGRAFF
- Chewing match, 1906
FRANKS, BOLSINGER
- Meisner saves Cook, 1906
MEISNER, COOK
- Hattie Best Autograph Album,
1907
BEST, HUEBNER, LEMKE, GLAWE, KAHLBAUM, TAAKE,
CONNELL, GARAGHTY, TANGEMAN, SEIFERT, VULGRAFF,
VOGT, WEHRKAMP, SCHLAKE, BUSKE, LOHMEIER,
HUCKSTADT
- John Kreisler's discovery,
1907 news blurb
KREISLER
- Clayton Co. Fair, out of
town attendees, 1910
BRANDT, MARTING, BELL, PUTZIER, THOMA, HARBERG,
BECKER, TANGEMAN, BECK, FELCHER
- McGregor news blurbs, March
1910
WESTON, DAY, DELAPP, HAISLETT, GESKE,
BROWN, LAIRD, SMITH, KRAMER, PEARSALL, HATCH,
ESCHBAUGH, HEBERLEIN, DEMOUND, RAFFAUF, PEICK,
LARSON, GRAY, JACOBS, HATCH, MAHLUM
- McGregor news blurbs,
September 1910
WYATT, BUCK, WARNER, OBRECHT,
BERGEMEYER, RUDOLF
- Michael Cronin & Nellie
Lamphieare, research notes 1911-1925
CRONIN, LAMPHIEARE, LAMPHERE, LAMPHIEAR,
LAMPHIER, JAMES, BUTLER, BRETTLER, BUTTLER
- Bert Blanchard fractures
skull, 1915
BLANCHARD
- Mrs. J.A. Henry, 1915 recipe
contest
Henry
- Grand Meadow Country Club
1916-2006
LEUI, REKOW, BACKHAUS, PIXLER,
CHRISTOFFERSON, DAHMS, FAY, HANKLAND, KRAMBEER,
BREWER, KUGEL, LUBBERS, PANNCKE, SCHULTZ,
ENGELHARDT, SCHUTTE, HEYING, MIENE, STANSBERRY
- WWI enlistments - misc. Iowa
towns
ROACH (from Clayton co. - there are many others
from Iowa)
- Popular Mechanics Ad, 1917
PATTERSON
- WWI Casualty
Report, Dec. 1918
SHAW, HINMAN, WILEY, SCHMIDT, BLOCK
- "Oldest Apple Tree in
Iowa", Monona, 1918 news article
OLMSTED, CURTIS, OTIS
- Guttenberg & Garnavillo
news bits, Sept 1918
BODER, FASSBINDER, JUNK, LAKE, ROBINSON,
TIMMERMAN, KIMBALL, FREDLEIN, PIERCE, JAMES,
HAMANN, STAACK, REINITZ, GORBY, BUENING, PINK,
RODEMAKER, KIRCH, BROWN, KAINZ, KRUSE, HERCHERT,
MEDER, RIES, BROWNSON
- Gasoline Tank
Explodes, 1919 news article
HAGENSICK, KIRSHBAUM, BURKE, DAHMEN
- Picture Rock Collapse - Two
Die - 1920
MILLER, SCHULTZ, HITCHENS
- Hand's Cafe & Pool Hall,
1921-1946
HAND, MONNAHAN, MONAHAN, THOMPSON, BOARDMAN,
MURPHY, OEHRING
- Monona business district
fire, 1921
HOWARD, FOX, LUBBERS, ENGLEHART,
BARNHARDT, IRWIN, STOEGER
- Kafer & Latteyer
businesses destroyed by fire, 1921
KAFER, LATTEYER
- McGuire residence destroyed
by fire, 1921
McGUIRE
- Muller farm burned out,
1921
MULLER
- Garber Swept By Fire - 1922
O'CONNOR, GRAF, SCHNEPF, ZITTERMEN, STRUBE
- Fox Cave Petrified Body,
1922 news article
STONE
- Fires! 1924
HANSEL, HUBBARD, KREGEL, KRUSE, KINYON, LAMPHIER,
MADDEN, MARSH, PALMER, PARKER, SASS, SCHUMACHER,
WHITE
- Gershom Hyde Hill, vital
records 1846-1925
HILL
- Donald F. Howard's papers
1925-1994
HOWARD, MCCOLLUM, MAUCKER, KAMERICK, HEARST,
CURRIS, DIEMER, NIELSEN, THOMPSON, LANG, SAGE,
VERNIER, MORIN, CARTER, BOYD, PENDERGRAFT, HAKE
- Gustave Pufahl, Monona
woodcarver, 1927 (brief magazine
& news articles, photo)
PUFAHL, HARDT, COBS, BIERBAUM, JOHANNINGMEIER
Gustave
Pufahl - Whittler - photos of his
work & other photos
PUFAHL, BIERBAUM, JANZIG
- Vaupel sisters visit
Elkader, 1929
VAUPEL, VAUPELL, CLARK,HOSSFELD, ERRICSON,
BICKNELL
- 'Mississippi House' &
Alex. McGregor home razed, 1930
MCGREGOR, FOX
- Laird's European Tour - news
article, 1930
LAIRD, CLAUDY
- Game of Bridge, 1930
WALTER, EGGEN, SLYFIELD, WIDMAN
- Prosperous Clayton co. -
news article, 1930
CATTON,MURPHY,COMBS
- Emma Schroeder, Guttenberg's
Carnival Queen, 1931
SCHROEDER
- R.E. Candee Injured, 1931
CANDEE
- Fires! 1932
BERNS, KOEHN, TIELBAR
- Magazine Ads, 1932 &
1939
KUEMPEL
- 'The Rotarian' contest prize
winner, 1933
ABEL
- Ralph Possehl house fire,
1935
POSSEHL
- Runaway girls from North
Buena Vista 1936
PIERCE, HEFEL
- 1938 newspaper blurb
MEULLER, BUCHHOLZ
- Panncke's connect to REC,
1940
PANNCKE, THOMA
- DeHaven Livery Razed, 1944
DeHaven, De Haven
- 1944 McGregor &
Marquette news blurbs
DURR, HANSON, COON, MEHSLING, CHURCH, KRAMER,
SLOANE, GOLTG, SCARFF, CLARK, KNAPP, SCOTT,
SLACK, CONKLIN
- Gill Church's Store - 80
Years in McGregor - news article, 1945
CHURCH, WYNNE, HILL
- Iowa Century Business' -
Clayton co.
GLESNE, ROBERTS, ROBERSON, STERN, BLAKE, WILKE,
WITT, DELEVAN, HOAG
- McGregor news blurbs, May
1947
WEBB, SMOTHERS, BRODERICK, AIRD, ALBECK
- Prehistoric Mounds Nat'l
Monument - news article, 1950
- Sodom & Gomorrah, Two
Evil Trading Posts (it's history,
written in 1953)
JONES, THORNE, THORN, RILEY, HANSKOWKOW
- Monona Fire, 1954
ETTELDORF, MEYERS, ALERT, HEINS,
HUMPHREY, KADLEZ
- Farmersburg
Fire, 1956
PALAS, FUELING, FUELING, RADLOFF, MULLER,
KURDELMEYER
- McGregor Historical Soc.
notes - 1958
MACGREGOR, MYERS, EVANS, JONES, BASS, MILLER,
QUIGLEY, GARDNER
- Blizzard of 1959 (and notes
on the 1947 blizzard)
FOX, DICKMAN, BRUEHAHN, BAADE, LEAS,
GISLESON, KUEHL, MARTINS, SCHUTE, LANGE,
KAMMERER, SCHLUETER, GRADY, WHEELAND, SCHOFIELD,
PLAEHN, MELCHER, SMITH, SEITZ, RYAN, MOSES,
DAUGS, SCHLITTER, JONES, FRITZ, HELLER, SAWVELL,
WELCH, KNN, POSSEHL, HENKES, MARTING,
SCHWEINEFUS, JACOBSON, BIGLER, KELLY, ROMINGER,
GRADY
- 1959 - Hoth and Son Will Be
On Radio Program
HOTH
- 1959 Guttenberg &
Elkport news items
RIPPY, THIESE, FRANCO, RUTLEDGE, GROTH
- 1959 News Tidbits
BALLIETT, DILLON, TAYLOR, MATT, YOUNG,
IVERSON, STRONG, THIESE, FISCHER, TROESTER,
DURUAN, EUDALEY
- 1959 Music Festival Winners
LOVIN, PEGLOW, ROSE, WIRKLER, HEINS,
WACHTER, KLUSS, MARTIN, GARMS, ELLIOT, MCMORRIS,
FUNK, SCOTT, YOE, SHERMAN, APPLETON, BATTIN,
WILSON, STRAUS, HARBAUGH
- Dunn residence
destroyed by fire, 1959
DUNN, BURKE
- 1962 McGregor news items
WILLIAM, WEIR, MARTIN, MYERS, WIDMAN, PORTER
- Pony Hollow - excerpt from
Clayton Co. Stories by Marion Beimfohr, 1980
GOOL, WARNER
- Luana News Bits, 1983 - #1, #2, #3, #4
AGER, ALLEN, ANDERSON, BACHTELL, BAKER,
BAILEY, BARR, BENEKE, BUGENHAGEN,
CHAMBERLAIN, CLEFISCH, DAVIS, DEERBERG,
DETTMANN, DOERRING, DRAHN, DUWE, EVARTS,
FOX, FUNK, GENTZ, GEHRING, GLOVER, GOEKE,
GORDON, GOSSMAN, HAGER, HALVERSON, HANGARTNER,
HEGGE, HOWARD, IVERSON, JOHNSON, JONES, KOCAN,
KRUSE, LANDT, LEWIS, LENTH, LINDERBAUM, LOOBY,
MATTSFIELD, MEYER, MORITZ, MOSER, NESTEBY,
NIELSEN, NUEHRING, OLSON, PAL,
PALAS, PEARSON, PETERSON, RADLOFF,
REIERSON, RODENBERG, SASS, SCHAVE, SCHROEDER,
SCHUTTE, SCOLLARD, STALEY,
STOCKBURGER, STOWSAND, TRAETOW, TRUMBLEE,
VanWEY, WAGNER, WALTER, WENTZ, WINFIELD,
WOLTER, ZIEMAN
- Col. Dale Walters,
auctioneer, retires 1983
WALTERS, TROESTER, MILLHAM, KELLOGG,
NEIERS
- Althea Sherman
- Chimney Swift Bird Tower, National
cemetery, 2008 news article & photos
SHERMAN, KRAMBEER
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