Union Publishing Company, Springfield, Illinois 1883
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Transcribed by Cyndi Vertrees, MaryAlice Schwanke and Donna Pardun
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I - Introductory - 231
CHAPTER II - Physical Geography of
Tama County - 233
Location - Topography - Geological
CHAPTER III - Indian Occupancy - 237
Indian Agents - The Indian Name - Customs and Habits
CHAPTER IV - The Beginning - 246
Early Settlement - County Name - Organization - Location of
County Seat
First Events - First Fourth of July Celebration
CHAPTER V - County Government - 265
Acts of County Court - Acts of the Board of Supervisors
CHAPTER VI - Other Official Matters -
285
Matrimonial - Abstract of Assessments - County Buildings -
Tama County Poor Farm
Attempt to Make a Change - Population of Tama County - First
Instruments Recorded
CHAPTER VII - Pioneer Life - 295
Early Manners and Customs - Character of the Pioneers -
Clothing Bee
Hunting - Snakes - Religion - Agriculture - The Claim System
CHAPTER VIII - Tama County Courts -
307
First Trials - District Court - Circuit Court - County Cort
CHAPTER IX - The Bar of Tama County -
314
The Bar of the Past - The Present Bar
CHAPTER X - The Press - 352
The Toledo Tribune - The Iowa Transcript - Tama County
Republican
The Toledo Chronicle - The Press as Montour - The Tama county
Union - The Tama Citizen - The Tama Herald - Tama City Herald
of Economy - Tama County Liberal - Chelsea Peoples' Friend -
The Traer Clipper - Tama County Independent - The Toledo Times
- The Tama County Democrat - Tama City Press - The Penman's
Help Dysart Reporter - Tama County News - The Free Press - The
Traer Star - Gladbrook Courier - Toledo News - The Tama
Northern - The Dysart Record - The Teacher and Student
CHAPTER XI - Early Days - 383
Reminiscence by Mrs. Racheal Vandorin - The Wilkinson Party -
Tim Brown's Poetry - Methodism Introduced in Northern Tama -
Reminiscence by Newton Miller - The Pioneer Doctor - Toledo
Reminiscence by T. Brown - How the Court Got Across the River
- Reminiscence of the Early Days of Northern Tama - Pioneer
Life by Christopher Spire
CHAPTER XII - Political - 418
The First Political Convention - Offical Vote
CHAPTER XIII - National, State and
County Representation - 449
Congressional - Lieutenant Governor - Attorney General -
Supreme Court Reporter - Collector of Internal Revenue -
Railroad Comissioners - Government Clerkship - Speaker of the
House - Members of the General assembly - County Judge -
County Auditor - Treasurer and Recorder - County Recorder -
County Treasurer - Clerks of Courts - Sheriff - County
Surveyor - County Coroner - School Fund Commissioners - County
Superintendent - County Assessor - Prosecuting Attorney -
Drainage Commissioners
CHAPTER XIV - Insurance, Endowment
and Other Associations - 487
Old Settlers Society - Farmers' Mutual aid Company - Iowa
Mutual Benefit Association - Mutual Endowment Association
CHAPTER XV- The War For The Union -
493
Second Infantry - Fifth Infantry - Eighth Infantry - Ninth
Infantry - Tenth Infantry - Eleventh Infantry - Twelfth
Infantry - Thirteenth Infantry - Fourteenth Infantry -
Sixteenth Infantry - Eighteenth Infantry - Twenty-fourth
Infantry - Twenty-eighth Infantry - Forty-seventh Infantry -
First Cavalry - Second Cavalry - Fourth Cavalry - Fifth
Cavalry - Sixth Cavalry - Ninth Cavalry - Light Artillery - Honored Dead
CHAPTER XVI - Educational - 535
County Superintendent of Schools - Normal Institutes - Tama
County Teachers' Association - Western College
CHAPTER XVII - The Medical
Profession - 561
First Physicians in the County - Tama City Physicians - Toledo
Physicians - Traer Physicians - Dysart Physicians - Gladbrook
Physicians - Chelsea Physicians - Garwin Physicians - Carlton
Physicians - Eberon Physicians - Indiantown Physicians -
Montour Physicians - Richland Physicians - Irving Physicians -
Mooreville Physicians - Crystal Physicians - Tama Physicians -
Tama County Medical Association
CHAPTER XVIII - Agriculture and
Agricultual Societies - 588
The First Fair - Tama County Agricultural Society -
Agricultural Asssociation of Tama County - Traer District
Agricultural Society - Tama County Horticultural Society
CHAPTER XIX - Railroads - 593
The First Railroad in Tama County - Chicago & Northwestern
- Toledo & Northwestern - Burlington - Cedar Rapids &
Northern - Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul - Wisconsin, Iowa
& Nebraska - Projected Railroads
CHAPTER XX - Buckingham Township -
608
Settlement - Organic - Educational - Reiigious - Historical
Items - Postoffices - The Larches -
CHAPTER XXI - Carlton Township - 633
Settlement and Growth - Organic - Items of Interest -
Religious - Railroad Matters - Kars Postoffice - Town of
Garwin - Educational - Postoffice - Societies
CHAPTER XXII - Carroll Township -
648
Settlement of Carroll - Organic - Religious - Educational -
First Things
CHAPTER XXIII - Clark Township - 655
Settlement - Organic - Educational - Ettie Postoffice -
Historical Items - Town of Dysart - Organic - Business Matters
and Men - Hotels - Postoffices - Educational - Religious -
Societies
CHAPTER XXIV - Columbia Township -
676
Early Settlement - Organic - The Township Name - Educational -
Religious - Postoffice - Village of Columbia - Historical
Items
CHAPTER XXV - Crystal Township - 695
Early Settlement - Organic - Items of Interest - Educational -
Postoffices - Religious
CHAPTER XXVI - Geneseo Township -
725
Settlement - Organic - Educational - Religious - Historical
Events - Postoffice - Village of Mooreville
CHAPTER XXVII- Grant Township - 746
Settlement - Organic- Educational - Various Items of Interest
- The Church in Grant - Allendale Stock Farm
CHAPTER XXVIII - Highland Township -
769
Early settlement - Organic - First Things - Educational -
Religious
CHAPTER XXIX- Howard Township - 776
Settlement - First Events - Organic - Religious - Monticello
Village
CHAPTER XXX - Indian Village
Township - 788
Early Settlement - Organic- Historical Items - Educational -
Indiantown, or Butlerville - LeGrand Station - Potter - Town
of Montour - Development - Postoffice - Organic - Religious -
Societies - Educational
CHAPTER XXXI - Lincoln Township -
818
Settlement - Organic - Fifteen Mile Grove Postoffice -
Golville Postoffice - Itemns of Interest
CHAPTER XXXII - Oneida Township -
829
Early Settlement - Historical Items
CHAPTER XXXIII - Otter Creek
Township - 838
Early Settlement - Organic - Postoffices - Gladstone-
Educational - Historical Items ofInterest
CHAPTER XXXIV- Perry Township - 844
Early Settlement- Organic - Historical Items - Educational -
Religious - Wolf Creek Postoffice - West Union Village -
Buckingham Village - City of Traer - Development - Postoffice
- Educational - Religious - Societies
CHAPTER XXXV - Richland Township -
898
Settlement - Historical Items - Organic - Educational -
Religious - Village of Helena - Village of Eureka
CHAPTER XXXVI - Salt Creek Township
- 909
Early Settlement - Organic - Historical Items - Educational -
Religious - Irving - Chelsea
CHAPTER XXXVII - Spring Creek
Township - 921
Settlement - Organic - Various Items - Badger Hill - Gladbrook
- Growth and Business Development - Postoffice - Incorporation
- Educational - Religious - Societies
CHAPTER XXXVIII - Tama Township -
948
Settlement - Items of Interest - Postofice - Organic - Tama
City - Banks - Tama City Brewery - Tama Creamery Paper Mill -
Brick - Furniture Manufactory - Tama Hydraulic Power -
Postoffice - Incorporation - Educational - Religious-
Societies
CHAPTER XXXIX - Toledo Township -
993
CHAPTER XL - York Township - 1052
CHAPTER XLI - Events of Interest-
1067
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