History of Webster County Iowa and Fort Dodge (2 Volumes) + Bonus Book

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History of
Fort Dodge and Webster County
Iowa
In Two Volumes
NARRATIVE OF THREE CENTURIES IN THE MAKING OF AN
AMERICAN COMMONWEALTH
ILLUSTRATED WITH
NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS
OF HISTORIC SCENES
AND LANDMARKS
PORTRAITS AND
FACSIMILES OF RARE
PRINTS
DOCUMENTS AND
OLD MAPS
By Harlow Munson Pratt, 1913
298 + 314 pages, Illustrated, Indexed, Searchable
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Bonus
Book –
The Early History of
Banking In Iowa
By Fred D. Merritt, 1900
150 pages, Illustrated, Indexed, Searchable
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Webster County was established January 15, 1851.
It was named after Daniel Webster, an American statesman.
CONTENTS – Volume I
CHAPTER I GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF WEBSTER COUNTY I
CHAPTER II ON THE WAY TO IOWA I3
CHAPTER III THE MOUND BUILDERS 23
CHAPTER IV THE RED MAN IN IOWA 29
CHAPTER V THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE AND TERRITORIAL IOWA 39
CHAPTER VI THE COMING OF THE WHITE MAN 59
CHAPTER VII ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF WEBSTER COUNTY 7I
CHAPTER VIII THE COUNTY ELECTIONS 83
CHAPTER IX WEBSTER COUNTY IN CIVIL WAR 93
CHAPTER X WEBSTER COUNTY IN THE SPANLSH-AMERICAN WAR I39
CHAPTER XI REGULARS AND MILITIA I5I
CHAPTER XII THE MAYORS OF FORT DODGE 1 55
CHAPTER XIII EARLY TRADES AND TRADERS 165
CHAPTER XIV FORT DODGE SCHOOLS 1/5
CHAPTER XV FORT DODGE CHURCHES • 181
CHAPTER XVI PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PARKS I95
CHAPTER XMI WOMAN AND HER CLUBS 201
CHAPTER XVHI THE SPIRIT LAKE MASSACRE AND EXPEDITION 211
CHAPTER XIX BUILDING A RAILROAD 221
CHAPTER XX THE COMING OF THE "CHARLES ROGERs" 225
CHAPTER XXI HISTORY OF THE RIVER-LAND GRANT 23 1
CHAPTER XXII THE CARDIFF GIANT 239
CHAPTER XXIII BREAKING PRAIRIE AND OTHER SKETCHES 245
CHAPTER XXIV THE TOWNSHIPS AND TOWXS 259
CHAPTER XXV LEGISLATIVE, JUDICIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL HISTORY 289
CHAPTER XXVI ET CETERA 295
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