This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
A Quarter Century Ago From the Cowrier 1889
A Marshalltown Orchestra played for a large dancing party last Saturday. Rev. Barnard has received a call from Jackson county and will likely accept. Dubuquet shipped 1100 cats and 200 dogs to Dakota to exterminate ground mice. William Barton and wife welcome a new son. George Boyle returned from Wisconsin with milch cows. Tom Collinson came home from Illinois after his father's funeral. Col R. H. Spencer and wife stayed at Delmonico Hotel in Port Townsend Washington Territory on the 8th. Jacob Zeller and Miss Mary Becker wed at St Joe. Henry Schue received a White Cap order to leave town. some suspect a sham White Cap scare. William Ward to lecture March 6 in Wesley on Kosauth county geology, proceeds to Rev. I J Thompson. Spencer optimistic about Washington Territory investments at Port Townsend and Ellensburg. Charley Palmer suffers acute rheumatism. Sam Scott faced a charge after an incident near Whittemore. Scott had to pay about $20 for a satirical matter.