Hide Article Text (OCR)
.tflacK iiawK zj. years age.Helped Subdue the Wilderness.CO75George W. Sawyer came from In-: lt;13ana to Spring Creek township in r0, 1S52. It was very wild and un-;. 77 tamed then. Wolveg howled mourn- i fully. The woods were full of wild ;th game and the prairies were dotted with wild chickens.Mark Derrick was an early set-: tier, as were also B. L. Edwards, j'* Emma Itauh, Mrs. Edwards. Jolmiin Call, G. W. Harbin. .1. F. Klinga--ye. man and many others. W. R. | : Scott, who came to Burlington in-ls: 18(37. was a visitor, being the guest 1... of his brother-in-law. Mr. Harbin.!First Rcunimi in 1881. jP0:Records in the bonds.of A. J. Edwards, for 1.9 years secretary., show- that the first annual reunion]is of the Black Hawk County Early. . . ■ m ^ t» • kA VJ “ T ' ■ -- - — V • |..Settlers* association was held in! u* -kxt _ . _ i ~ f ..1.4 10 0 4 i i 5/ Washington park, duly 4, 18S4.The speakers at that meeting! were C. W. Mulhui. S. B. Vinton.!A. J. Edwards. Dr. W. 0. Richards, Harvey Smith, ‘Squire George W.: Hanna. :^ George \V. Miller was the first-president and R. A. Whitaker thei^ 1irst secretary. -Mr. Edwards, who came to Black i(la Hawk county in ]sr7. has attend* :lt;M'|t ITSCcil evury reunion exeept one, wlien^j^ he wins out of town.. ]n«KoTl of Year's Dead.ffaFollowing is n. li,?t of residents of: the county for an extended period who) filed during the past twelve months:]F. tt. Fnllmi came 10 Waterloo in i *0 the Ws died Sept. .IS, IMS. used 6S years.Mrs. James T\ Klinefelter bom in 1864. riled Sept 23, 131$, aped 54 years.J. R Jennings camo m the county tn 1S64, died at Ids home in Cc(her Falls, Sept, 2?, IMS. a cod SI years.Mrs. X nlonMne Schiel r;?nio tn the :i*v in isi;nt (lied Sept. ?S. 131S, a end. .yoa,is pi*1 SpMl Wilson rame to Mi*' rnunly 1 ?■) f AC. tRSl, dl-M Soph 23. nsnl 7f years MhtiltourchwippXV. W. Whitenack camn to ihn hn
Newspaper Details
Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo, Iowa, US
Sat, Aug 30, 1919
Page 13
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
USA 12 Sep 2019
Other Publications Near Waterloo, Iowa
Iowa State Reporter
Waterloo Daily Reporter
Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo Courier
Illustrated Atlas of Black Hawk County Iowa
