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The Cedac Rapids Garett War in Allamakee County
Allamakee County's early history is recounted with focus on the War era and settlement debates. The piece traces county seat contests among Old Mission Waukon Lansing and Columbus, the selection of Waukon, and the political maneuvers shaping early local governance between 1849 and 1853, including notable figures such as John Waverkon Shattuck and the Pettit family.
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Cedac Rapids
Garett
Allamakee
Palle
Yellow River
Old Missiony
John Linton
Thomas
Allamakee County
Old Mission
Thomas Linton
Rossville
Hancock
Pettit
Qmne
Mid Stake
Norah Pettit Kelly
Waukon
Jefferson Township
Elias Topliff
Tere
Topliff
Moses War Sickle
Zortian Post
Old
Paint Rock Prairig
Harpers Fer
Sanith
Columbus
Errek
Aorirest
Columbu Wy Squill
Thomas Twiford
Aamie
Lansing
Datever
John W. Remine
Ludlow Lawnship
Clement Coffin
Delaware County
Jobe Lewis
Clayton
Dennis Mahoney
Dubuc
George Shattuck
Wawkon
Father Shattuck
Wankon
Kansas
Wiles
Didge Toph
Slock Leonard Hodges Hise
Wawkurl
Wile
Allomakee County
Wowkon