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!
Prairieville’s Quiet County Seat History in Buena Vista
Prairieville Iowa may be a model of zero growth but it never became a town. The Buena Vista County seat battle centered on Sioux Rapids Newell Storm Lake and Alta with PrairieVille land chosen but never developed. The first courthouse opened in Sioux Rapids amid disputed relocations and a fire that destroyed records.
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Prairieville
Iowa
Buena Vista
Asahel W. Hubbard
Sioux City
D. Carr Early
Sac City
John Kindlespeyer
Clay County
Sauter
Newell
Storm Lake
Alta
Illinois Central Railroad
Dubuque
Inlet Creek
Hiway
Board of Supervisors
Sioux Rapids
Lee Township
Buena Vista County Bar Association
Bank Corner
Newell Partisans