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!
Early Bridges and Ferries of Johnson County
A historical overview of Johnson County's early settlers across nationalities. It lists first native pioneers then Irish German Scotch Bohemian groups plus later Italian arrivals and a small black population, highlighting bonds, land use, and community relations with notes on early commerce and a barber shop in Clinton Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gilbert
Eli Myers
Walkers
Harharts
Harrists
Hamiltons
Philip
Clark
Patrick
Mary Smith
James Wicks
William Croty
John Conboy
Michael MacGinnis
Casper Durkel
Casper
Nick
Mathias
Lane
Joseph
Gregory Gross
Christopher H. Buck
Ferdinand Haberstron
Jacob Wentz
F. Broshart
Peter, Stoetzer
Philip Schwertinger
George Andrews
William Kemp
David
Henry
Wo. Gillaspy
Gost
Joseph Stoyer
F. M. Irish
Frank
Nancy Reno