Hidden Gold Drives Cottonwood Rush and a Kid’s Dream
Buck stages a race to fortune as a tunnel yields rich carbonate veins and a mining boom erupts. AYouth narrator witnesses bribes, a miner meeting, and a scramble for claims while Marcus Handy is beaten by Marshal McGrath and the Courier editor recovers from the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cottonwood
Main Street
Hayden Hill
Buck
Mr. Gilson
Army of Fortune
Marcus Handy
Constance Deane
Constance
Marcus
Upper Case mining venture and Cottonwood camp upheaval tale
Narrative recalls a town clash with Marshal McGrath amid Cottonwood’s booming camp. Marcus Handy and the narrator form the Upper Case claim on Hayden hill after resuming a partnership, while public sentiment shifts to a permanent camp mood and bets on a western spirit of fair play. The text also includes a sheriff sale notice for a Pocahontas County property tied to Wittman and Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGrath
Marcus Handy
Cottonwood
Hayden Hill
Bar-Rails
Rockies
Marcus
East
D—A
Buck
Mayden Hill
Hayden and Croly
Legal notice of partition suit in Pocahontas County Iowa
In the District Court of Iowa Pocahontas County November Term 1926 Alvira Rude vs Alvin A Rude Freda Rude Victor A Rude Vera Rude Theodore A Rude Gladys Rude Florence Lawson John H Lawson Defendants. Petition claims undivided shares in government land and seeks partition or sale with proceeds divided per shares. Notice to appear by November 2, 1926 or default judgment may be entered. Sheriff R H Winegarden Pocahontas County Iowa. Deputy Chas Pattee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
State of Iowa
Kennet Bros. Savings Bank
J. F. Wittman
A. L. Allen
J. i
Wittman
Pocahontas
Towa
Iowa
State of
Bebteather
R. H. Winegarden
Chas, Pattee
District Court of
Alvira Rude
Alvin A. Rude
Freda Rude
Victor A. Rude
Vera Rude
Theodore A. Rude
Gladys Rude
Florence Lawson
John H. Lawson
P. County
Court House
C. B. McCartan
Phy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Will Irwin
Shorty
Mer Cain
Major Brown
Brown
Creek Road
Curtis
Chris McGrath
Chris
Minine Chums
Buel
Jessty
Marshal McGrath
Tanderfoot
Jommine
We UK
G—d
Chapter
Sheriff's
Publishers
U.S. Pat
Bex
THEN
Otrin
Pe Company
Central States Electric CO
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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