Pioneer Days Tales From Hull County Reminiscences
Lawyer D A W Perkins recalls early Hull settlers James Vickers Arthur Lang John Still and others amid a frontier tale of a drunken spree in Sheldon Rock Valley and a Hull trial. He notes Irish defendants acquitted after a rye liquor incident and sketches Hull's rough first years Pattersonville to Milwaukee road era and frontier morals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkins
County
Vrodi
Democrat
Sions
James
Vicers
Arthur Lang
John Still
Hull
Scott Harrington
Okey
James Tobey
Tobin
Hell
Sheldon
Rock Valley
Biaa's
Jim Tobin
Pat Sullivan
Rufus Stone
Pattersonville
John @. Patterson
Charles City
Milwaukee’ Road
Hartley
Caboose
Milt Allen
O'Brien
D.A. W. Perkins
Private letter from Patee Bicycle Co to George P. Drew
In Peoria Illinois February 1 4898 the Patee Bicycle Co informs Rock Valley Iowa's George P Drew that shipment of 98 Models cannot be made before the 10th or 15th of the month. They await further commands and express best attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GEO. P. Drew
Rock Valley
Iowa
Patee Bicycle Co
Early Hall town founded on government claim by Rombough
The Hall town site arose from a government claim settled by Mr. Rombough who kept a stake in the town as Milwaukee Company bought it. Rombough built the first hotel, later replaced by a more metropolitan establishment. Dr. Coad is among remaining early residents praised for public spirit and integrity. We note rental ads and local trade mentions amid scattered notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux
Squire’ Gardner
Perkins
Tobin
Cadigan
Hall
Rombough
Milwaukee Company
Dr. Coad
Widow turns hardship into farming success in Mountain Lake
A Mountain Lake widow, left with five or six children and debts, including 2000 on land from a railroad sale, supported her family through intelligent farming. She paid debts, bought new machinery, insured property, and prospered while critics touts statesmanship. The piece urges fire and life insurance and notes local farming loans and advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain Lake
Minn
Mountain “Lake Township
Sto
Amnong
Railroad Company
Jdbter
Bryan
Shekela
Also Mentioned on This Page
Blackstone
Pattergonville
Tay Bee
Peoria, Ill
Patee
Rock Valley Markets
J.C. Vitzthun
J. C. Vitzthum
Fartator
Vararaom
Pris Ife
Dever
Avery Town
Sioux County
J.C. Vitztuus
Sioux City Journal
Cincinnati Inquirer
Town State Register
New York Weekly Tribune
Toledo Weekly
Blade
Chicago
Inter-Ocean
Sioux City
Weekly Tribune
Detroit Free’ Press
Origue
Northwestern Catholic
Wallace's Farmer
Northwestern
OL Womankind
iAseanse Ant 150
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!