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Washington County at a Century of Change Fifty Years of Progress
Washington County Iowa marks one hundred years since early settlement and chronicles the vast changes from quiet pioneer days to modern life. The Journal thanks historians students and local merchants for compiling a concise county history with Adam Ritchey Sarah Ritchey and Matthew Ritchey highlighted as early settlers.
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Washington County
Iowa
Mississippi
Press
the Gazette
the Democrat
Milky Way
Mars
Jupiter
H. A. Burrell
Nathan Littler
Des Moines
Harry H. Smith
Olds
Crawford Township
Henry County
Adam Ritchey
Ritchey
Sarah
Matthew
United States
Adam
Journal
H. H. Smith
Washington
Bell
Wheaton
Crawfordsville