Lost Prairie Boy Lee Scranton Found by Dream Dream
The 3 year old Lee Scranton wandered west of Washington in August 1872 and was missing for 72 hours. A neighbor’s wife dreamed the boy’s location, guiding Mr Clark to a heavy slough where he lay exhausted and hidden. The dog helped confirm the discovery as the family recovered from sun heat and snake infested terrain.
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Washington County
Lee Scranton
Che
Scranton
John & Stewart
Reed Moore
Washington
Lee
William Clark
Stewart
Searcch
Crass
Yonder Field
Clark
Famry
Oswego
Kansas
Carson
James Bridger
Laramie
Wyoming
Mr. Stranton
Clerk
Mr. Clark
Personal reminiscences from Miranda Chandler Mur Phy
Miranda Chandler Mur Phy recalls Iowa history and early higher education. She describes attending the first state fair in Iowa City during the Civil War era, hearing Horace Greeley and Annie Dickerson, a pioneer suffragist, and attending the University of Iowa in 1866 and 1867. She notes limited professors and students, living with Mrs Haddie, the first woman lawyer in Iowa, and her Quaker family upbringing with yearly meetings at Oskaloosa. Her memories include a log-house childhood and a glimpse of Grandma’s bonnet.
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Miranda Chandler Murphy
Wellman
Iowa
Iowa City
Joe Chandler
Horace Greeley
Annie Dickerson
University of Iowa At
Oskaloosa
Grandma
West Chester settler's long voyage to Keokuk land
Mrs Minerva J Ralston recalls a 19th century journey from Illinois to Iowa with seven prairie schooners crossing the Mississippi by steamboat, settling in Cedar County then Keokuk County, marrying, living in Washington County as freighting depended on horses and wagons, and the Oska-ossa branch line's construction in 1871 and 1872 leading to West Chester's founding.
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Minerva J. Ralston
West Chester
DeKelb County
Ilinois
Iowa
Mississippi
Cedar County
Keokuk County
Waashington County
Washington
Sigourmer
Oska- 1Oosa
Remarkable Darkey Character Remembered in Local Obituary
The article memorializes Uncle George Davis and Aunt Sally with a nostalgic portrait of their life in town. It notes George’s famed whistling and singing, his claimed Civil War reminiscences, and his wife Sally’s role in earning a living. George died July 6 1905 after a long illness, leaving a town mournful for his laughter and songs.
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Henry Minick
George
Ales Miller
Darkey
Uncle Geo
Sally Davis
Louis Quinn
Sally
Darkeys
Geirhia
Jeff Davis
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