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Tama County pioneers shaped by 1843 legislative act
Tama county’s early history traces to an 1843 legislative act creating the county and attaching it to Benton. Pioneers from 1849 onward built towns, roads, schools, and churches, with Toledo named after a stake-driven county seat decision and Buckingham chosen in honor of Governor Buckingham. First settlers, marriages, fires, mills, and the first Fourth of July celebration mark a formative era of development and community cooperation.
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Tama County
Poweshiek
Tama
Totfama
Benton County
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Vinton
Big Creek
Traer
Norman Osborne
Giles Taylor
Taylor
Ira
Tipton
Mr. Spade
Volney Helm
Buckingham
Daniel Connell
Connecticut
Geneseo
Joseph Hill
John Riley
James Carlton
Fourth Judicial District
Joseph Ferguson
Marshall County
R. B. Ogden
Poweshiek County
John C. Vermilya
Bruner
Howard Township
Monticello
Christian Bruner
David Bruner
Adam Zehring
Mr. Zehrung
Zhrang
Noah Meyers
J. H. Hollen
Hollen
Toledo
John Piper
Solomon Hufford
John Ross
Peter Overmire
Meyers
Holland
Samuel Walkup
Mr. Hollen
Knight of
Spain
Margaret Connell
Jonas Wood
Lyman
Mary
Grace
Robert
van Dorin
York Township
Wilkinsons
Salt Creek Township
Myron Blodgett
Sarah Cronk
Franklin
David
Catherine Bruner
William Hitchner
Charles Wood
Buckingham Township
Alexander Fowler
C. Bruner
Wolf Creek
Perry
John Connell
W. D. Hitchner
J. P. Wood
Indiantown
Methodist Church
Tranquillity Church
Congregational Church
Rachel Wood
J. C. Wood
Vermilya’s Grove
Alfred Philips R
Peterfish
Tama CO