Claim Jumpers and Land Clubs Shape Iowa Pioneers
The article traces early Iowa settlement from 1833 to 1840 focusing on squatters and land clubs that protected claims before surveys. It notes the rise of claim jumpers, notable incidents in Davenport and Dubuque, and Johnson County’s organized club led by Samuel C. Trowbridge and Samuel M. McCrory. It details enforcement by mobs, legal risks, and the role of clubs in bidding at public sales to ensure settlers received government land at the set price.
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Iowa
Charles Shepard
North Carolina
Congress
Black Hawk
Henry Clay
George W. Jones
Wisconsin
Lucius Lyon
Michigan
John Pope
Kentucky
Mississippi River
Alleghenies
Dubuque
Woodbury
Smith
Massey
Stephens
Davenport
Scott County Claim Association
Johnson County
Fort Dodge
Samuel C. Trowbridge
Samuel M. McCrory
Association
J. Shoup
James Douglass
Cleary Creek
S. HH. McCrory
Mahaska County
City Officials and Staff Chambers in Boone
A partial listing of city leaders and department heads appears including Lloyd Lytle City Clerk W H Fulton City Treasurer Kk F Muck City Solicitor Henry Batley Supt Water and Light Plant J M Jordan City Marshal J Holmes Night Marshal Wallace City Fire Chief C C Reister Health Officer Lewmiey Dr W S Kyle Park Commissioner Marian Bailey Frank Miller J Lemmon City Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scntmaneden Lloyd Lytle
W. H. Fulton
Kk. F. Muck
Henry Batley
Wep
L. Jordan
B&b. J. Holmes
Pollok Wallace
C. C. Reister Boone
Cocddine Cc
Lewmiey
Eaye
W. S. Kyle
Marian
Itailey
Frank & Miller
J. & Lemmon
Weather Outlook March 2 to 7 for Plains and Valleys
Weather outlook covers March 2 through March 7 for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central Great Plains. Mild temperatures expected to start the period with continued variation in regional conditions.
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Des Moines
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Winter Hardship Report From Talkeetna Trading Post
Talkeetna Alaska reports indicate a severe cold week with heavy cloud cover and frequent precipitation in central and northern areas while the southern regions see little. The McDonalds run the trading post for miners and trappers in this wild country and say this winter is the liveliest ever experienced at Talkeetna.
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Wit
M. McDonald
McDonald
Talkeetna
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John Ely Briggs
Albert M. Lea
Oskalooga
Bellevue
Washington County
Anna K. Robinson
Walter F. Robinson
the District Court of
District Court
Washington
Samuel H. McCrory
Johnson County Claim Association
Official
Washington Directory
Geo
Morrison County
Tnei Grecian
Harriet Coulter
cHarold
Putnam
Marion
George Couesty
Ester
Krabill
Kyle
Boyd Foster M. T. Coon
Fred Laver
A. C. Peterson
North Lows
Washington, Iowa
Pr. Oo. & Boller
State Bank Corner
Washington St
Optometrists
Lemmon Jobo
W. Lemmon
East Side Square
Ralph W. Thompson Insurance, Bonds and Abstracta
Bailey
Hall
Q& W
Crull Temple
Washington, la
Lemley & Yard General Insurance
Main Street
Ashington
A. Ralston Vean
Harland W. Mead
Della Patton
Ethel McCreedy
W. Fucker
Ralph W. Thompson
P. N Btter
T. J. Pease
Glenn Mace
A. E. Atenison
Officers
Laree
Lester H. Orr
O. F Toller Piret
J. HM. Squire
Will Dupuis
W. Carl Hedges
Fred Reid
City Library
Eveready
Keam & Carson
Thone 265
la Ave State Liceteed
Washington Junk Yard
South Iowa
Phope
Sidney Greenbiat
Theodore B. Bailey
Livingston & Kicher
W. Livingston
B. C. Kicher
Weat Main St
Court House
Chiropractors
DK. Chas. C. Brown
East Main Bt
Sherman's Funeral Home
West Main
Washington State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Sherman Bros
Ainaworth
A. E. Sands
Dixie Dugan
Dixie
ALL Dixie
BY J. P. Mevoy
J. H. Striebel
Bothiaga
Miss Dugan
Alaska
Chicago
Rock Island
Omaha
Denver
Salt Lake
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Burlington Bus
Burlington Railroad
Colenso One
Ce da Fae
C. R. McCutchen
Washington Federal Loan Association
Office, Loan & Trust Building
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