Early Iowa History Sketches from Washington County
N Littler recounts 1842 to 1845 treaties with the Sacs and Foxes, Keokuk as principal chief, and a westward land purchase of about fifteen million acres. Remarks on settlement rush, Indian boundaries, and anecdotes of mill builder Jacob Wimer and builder W B Thompson highlighting frontier tensions between settlers and Native peoples.
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Iowa
N. Littler
Washington County Gazette
Chambers
Davenport
le Claire
Stanford
Phelps
Missouri River
Newhall
United States
James
Red Rock
Marion County
Keokuk
Towa
New Purchase
Mr. James
Keokuk County
Jacob Wimner
South Skunk River
Wimer
Indiana Boundary
United States Dragoons
Mr. Winner
Mr. Wimner
Mr. Wimer
Early Iowa religious memories and military misfires
The narrative recalls a Iowa frontier episode where hastily formed volunteers faced disbandment over unsuitable weapons, a cavalry charge that routed regulars, and a broader account of religion’s spread in Iowa from Marquette’s era to the 1850s, highlighting Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Congregational, and other groups and a notable Sunday school gift in Davenport.
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Marquette
Joliette
Mississippi River
Des Moines
Julien Dubuque
Dubuque
Antoine le Claire
Davenport
Iowa
A. W. Corey
St. Louis
American 8. SS. Union
Union
The
Times
Boundary War near Davenport 1839 Ends Peaceful Settlement
The 1839 border dispute between Missouri and Iowa over territorial claims near Van Buren County led to militia mobilizations on both sides. Ambassadors and congressional mediation ended the standoff with Missouri withdrawing claims, while Iowa retained the disputed lands and veterans recounted humorous and vivid preparations for war.
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Missouri
Clarke County
Iowa
Iown
Boys
Lucas
Jaws
van Buren County
A. C. Dodge
Congress
Towa
United States
Chapter on state religion and official statistics
The text discusses the absence of a state church and argues that official government reports provide more exhaustive statistics than denominational reports. It notes the difficulty in obtaining reliable figures and the preference for secular official statements in annual state distributions.
Early Frontier Schoolhouses Built From Timber and Mud
In early frontier days the first schoolhouses were crude log cabins built near timber. They used puncheons for floors, chinking between logs with daubed mortar, stick chimneys, and rough benches. Windows provided light and split-log desks served as writing desks before public funds or laws.
Democratic editorial on Coolidge second term chances
Arthur Brisbane writes that Calvin Coolidge has been elected once and faces a fifty to one chance of a second term with no third term anticipated. The Dubuque Times Journal notes the optimistic view for a Democrat.
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Congress
Supreme
California
S. Clinton Hastings
Muscatine County
Legislative Assembly
Iowa Territory
United States House of Representatives
Iowa
Cook
Supreme Court of the United States
Towa
Arthur Brisbane
Coolidge
Dubuque
Settlement of the past war in the air
The New Orleans Times-Picayune notes that the next war may be fought in the air, framing air power as the arena for resolving postwar settlements.
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New Orleans Times-Picayune
Advertising Claim Sparks Laughs in New York Sun
In a witty note the New York Sun quips that buying an automobile for eight cents a day and receiving a liberal education in fifteen minutes a day makes it hard to imagine what anyone could complain about.
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New York Sun
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Ilinois
Indiana
Black Hawk Purchase
Coleur de Rose
Wimner
W. B. Thompson
Bloomer Thompson
Citien
Sirourney
Thomson
Thompson
Solberon
Shavere
Calvary
Dragoons
Scott County
Lows
Long Creek
Danville
Des Moines County
Denmark
Lee County
J. B. Newhall
Friends
Salem
Washington
Henry County
Indiana “Yearly Meeting
Burlington
Dunkards
Owa
East
D PL Smith
Iowa City
American Sundayschool Union
Ilona
Friends East
American Sunday-school Union
Baptist Church
Mailin Reisarf
Cook & Sargent's Bank
Marlin Reisarts
E. M. Miles
F. B. Wilkie
Col. Dodge
Theller
Canada
Higginson
Company A
Scott
Gunn
John PP. Cook
Od Settlers’ Association
Antoine le Clatre
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