What a wonderful look at life in the mid-west in the 1800’s.  This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Page County and its people.

This is a scanned copy on CD of the original 2 – Volume set published in 1909.

HISTORY

OF

PAGE COUNTY,

IOWA

Also Biographical Sketches of Some Prominent

Citizens of the County

By W. L. KERSHAW

VOLUME 1 & VOLUME 2

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO:

THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING CO.

1909

1080 pages on 1 CD

An essential resource for Genealogists

Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect.

This book on CD is SEARCHABLE * 

VOLUME 1

INDEX

Introduction

The Indian and His Fate

Black Hawk

Indian Treaties

First Land Title in Iowa

Early Settlement

Civil Government for Territory and State

Organization of the Territory of Iowa

The Territory Becomes the State of Iowa

The State Becomes Republican

Capital Removed to Des Moines

Climate

Topography

Iowa in the Civil War

Educational Institutions

The First School Building at Dubuque

State University

State Normal College

State Agricultural College

School for the Deaf

College for the Blind

Hospital for the Insane

Soldiers' Orphans' Home

Feeble-Minded Children

Industrial Schools for Boys and Girls

Penal Institutions

Penitentiary at Anamosa

State Historical Society

Iowa Soldiers' Home

Other State Institutions

Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Constitution of Iowa

Page County Location

Descriptive and Physical

Hydrography and Geology

Pioneers of Page County

Trading Points in Early Days

County Organization

Early Courts

Land Entries

The First Townships

Early County Court

Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors

Court House History

County Infirmary

Officials of Page County

Bench and Bar

Medical Fraternitv

Medical Societies in Page County

The Press of Page County

The Clarinda Herald

The Page County Democrat

The Clarinda Journal

The Sentinel-Post, Shenandoah

The Shenandoah World

The Essex Independent

History of Page County Newspapers

Transportation Facilities in Page County

The First Railway

St. Louis & Council Blaff's (Wabash) line

Humeston & Shenandoah Railroad

Denver Short Line

Religious Societies in Page County

Page County's Civil War Record

A Border War Episode

Sergeant Goodman and the Guerrillas

Page County in the Spanish-American War

Growth of the County in Population

Important to Taxpayers

Gratifying Comparisons

Valuation of Real and Personal Property

Live Stock a Great Industry

Township Officers for 1908-9

First Things to Happen

Drainage Districts

Banks and Bankers of Page County

Fraternal Orders and Societies of Page County

Location of the County Seat

Clarinda

Nodaway Township

Grant Township

Shenandoah

City and Village Plats

Pierce Township

Essex

Amity Township

College Springs

Tarkio Township

Fremont Township

Morton Township

Lincoln Township

Coin

Washington Township

Colfax Township

Blanchard

Harlan Township

Shambaugh

Douglas Township

Buchanan Township

Braddyville

East River Township

Nebraska Township

Valley Township

VOLUME 2

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Abraham, Aldrich, Alexander, Anaugi, Anderson, Andrews, Annan, Anshutz, Armstrong, Ashmore, Auracher, Bailey, Baker, Barr, Baumgarten, Beal, Beam, Beauchamp, Beck, Beery, Behm, Benedict, Bengtson, Berry, Birkhimer, Black, Blair, Boles, Boyd, Brokaw, Brown, Burton, Burwell, Butler, Byrnes, Caskey, Christensen, Christianson, Clark, Clayton, Clement, Cline, Cokenower, Cole, Collier, Cook, Cotrill, Coulter, Cowger, Cozad, Crain, Cramer, Creal, Culver, Damewood, Davison, Day, Deater, DeLong, Doty, Douthit, Dow, Duncan, Dunlap, Dunn, Dunnegan, Eaton, Edmonds, Eischeid, Ekeroth, Ellison, Elrich, Engster, Edward, Falk, Ferguson, Field, Finley, Fischer,  Fishbaugh, Fisher, Fleenor, Fleming, Flynn, Foster, Freed, Friedman, Frink, Galloway, Gamble, Ghean, Gibson, Gillespie, Goecker, Goldberg, Goodman, Graff, Green, Greene, Guenther, Guthrie, Hakes, Hamilton, Hanzon, Hardee, Harlan, Harris, Harrison, Hart, Hawley, Haynes, Heffner, Henderson, Hendrickson, Hemann, Hensleigh, Hepburn, Hilgerson, Hill, Hiser, Hobson, Hollis, Hooker, Hughes, Hullman, Hunt, Huseman, Irwin, Jackson, Jamieson, James, Jeffrey, Jennings, Johnson, Johnston, Jonasson, Jones, Journey, Kampe, Keenan, Keister, Kellogg, Ketcham, Kidwell, Killingsworth, Kimball, King, Knox, Lagerquist, Lake, Larson, Lawson, Lee, Liljedahl, Lindburg, Linderman, Lisle, List, Little, Long, Loranz, Lovitt, Luke, Lundy, McCalla, McCloy, McCord,  McCorkle, McCowen, McCulloch, McCullough, McCurdy, McGlone, McKee, McLeod, McVay, Mann, Mariner, Martin, Martindale, Marvin, Mascher, Maxwell, Mentzer, Meyer, Middaugh, Mier, Miller, Mitchell, Moore, Morhain, Morris, Morse, Murphy, Myers, Nelson, Newson, Oates, Okerlin, O'Neill, Orme, Orr, Orth, Osborn, Palmer, Parks, Parrette, Parslow, Peterman, Peters, Petersen, Peterson, Phillips, Polly, Porter, Powers, Putman, Read, Reed, Reininger, Richardson, Ristolen, Robinson, Rose,  Rucker, Rumbaugh, Ryerson, Sanderson, Sawhill, Scales, Scholes, Schwartz, Scott, Seablom, Sellards, Shambaugh, Shaw, Shoberg, Shum, Simons, Smiley, Spangenberg, Sperry, Spry, Steeve, Stephens, Stevens, Stevenson, Stipe, Stotler, Stuart, Sullivan, Sunderman, Sutton, Swanson,Taggart, Taylor, Tomlinson, Trimble, Tunnicliff, Tunnicliffe, Turner, Van Arsdol, Van Buskirk, Van Gundy, Van Sweringen, Vardaman, Veak, Wagener, Walker, Walkinshaw, Wall, Ward, Wehmiller, Welch, Westcott, Wheeler, Whisler, White, Whitehill, Whiting, Whittaker, Wilkey, Williams, Willis, Wingert, Winter, Witte, Woodmansee, Woodruff, Woods, Wubker, Yearous, Youngberg,