History of Story County, Iowa
Volume I
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
Foreword 5
CHAPTER II
A General View 14
CHAPTER III
General View — (continued) 22
CHAPTER IV
The Early Settlement 29
CHAPTER V
The New County 38
CHAPTER VI
Reminiscences by Col. Scott 52
CHAPTER VII
Reminiscences by Col. Scott — (continued) 61
CHAPTER VIII
Reminiscences by Col. Scott — (continued) 72
CHAPTER IX
Reminiscences by Col. Scott — (concluded) 82
CHAPTER X
County Affairs before the War 93
CHAPTER XI
County Affairs before the War — (continued) 103
CHAPTER XII
County Affairs before the War — (concluded) 109
CHAPTER XIII
Pioneer Reminiscences 117
CHAPTER XIV
Mrs. Hannah Kellogg — 1855 and later 139
CHAPTER XV
Pioneer Interviews by Mrs. A. M. Payne 142
CHAPTER XVI
Early Days in Howard 156
CHAPTER XVII
Tales of Early Days 170
CHAPTER XVIII
Story County in the War 179
CHAPTER XIX
Story County in Various Regiments 187
CHAPTER XX
Third Iowa Infantry 198
CHAPTER XXI
Second Iowa Cavalry 217
CHAPTER XXII
Twenty-third Iowa Infantry 226
CHAPTER XXIII
Thirty-second Iowa Infantry 238
CHAPTER XXIV
Home Affairs in War Time 250
CHAPTER XXV
Home Affairs in War Time — (continued) 263
CHAPTER XXVI
The Close of the War 275
CHAPTER XXVII
The Imprisonment of Robert Campbell 283
CHAPTER XXVIII
The Escape of Robert Campbell 296
CHAPTER XXIX
Robert Campbell Reaches Friends 309
CHAPTER XXX
The Decade After the War 324
CHAPTER XXXI
General Conditions Following the War 332
CHAPTER XXXII
Ames and the Narrow Gauge 341
CHAPTER XXXIII
Founding the College 349
CHAPTER XXXIV
Fixing Nevada's Business Center 355
CHAPTER XXXV
Politics Following the War 364
CHAPTER XXXVI
Politics Following the War — (continued) 372
CHAPTER XXXVII
Various Matters After the War 383
CHAPTER XXVIII
Editorial Reminiscences 393
CHAPTER XXXIX
In the Latter Seventies 407
CHAPTER XL
Affairs in the Eighties 418
CHAPTER XLI
Politics in the Eighties 426
CHAPTER XLII
Affairs in the Nineties 435
CHAPTER XLIII
Politics in the Nineties 443
CHAPTER XLIV
The Last Decade 448
CHAPTER XLV
Railroads and Ditches 455
CHAPTER XLVI
Politics of Last Decade 462
CHAPTER XLVII
Conclusion 469
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A History of Story County is a matter that has been once or twice attempted as a whole, and has from time to time, by a great many different people, been a subject of contributions in parts of varying importance and interest. The compilation of such matters is a theme which is inviting but which grows more and more formidable in appearance the more seriously it is contemplated and definitely undertaken. When the author was asked to undertake this work he felt that he probably had available as much of the material needed as anyone had or could well have had, and as he has endeavored to gather and assort this material and to add to it, he is still impressed with the idea that there is an abundance of the material. At the same time, the proposition of compiling a really complete history becomes more and more serious, and he knows that when the work shall be completed, it is bound to have in it many omissions and to be unsatisfactory in many respects. At the same time, in the belief that the work ought to be done and that the material at hand ought to be put in the most available shape, the work is undertaken in the hope that the result may be pleasing if not satisfying.
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