History of Hamilton County, Iowa, Volume 1S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912 |
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... Webster township and several in and about Webster City . In the pioneer days , lime was manufactured , and this industry was carried on to considerable extent by both Ulis Briggs and Jacob Paine . In the earliest pioneer days " mud ...
... Webster township and several in and about Webster City . In the pioneer days , lime was manufactured , and this industry was carried on to considerable extent by both Ulis Briggs and Jacob Paine . In the earliest pioneer days " mud ...
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... Webster City reservoir , about eight miles above Webster City , to its junction with the Des Moines river , a point about twenty - eight miles below Webster City , is 133.5 feet , giving an average of 3.73 feet per mile . In some places ...
... Webster City reservoir , about eight miles above Webster City , to its junction with the Des Moines river , a point about twenty - eight miles below Webster City , is 133.5 feet , giving an average of 3.73 feet per mile . In some places ...
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... Webster City reservoir , if constructed either for a power site and a pleasure resort for Webster City , or for the treble purpose of a power site , a pleasure resort , and for regulating the dry season flow of this stream for the ...
... Webster City reservoir , if constructed either for a power site and a pleasure resort for Webster City , or for the treble purpose of a power site , a pleasure resort , and for regulating the dry season flow of this stream for the ...
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... Webster City may be seen by any one who will call at the Auditor's office in the Hamilton county court house . Mr. McMurray's report to the geological survey is as follows : XIX . WEBSTER CITY Owner Depth Diameter Elevation of curb ...
... Webster City may be seen by any one who will call at the Auditor's office in the Hamilton county court house . Mr. McMurray's report to the geological survey is as follows : XIX . WEBSTER CITY Owner Depth Diameter Elevation of curb ...
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... Webster City . As usual in those times , they came with ox teams in covered wagons . They had a large tent which they set up . Game was so plentiful that Wilson Brewer was able to bring in a fine yearling deer and the party partook of a ...
... Webster City . As usual in those times , they came with ox teams in covered wagons . They had a large tent which they set up . Game was so plentiful that Wilson Brewer was able to bring in a fine yearling deer and the party partook of a ...
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Aldrich appointed April attorney became Blairsburg Boone river Boone township building built Burkley cabin Cass township church civil township claim contest corporal court courthouse D. D. Chase death democrats died district Doane Dodge Eagle Grove east elected Ellsworth Enlisted Aug erected established F. Q. Lee farm feet Fort Dodge Freeman Funk George Hamilton county held Homer horse Hyatt Indians Iowa Inf J. W. Young James January John Judge July June Kamrar Kendall Young Lake lieutenant located March Marion township Maxwell miles mill Miller Moines river Mustered Sept nativity nominated organized party pastor pioneer prairie railroad republican Residence road Rose Grove Rosencrans Seneca street sergeant settlers sheriff Smith sold spring supervisors swamp land took town vote wagon ward Webster City Webster county Webster township William Wright county
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Page 335 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Page 209 - I shall the effect of this good lesson keep, As watchman to my heart. But, good my brother, Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven, Whilst, like a puffd and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads And recks not his own rede.
Page 19 - Louisiana, from the mouth of the great river St. Louis, otherwise called the Ohio, ... as also along the river Colbert, or Mississippi, and the rivers which discharge themselves thereinto, from its source beyond the country of the Nadouessioux ... as far as its mouth at the sea, or Gulf of Mexico...
Page 211 - No person shall manufacture for sale, or sell or keep for sale as a beverage, any intoxicating liquors whatever, including ale, wine and beer. The general assembly shall by law prescribe regulations for the enforcement of the prohibition herein contained, and shall thereby provide suitable penalties for the violation of the provisions hereof.
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Page 21 - Moines river; thence, westwardly, along the said northern boundary line of the State of Missouri, as established at the time aforesaid, until an extension of said line intersect the middle of the main channel of the Missouri river...
Page 249 - Territory, one equal moiety, in alternate sections, of the public lands (remaining unsold and not otherwise disposed of, incumbered or appropriated), in a strip five miles in width on each side of said river, to be selected within said Territory by an agent or agents to be appointed by the Governor thereof, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.
Page 21 - Mississippi river, at a point due east of the the middle of the mouth of the main channel of the Des Moines river ; thence up the middle of the main channel of the said...
Page 18 - England, shall be, from time to time, and forever hereafter, a body corporate and politic, in fact and name, by the name of the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England, in America...
Page 21 - Missouri, as established at the time aforesaid, until an extension of said line intersects the middle of the main channel of the Missouri river ; thence up the middle of the main channel of the said Missouri river to a point opposite the middle of the main channel of the Big Sioux river, according to...